Hi, my name's Liam and I'm an interpretive park ranger here at Redwood
National and State Parks
and I recently interviewed many young people from across America
as they visited this park. And I asked them what feelings they had when they
approach the National Park
or what they hope to gain from their national park experiences.
Now at the end of this process I realized that I find my park
but I find these young people in the parks. Here's what they had to say...
I like got into this park it just connected me to
that you know a time when I was little and I enjoyed you know walking around
and just playing around with my brothers and
the smell it just feels like home. A gold mine every time I go to different
national park
'cause it gives me that new feeling, that new inspiration, that new motivation...
It's definitely nice to be away from your TV and phone and stuff
and be that the at that moment of like being surrounded by nature
only its just a
special feeling I think. You can't really know America unless you know the parks...
It's like life changing... I feel the gratitude and
each and every park that I go to.... It's a good feeling...Well yeah we come here
with family have an adventure... The moment you step away from
cities and streets when you actually put a backpack on your back
and strap a tent on...This is just a great
experience. I'm just really happy that I got to do it.... And you actually understand
your place in all of this... The feeling I get when I get close to park is a sense of
mystery
and anticipation and adventure.
And when they get here I just automatically feel like a sense of peace.
Find Your Park! Find Your Park! Find Your Park !
When I'm pulling up to a national park and I see that brown sign
I think to myself I'm going to see something that is unlike anything I've
seen before
and that is always exciting for me.