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The National Parks: America's Best Idea

normnorm Posts: 31,146
edited October 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
anyone watching? i'm lovin' it! :D

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  • hinxhinx Posts: 416
    I DVR'd it; I'm glad to hear it's awesome!
  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    Yeah, I especially enjoyed learning about Yosemite. Looking forward to more!
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  • Wes C. AddleWes C. Addle Posts: 305
    Woo hoo to Utah's National Parks
  • vedder_soupvedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    i live right next door to the worlds 2nd oldest national park...
    it is not in america :o
    the oldest is, and i have been watching a show about it the last few weekends 8-)
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  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    i cant wait to hit a bunch of them in the spring on my road trip :mrgreen:


    everyone should take advantage of these parks and go enjoy them, TV shows do not do them justice. America can be VERY beautiful, usually the farther away you get from people the better :mrgreen:
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    it was a Scottish idea. we invented them

    p.s. i'm not even kidding :lol:


    but its a truly marvelous and wondrous thing around the world.. the national park idea i mean... 8-)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    is this a series ?
    I only caught 1 episode last night,...
    as usual with anything Ken Burns does, it sucks you right in.
    Very very entertaining !
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  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    norm wrote:
    anyone watching? i'm lovin' it! :D

    http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/



    that looks awesome!


    we just returned our DV-R b/c it went up from $5 a month to i think $16, and i just thought....on top of everything else we pay out, that eh...save some $$$ each month b/c it all adds up. then stuff like this makes me want the DV-R back. :P maybe we'll try and watch it, or just await it's arrival thru netflix. :mrgreen:
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  • MrMerkinballMrMerkinball Posts: 1,978
    Wes C. Addle wrote:
    Woo hoo to Utah's National Parks
    When I lived in Arizona, we took a week long driving trip to Zion national Park.

    I would rate thsi waaayyyyy ahead of the Grand Canyon. It was one of the most beuatiful things I have ever seen.
  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    decides2dream wrote:
    norm wrote:
    anyone watching? i'm lovin' it! :D

    http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/



    that looks awesome!


    we just returned our DV-R b/c it went up from $5 a month to i think $16, and i just thought....on top of everything else we pay out, that eh...save some $$$ each month b/c it all adds up. then stuff like this makes me want the DV-R back. :P maybe we'll try and watch it, or just await it's arrival thru netflix. :mrgreen:
    you guys should be able to catch it- theyre playing it alot.
    dont forget to check both public televison channels in our area- channels 13 and 21 .
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  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    decides2dream wrote:
    norm wrote:
    anyone watching? i'm lovin' it! :D

    http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/



    that looks awesome!


    we just returned our DV-R b/c it went up from $5 a month to i think $16, and i just thought....on top of everything else we pay out, that eh...save some $$$ each month b/c it all adds up. then stuff like this makes me want the DV-R back. :P maybe we'll try and watch it, or just await it's arrival thru netflix. :mrgreen:
    you guys should be able to catch it- theyre playing it alot.
    dont forget to check both public televison channels in our area- channels 13 and 21 .



    what was great about the DV-R, was being able to watch shows on YOUR timetable, not the tv schedule. i am sure we could catch it, but it's simply a quesytion of if we want to watch tv at the particular time it's oon, we shall see.....but if not, i am sure it will eventually get released on DVD and we can rent it. so it's all good.... 8-)



    edit - just added it to the netflix queue!
    it is released on DVD october 6th for those interested.... :mrgreen:
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  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    I tried to watch that last night, but they were talking about the parks in religious terms and talking about worshiping nature and I turned it off.

    It doesn't bother me that they were doing that other than I just thought it was odd and I decided not to watch it.
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    know1 wrote:
    I tried to watch that last night, but they were talking about the parks in religious terms and talking about worshiping nature and I turned it off.

    It doesn't bother me that they were doing that other than I just thought it was odd and I decided not to watch it.

    i do that with programs about jesus and god.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    dunkman wrote:
    know1 wrote:
    I tried to watch that last night, but they were talking about the parks in religious terms and talking about worshiping nature and I turned it off.

    It doesn't bother me that they were doing that other than I just thought it was odd and I decided not to watch it.

    i do that with programs about jesus and god.

