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[This blog post will be continuously updated with new information. Last Updated Apr 3, 2023] As more and more national parks institute timed entries, reservations and lotteries, planning your national park...

[Channel Islands National Park – Santa Cruz Island, Jun 9, 2019] I am so fortunate to live in California, which boasts nine national parks – one more than Alaska! The closest...

[Channels Islands National Park – Anacapa Island, March 29, 2018]  The five islands that make up Channel Islands national park sit just off the coast of Ventura, CA. They had been...