Eric
@mountainscalling.me
Yosemite • National Parks • Wild places
63/63 National Parks
Photos + daily thoughts from the trail.
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63/63 National Parks
Photos + daily thoughts from the trail.
https://linktr.ee/mountainscalling.me
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Eric
@mountainscalling.me
· Oct 28
What you see depends on what you're looking for.
#Photography #Nature #NationalParks #PublicLands #Hiking #Arizona #ParkChat #Travel
#Photography #Nature #NationalParks #PublicLands #Hiking #Arizona #ParkChat #Travel
I finally wrote down what finishing all 63 National Parks actually meant to me.
These places changed and shaped who I’ve become along the way.
I can’t imagine my life without them.
These places changed and shaped who I’ve become along the way.
I can’t imagine my life without them.
63rd National Park!
17 years.
9 months.
16 days.
That’s how long it took—from my very first National Park visit to Haleakalā National Park to my “final” park: National Park of American Samoa.
From March 7, 2008 to Dece...
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December 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I finally wrote down what finishing all 63 National Parks actually meant to me.
These places changed and shaped who I’ve become along the way.
I can’t imagine my life without them.
These places changed and shaped who I’ve become along the way.
I can’t imagine my life without them.
The final piece to my National Parks corkboard-patch-puzzle!
Is it weird that I am excited about this patch?
That I am anxious to get home and stick it up on my corkboard?
🤓
#NationalParks #ParkChat
Is it weird that I am excited about this patch?
That I am anxious to get home and stick it up on my corkboard?
🤓
#NationalParks #ParkChat
December 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The final piece to my National Parks corkboard-patch-puzzle!
Is it weird that I am excited about this patch?
That I am anxious to get home and stick it up on my corkboard?
🤓
#NationalParks #ParkChat
Is it weird that I am excited about this patch?
That I am anxious to get home and stick it up on my corkboard?
🤓
#NationalParks #ParkChat
December 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
1st National Park - Haleakala 3/7/08
63rd National Park - American Samoa 12/23/25
17 years
9 months
16 days
63 National Parks Quest COMPLETE! ✅️
#NationalParks #ParkChat
63rd National Park - American Samoa 12/23/25
17 years
9 months
16 days
63 National Parks Quest COMPLETE! ✅️
#NationalParks #ParkChat
December 24, 2025 at 4:14 AM
1st National Park - Haleakala 3/7/08
63rd National Park - American Samoa 12/23/25
17 years
9 months
16 days
63 National Parks Quest COMPLETE! ✅️
#NationalParks #ParkChat
63rd National Park - American Samoa 12/23/25
17 years
9 months
16 days
63 National Parks Quest COMPLETE! ✅️
#NationalParks #ParkChat
Boarding to Pago Pago!
American Samoa 🌞🏝🌴✨️✨️
Some other 63 National Parks Questers on the flight came over and talked to me after seeing my hat. We chatted about Gates of the Arctic 🤪
Weeeee!!
#NationalParks #ParkChat
American Samoa 🌞🏝🌴✨️✨️
Some other 63 National Parks Questers on the flight came over and talked to me after seeing my hat. We chatted about Gates of the Arctic 🤪
Weeeee!!
#NationalParks #ParkChat
December 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Boarding to Pago Pago!
American Samoa 🌞🏝🌴✨️✨️
Some other 63 National Parks Questers on the flight came over and talked to me after seeing my hat. We chatted about Gates of the Arctic 🤪
Weeeee!!
#NationalParks #ParkChat
American Samoa 🌞🏝🌴✨️✨️
Some other 63 National Parks Questers on the flight came over and talked to me after seeing my hat. We chatted about Gates of the Arctic 🤪
Weeeee!!
#NationalParks #ParkChat
Diamond Head summit sunrise
So many people it made a busy day at Tunnel View feel empty. At least 300. As the sunrise passed fresh hords moved thru.
Still enjoyed it fully. Just pointing out how popular this spot is for sunrise. Never seen so many ppl at 630am!
🌅✨️
#Sunrise #Photography #Parkchat
So many people it made a busy day at Tunnel View feel empty. At least 300. As the sunrise passed fresh hords moved thru.
Still enjoyed it fully. Just pointing out how popular this spot is for sunrise. Never seen so many ppl at 630am!
🌅✨️
#Sunrise #Photography #Parkchat
December 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Diamond Head summit sunrise
So many people it made a busy day at Tunnel View feel empty. At least 300. As the sunrise passed fresh hords moved thru.
Still enjoyed it fully. Just pointing out how popular this spot is for sunrise. Never seen so many ppl at 630am!
🌅✨️
#Sunrise #Photography #Parkchat
So many people it made a busy day at Tunnel View feel empty. At least 300. As the sunrise passed fresh hords moved thru.
Still enjoyed it fully. Just pointing out how popular this spot is for sunrise. Never seen so many ppl at 630am!
🌅✨️
#Sunrise #Photography #Parkchat
The room isnt much bigger than the van... but *this* is the view!
Waikiki 🌴🌞
Waikiki 🌴🌞
December 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The room isnt much bigger than the van... but *this* is the view!
Waikiki 🌴🌞
Waikiki 🌴🌞
*IT* ... is so close now I can see the finish line. Yet it is still so far away!
