(Ir)rational parks: An offbeat look at wilderness, tourism, & America - Softcover

David Blomstrom

 
9780964677708: (Ir)rational parks: An offbeat look at wilderness, tourism, & America

Synopsis

The first and foremost collection of stupid tourist questions from America's national parks is miraculously given direction by the author's rambling, wacky, and frequently insightful essays.

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About the Author

David Blomstrom is a native of South Dakota (America's 2nd biggest national park) who spent four years in the Navy (without setting foot on a ship) and worked as a wildlife biologist in Alaska (America's biggest national park) before getting lost in the public education wilderness of Seattle. He is also the author of Teacher With an Attitude: Only YOU Prevent Education! Mr. Blomstrom is now trailblazing in cyberspace, creating the monumental animals website "GeoZoo."

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From California: {person on telephone} "I need the weather for Zion National Park. We're heading for Arizona to see it today." (Ranger at Channel Islands National Park) 1) I don't know the weather in Arizona. 2) Zion Nat'l Park is in Utah, not Arizona you blithering idiot. 3) Get a clue.

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