Great Circle National Park Series – Conclusion and Index

BLOG #26, SERIES #4

WEDNESDAYS WITH DR. JOE

GREAT CIRCLE NATIONAL PARK SERIES

CONCLUSION AND INDEX

July 3, 2013

At long last, it is done! The dream that began by Bob and Lucy Earp, and Connie and I, watching two riveting PBS series: Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan’s National Park Series and Christine Barnes’ National Park Lodges Series. So impressed were we by those two series that we decided to visit those parks and stay in those park lodges ourselves. Took us two years to pull it off.

The series was also carried during the last couple of years by The Country Register issues in Colorado, Minnesota, and New Mexico.

But for those of you who haven’t followed along with us from week to week, we have created this index so you can check out the segments you missed.

Suffice it to say, that we consider this Great Circle to be, far and away, the greatest concentration of national park wonders and historic national park lodges on the planet.

Do let us know if you think we ought to reprint these blogs in two books so that you could carry them with you from park to park. Would you buy them if we did?

Here they are, according to date posted:

THE GREAT CIRCLE (NORTHWEST PORTION)

1. “A Ken Burns Pilgrimage” – Blog #38, Series #1, August 4, 2010

2. “Crater Lake Lodge” – Blog #39, Series #1, August 11, 2010

3. “Oregon Caves Chateau” – Blog #40, Series #1, August 18, 2010

4. “Timberline Lodge” – Blog #41, Series #1, August 25, 2010

5. “Paradise Inn” – Blog #42, Series #1, September 1, 2010

6. “Steheken Landing Resort and Lake Chelan” – Blog # 43, Series #1, September 8, 2010

7. “Enzian Inn and Leavenworth” – Blog #44, Series #1, September 15, 2010

8. “Lake Quinault Lodge” – Blog #45, Series #1, September 22, 2010

9. “Lake Crescent Lodge” – Blog #46, Series #1, September 29, 2010

10. “North Cascade Loop” – Blog #47, Series #1, October 6, 2010

11. “Grand Coulee Dam” – Blog #48, Series #1, October 13, 2010

12. “Old Faithful Inn” – Blog #49, Series #1, October 20, 2010

13. “Lake Yellowstone Lodge” – Blog #50, Series #1, October 27, 2010

14. “Jackson Lake Lodge” – Blog #51, Series #1, November 3, 2010

15. “Glacier National Park Titans” – Blog #56, Series #1, December 15, 2010

16. “Glacier Park Lodge” – Blog #57, Series #1, December 22, 2010

17. “Lake McDonald Lodge” – Blog #58, Series #1, December 29, 2010

18. “Many Glacier Hotel” – Blog #60, Series #1, January 12, 2011

19. “Prince of Wales Hotel” – Blog #61, Series #1, January 19, 2011

20. “People Who Work in National Park Lodges” – Blog #62, Series #1, February 2, 2011

21. “Ranking the NW National Park Lodges” – Blog #63, Series #1, February 9, 2011

THE GREAT CIRCLE (SOUTHWEST PORTION)

22. “The Southwest National Park Lodges” – Blog #37, Series #2, November 9, 2011

23. “Rocky Mountain National Park and Stanley Hotel” – Blog #38, Series #2, Nov. 16, 2011

24. “Arches and Canyonlands National Parks” – Blog #40, Series #2, November 30″, 2011

25. “Capitol Reef National Park” – Blog #42, Series #2, December 14, 2011

26. “Bryce Canyon National Park” – Blog #2, Series #3, January 11, 2012

27. “Zion National Park” – Blog #3, Series #3, January 18, 2012

28. “Grand Canyon National Park: North Rim” – Blog #6, Series #3, February 8, 2012

29. “Grand Canyon National Park: South Rim” – Blog #7, Series #3, February 15, 2012

30. “Death Valley National Park” – Blog #12, Series #3, March 21, 2012

31. “Sequoia National Park – #1″ – Blog #16, Series #3, April 18, 2012

32. “Sequoia National Park – #2″ – Blog #17, Series #3, April 25, 2012

33. “Kings Canyon National Park” – Blog #24, Series #3, June 13, 2012

34. “Yosemite National Park #1″ – Blog #25, Series #3, June 20, 2012

35. “Dr. Joe’s Book of the Month Club: Burns and Duncan’s The National Parks” – Blog # 26, Series #3, June 27, 2012

36. “Yosemite National Park #2″ – Blog #23. Series #4, June 12, 2013

37. “Yosemite National Park #3″ – Blog #24, Series #4, June 19, 2013

38. “Gold Country, Lake Tahoe, Loneliest Road, Great Basin” – Blog #25, Series #4, June 26, 2013

39. “Great Circle National Park Series” – Conclusion and Index, Blog #26, Series #4, July 3, 2013

And we’re still friends!

HAPPY TRAVELING!