National Parks adventure mode = activated!
#63 here I come! ✨️✨️✨️
National Parks adventure mode = activated!
#63 here I come! ✨️✨️✨️
December 20, 2025 at 3:53 AM
*IT* ... is so close now I can see the finish line. Yet it is still so far away!
National Parks adventure mode = activated!
#63 here I come! ✨️✨️✨️
National Parks adventure mode = activated!
#63 here I come! ✨️✨️✨️
Around midnight, a moose floated down this river. It was one of the strangest things I have ever seen while sitting, parked in my van.
🌈🏔️🫎
🌈🏔️🫎
December 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Around midnight, a moose floated down this river. It was one of the strangest things I have ever seen while sitting, parked in my van.
🌈🏔️🫎
🌈🏔️🫎
#Parkchat check-in
I missed the memo...
saw the posts about scumbag Mike Lee 3972 and just called my Senators! ✊
🏞️
I missed the memo...
saw the posts about scumbag Mike Lee 3972 and just called my Senators! ✊
🏞️
a close up of a man 's face with the words `` you there ? hello '' on it .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words `` you there ? hello '' on it .
media.tenor.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
#Parkchat check-in
I missed the memo...
saw the posts about scumbag Mike Lee 3972 and just called my Senators! ✊
🏞️
I missed the memo...
saw the posts about scumbag Mike Lee 3972 and just called my Senators! ✊
🏞️
555ft tall. Capped with a 100oz aluminum pyramid
40 years to construct. Built over 2 distinct periods the stone changes color 150ft up
It was the tallest structure in the world when it was completed in 1884
No building in DC is allowed to exceed it in height
#NationalParks #Photography #Parkchat
40 years to construct. Built over 2 distinct periods the stone changes color 150ft up
It was the tallest structure in the world when it was completed in 1884
No building in DC is allowed to exceed it in height
#NationalParks #Photography #Parkchat
December 16, 2025 at 5:50 AM
555ft tall. Capped with a 100oz aluminum pyramid
40 years to construct. Built over 2 distinct periods the stone changes color 150ft up
It was the tallest structure in the world when it was completed in 1884
No building in DC is allowed to exceed it in height
#NationalParks #Photography #Parkchat
40 years to construct. Built over 2 distinct periods the stone changes color 150ft up
It was the tallest structure in the world when it was completed in 1884
No building in DC is allowed to exceed it in height
#NationalParks #Photography #Parkchat
More goodies from my DC trip.
Junior Ranger 4Life 🫡🏞🫶
#NationalParks #ParkChat #JuniorRanger #JrRanger #NationalParkService
Junior Ranger 4Life 🫡🏞🫶
#NationalParks #ParkChat #JuniorRanger #JrRanger #NationalParkService
December 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
More goodies from my DC trip.
Junior Ranger 4Life 🫡🏞🫶
#NationalParks #ParkChat #JuniorRanger #JrRanger #NationalParkService
Junior Ranger 4Life 🫡🏞🫶
#NationalParks #ParkChat #JuniorRanger #JrRanger #NationalParkService
December 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Great Falls Park - part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway - is a National Park Service unit in the DC area.
Whitewater kayakers were going over the classV rapids on the left while I was there. 🛶
#NationalParks #Parkchat
Whitewater kayakers were going over the classV rapids on the left while I was there. 🛶
#NationalParks #Parkchat
December 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Great Falls Park - part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway - is a National Park Service unit in the DC area.
Whitewater kayakers were going over the classV rapids on the left while I was there. 🛶
#NationalParks #Parkchat
Whitewater kayakers were going over the classV rapids on the left while I was there. 🛶
#NationalParks #Parkchat
December 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Yosemite. Mariposa Grove
The first public land ever protected
Today I saw with my own eyes and held in my own hands - the original 1864 bill that created Yosemite
Everything we love about our parks traces back to this!
#Yosemite #NationalParks #Parkchat #PublicLands
The first public land ever protected
Today I saw with my own eyes and held in my own hands - the original 1864 bill that created Yosemite
Everything we love about our parks traces back to this!
#Yosemite #NationalParks #Parkchat #PublicLands
December 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Yosemite. Mariposa Grove
The first public land ever protected
Today I saw with my own eyes and held in my own hands - the original 1864 bill that created Yosemite
Everything we love about our parks traces back to this!
#Yosemite #NationalParks #Parkchat #PublicLands
The first public land ever protected
Today I saw with my own eyes and held in my own hands - the original 1864 bill that created Yosemite
Everything we love about our parks traces back to this!
#Yosemite #NationalParks #Parkchat #PublicLands
In 1864, leaders in this building dared to protect Yosemite forever. Their spark became our National Parks — and that promise lives only if we fight to keep it alive.
🏞
#Yosemite #NationalParks #PublicLands #ParkChat
🏞
#Yosemite #NationalParks #PublicLands #ParkChat
December 8, 2025 at 6:05 AM
In 1864, leaders in this building dared to protect Yosemite forever. Their spark became our National Parks — and that promise lives only if we fight to keep it alive.
🏞
#Yosemite #NationalParks #PublicLands #ParkChat
🏞
#Yosemite #NationalParks #PublicLands #ParkChat
December 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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