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  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    know1 wrote:
    I tried to watch that last night, but they were talking about the parks in religious terms and talking about worshiping nature and I turned it off.

    It doesn't bother me that they were doing that other than I just thought it was odd and I decided not to watch it.

    You know what though, that was just one person's opinion. Don't let it prevent you from enjoying this documentary. I think the narrarator does a good job of not pissing off Christians with too many worshipping nature and evolution type comments. For many people, experiencing these places of natural beauty is the equivalent of "seeing god".
  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    know1 wrote:
    I tried to watch that last night, but they were talking about the parks in religious terms and talking about worshiping nature and I turned it off.

    It doesn't bother me that they were doing that other than I just thought it was odd and I decided not to watch it.
    Um, were you channel surfing or drinking a lot of beer while you were watching? :shock: :roll:

    They were talking about a lot of the common philosophical and religious beliefs of the 18th and 19th centuries and how that figured into the idea of setting aside tracts of wilderness. Also, about how John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club, who had an enormous influence on the National Parks movement, was raised by a cruel, strict father who was a Presbyterian minister. In Muir's writings he talked about finding God in the natural world, very much the opposite of what he'd been raised to believe.

    But I think you missed the point (big time) if you thought it had a religious slant. ;)
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  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    gabers wrote:
    For many people, experiencing these places of natural beauty is the equivalent of "seeing god".



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  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,320
    I just finished watching it, looks like Burns did a good job with this stuff. And the two national parks I've been (Yosemite and Mt. Rainier) are incredible. Probably my most favorite thing about Rainier was not getting cell phone service for a few hours and having no idea what was going on outside of there.
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  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    I just finished watching it, looks like Burns did a good job with this stuff. And the two national parks I've been (Yosemite and Mt. Rainier) are incredible. Probably my most favorite thing about Rainier was not getting cell phone service for a few hours and having no idea what was going on outside of there.



    ya know, it is entirely in your power to turn your cell phone OFF, anywhere you want.... ;)
    i do it ALL the time...
    just sayin'...


    i'm trying to think of the national parks i've been to, know i've been to a few....lots of family vacations. i can think of yosemite and the grand canyon, but that's it at the moment. the redwood forests in cali are they in a national park? i don't remember now....
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  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,320
    decides2dream wrote:
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    I just finished watching it, looks like Burns did a good job with this stuff. And the two national parks I've been (Yosemite and Mt. Rainier) are incredible. Probably my most favorite thing about Rainier was not getting cell phone service for a few hours and having no idea what was going on outside of there.



    ya know, it is entirely in your power to turn your cell phone OFF, anywhere you want.... ;)
    i do it ALL the time...
    just sayin'...


    i'm trying to think of the national parks i've been to, know i've been to a few....lots of family vacations. i can think of yosemite and the grand canyon, but that's it at the moment. the redwood forests in cali are they in a national park? i don't remember now....

    So do I. And the redwoods are a national park.
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  • BhagavadGitaBhagavadGita Posts: 1,748
    I personally think God isn't in any church. It is nature.

    I personally moved to Washington to see beautiful landscapes. I need that for my health. It creates a spirit in me that did not exist in modern city culture before.

    Excellent program.
  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    whoprincess wrote:
    know1 wrote:
    I tried to watch that last night, but they were talking about the parks in religious terms and talking about worshiping nature and I turned it off.

    It doesn't bother me that they were doing that other than I just thought it was odd and I decided not to watch it.
    Um, were you channel surfing or drinking a lot of beer while you were watching? :shock: :roll:

    They were talking about a lot of the common philosophical and religious beliefs of the 18th and 19th centuries and how that figured into the idea of setting aside tracts of wilderness. Also, about how John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club, who had an enormous influence on the National Parks movement, was raised by a cruel, strict father who was a Presbyterian minister. In Muir's writings he talked about finding God in the natural world, very much the opposite of what he'd been raised to believe.

    But I think you missed the point (big time) if you thought it had a religious slant. ;)

    Well - I only watched if for about 2 minutes so I probably didn't give it a chance.

