7 tips for celebrating an epic year in parks

While its birthday is not technically until August, the National Park Service (NPS) is predicting this will beanother recording-breaking year for people in parks. There was a 4.2 percent bumpfrom 2014 to 2015, from 292.8 million to 305.2 million visitors and,like a geyser at Yellowstone, this yearis expected to blowlast year’s record sky-high.

With all those folks vying for a vantage point in front of Old Faithful, it can be challenging to feel like your having a special, once-in-a-lifetime e...