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Bringing the Parks to the People

Mindi — Wed, 26 May 2010 20:40:29 +0000

Gather your family and friends for the Northwest National Park Family Day on Saturday, June 25th, 2011 10am–4pm at The Mountaineers Program Center in Seattle’s Magnuson Park.

This free event hosted by NPCA and NPS is filled with fun, hands-on activities for the entire family. This event will feature kid-friendly activities including rock climbing, wildlife encounters, a wild puppet show, and Junior Park Ranger programs. Park Rangers from Olympic, North Cascades, and Mount Rainier National Parks will be sharing stories about the wonders of our national parks.

Proudly sponsored by Puget Sound Energy, Slalom Consulting, Discover Your Northwest, The Mountaineers, REI, KCTS 9, and NWCN.

Fort Vancouver Family Day Poster

Mindi — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:33:16 +0000

This is a fun free community event. Last year Riley and I participated by leading an Art in the Park workshop with kids and adults. Lots of learning about Parks in the Northwest, bat caves to crawl through, gold to sift, and signing with Recyleman and the Dumpster divers! If you live in or near Portland/Vancouver you should go!

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site is the gateway to the Pacific Northwest national parks and the only national park in the Portland/Vancouver metropolitan area. In the heart of the Vancouver National Historic Reserve, the National Park Service at Fort Vancouver invites its community to Family Day. FREE of charge.

A Celebration of NW National Parks!

Mindi — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:07:26 +0000

photo: Olympic NP, Shi Shi Beach. We were lured here in 2007 by a park ranger who said it was The most beautiful beach in the world.

NPCA and Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park host Seattle’s first annual NW National Park Family Day, at Steward Park on May 2nd. I can’t think of a better way to start the week than with a new project that celebrates our abundance of national parks in the NW.

Most Seattleites are well aware of the NW’s majestic beauty. Seriously, with mountain views in all directions we are quite spoiled. But did you know that Washington state has 14 National Park units? 12 of them are within 175 miles from Seattle. Of course everyone sees Mount Rainier NP on a clear day, and longs to go to Olympic NP to see the rain forest, sea stacks, or hot springs, but have you heard of the others? In Pioneer Square we have Klondike Gold Rush. To the north of Seattle we have Ebey’s Landing, San Juan Island, North Cascades NP, Ross Lake, and Lake Chelan. To the west we have Lake Roosevelt, Nez Perce and Whitman Mission. To the South there is Fort Vancouver, and the Lewis and Clark Trail. Wow. That makes for a numerous road trips, each brimming with their own natural wonders and historical significance.

We designed National Park Family Day Event graphics in 08 and 09 for a similar event hosted by NPCA and Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. Not too worry Portlanders, Fort Vancouver is hosting this annual event on Saturday, May 15th.

Here’s a Google map of the NW National Parks. NPCA.org is a another great resource planning your next park visit!