    What I saw didn't bother me from a religious standpoint - it just happened to be religious. I guess what I'm saying is I didn't like the angle they took and thought it made what they were trying to show odd.

    I wasn't offended by it in the least. Just didn't like how the show was put together...in the one minute I watched it.
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  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    dunkman wrote:
    know1 wrote:
    I tried to watch that last night, but they were talking about the parks in religious terms and talking about worshiping nature and I turned it off.

    It doesn't bother me that they were doing that other than I just thought it was odd and I decided not to watch it.

    i do that with programs about jesus and god.
    :lol::lol: to that AND your avatar!

    I saw bits and pieces of the documentary and thought it was very well done.
    I think I read that it is 12 hours total!
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  • stuckinlinestuckinline Posts: 3,381
    i don't see an avatar for know1????

    i watched part of the national parks last night. the photography was FANTASTIC
  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    national parks service is great ... and the national parks pass is the best thing ever!! ... i've been to over 20!
  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    stuckinline wrote:
    i don't see an avatar for know1????
    that was directed to Dunk's
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  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    know1 wrote:
    Well - I only watched if for about 2 minutes so I probably didn't give it a chance.

    What I saw didn't bother me from a religious standpoint - it just happened to be religious. I guess what I'm saying is I didn't like the angle they took and thought it made what they were trying to show odd.

    I wasn't offended by it in the least. Just didn't like how the show was put together...in the one minute I watched it.
    OK, sounds like maybe you caught it when they were quoting from the writings of John Muir. He started keeping a journal as an adult and he spent years hiking through Yosemite before it became a park. He also studied the rock formations, plants, animals, glaciers. His writings are full of descriptions about how God is in nature and everything around us.

    Muir's father was a minister who made his son memorize the Bible. I think they said that by the time he was 12 he knew three-fourths of the Old Testament and ALL of the New Testament by heart. :shock: So finding God in nature was a big switcheroo for him. :lol:

    But I think the point was also that it was a very American outlook at the time, along with the idea of setting aside wilderness as a refuge for everyone, not just a few wealthy people.
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  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    whoprincess wrote:
    But I think the point was also that it was a very American outlook at the time, along with the idea of setting aside wilderness as a refuge for everyone, not just a few wealthy people.


    indeed, indeed.....and ansel adams probably has captured the greatest images ever of our 'natural churches' here in america. 'seeing god' absolutely.
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  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    Weekly Edition
    September 28 - October 4, 2009


    The adventure continues…Tonight (and through Friday) at 8pm, join the road trip of a lifetime as THIRTEEN continues exploring America’s beauty on Ken Burns’ The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.

    To add some local flavor to the parks excitement, visit national parks in the New York area on Treasures in the Harbor (tonight at 10:30pm). On Thursday and Friday (10pm), join THIRTEEN and Barry Lewis for another classic New York walking tour on A Walk Through Central Park.

    And on Saturday, join your fellow viewers and New York area park enthusiasts who provide firsthand accounts of their trips exploring the American outdoors on National Parks: New Yorkers’ Memories (7:30pm), or watch online.

    Thanks for watching,
    The Thirteen.org Team



    preview: http://www.thirteen.org/blog/programs/t ... best-idea/


    http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/
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  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    Weekly Edition
    September 28 - October 4, 2009


    The adventure continues…Tonight (and through Friday) at 8pm, join the road trip of a lifetime as THIRTEEN continues exploring America’s beauty on Ken Burns’ The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.

    To add some local flavor to the parks excitement, visit national parks in the New York area on Treasures in the Harbor (tonight at 10:30pm). On Thursday and Friday (10pm), join THIRTEEN and Barry Lewis for another classic New York walking tour on A Walk Through Central Park.

    And on Saturday, join your fellow viewers and New York area park enthusiasts who provide firsthand accounts of their trips exploring the American outdoors on National Parks: New Yorkers’ Memories (7:30pm), or watch online.

    Thanks for watching,
    The Thirteen.org Team



    preview: http://www.thirteen.org/blog/programs/t ... best-idea/


    http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/

    nice!
    thanks for posting!
    i am definitely going to tip-off my husband to all the NY themed shows, as he LOVES anything and everything having to do with NY. 8-)
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