National Park Traveling

Welcome to National Park Traveling!
Welcome to NationalParkTraveling.com, home to Big Blend’s digital “Parks & Travel” Magazine and Podcast, an online travel planning directory, and a wealth of articles, interviews and podcasts, and videos covering park travel across America and around the world. This site is published by Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, Big Blend’s mother-daughter travel, publishing, and radio team, who are traveling full-time on their Love Your Parks Tour, a quest to visit and cover all of America’s parks and public lands, along with their local communities.

Cajun Coast Wildlife Refuge Boardwalk


LATEST ARTICLES & PODCAST INTERVIEWS: 

Louisiana’s Cajun Coast: Where Nature Meets History & Culture

Grand County, Colorado: Nature, Wildlife & Mountain Charm 

Exploring the Susquehanna River Valley in Pennsylvania

Exploring History and Culture in and Around Istanbul

Silver Falls State Park is the Ultimate Oregon Adventure

South Sound, Washington by Boat

Quebec City: Step Into Old-World Charm

Queen Esther on Gettysburg, Resilience, and Blackbirding Album

A Southwest National Park Adventure by Train on The Canyon Spirit  

Tour Cayuga County, New York: History, Flavors, and The Great Outdoors 

Easter Island: A Journey to Rapa Nui and the Mysteries of the Moai   

Exploring Indonesia’s Parks & Islands Beyond Bali