Share in the inspiration to visit all 400+ National Park Service units, a centennial project to say thank you to park personnel, and how the adventure became a book. Memorable recollections from the parks illustrate systemwide themes and observations.

Instructor: David Kroese left a 25-year career in the corporate world to pursue his personal interests, becoming one of fewer than a hundred people known to have visited all 430+ National Park Service units. Over the past decade, David has logged more than 1,600 site visits and 5,000 trail miles exploring NPS units across the country. David wrote of his experiences in the first published narrative through all the NPS sites, The Centennial: A Journey through America’s National Park System. David shares his enthusiasm for our park system in speaking engagements across the country.