Visit all the national parks in the US

“As I told my friends, visiting that last park (which happened to be Mammoth Cave) was somewhat of a bittersweet moment. On the one hand, I completed what seemed to me like an impossible goal. On the other hand, I felt like I just lost something that was near and dear to my heart.”

“And we have been on the road for 11 months and have overcome a lot of different obstacles, and we just made it to Yellowstone and got the last stamp, got our last part right. Ranger has a world record. He's the first dog to have ever gone to every National Park.”

“I, you know, the highlight really is the people that you meet along the way. You know, these national parks have been waypoints for us, and it's been a dream of mine to visit all of them. But, this adventure has been everywhere in between as well, and just getting to share that with Ranger as well and giving him the opportunity to be a dog that gets to live on the road and outdoors and just be a dog. It was really good.”

“I started out in 2012, when there were 46 National Parks in the lower 48 states. Managed to visit all of them - plus the five more that were designated since then, and many other federal/state/tribal protected areas - in nine years (and eight trips). As a non-American resident (I'm from Israel), I am immensely proud that I was able to do that. I have worked very hard to achieve that, drove thousands and thousands of miles across the country, visited all of the lower 48 states, spent a ton of money, and had a lot of fun.”

“If I had to guess, I suspect my total cost is in the range of $40,000 to $60,000. Which as I’m writing this, I’m thing HOLY CRAP. Did I really spend that? When I break it down and consider there are 63 National Parks in 30 states and 2 territories. That’s about $600 to $1,000 per park visit. That makes sense given I have been based in the Eastern US for most of my park adventures and either had to fly or drive 800 plus miles for the majority of park visits.”