RV Lifestyle Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico Bosque del Apache stands out as one of the country’s most accessible and popular national wildlife preserves – for wildlife and human visitors alike – providing a seasonal home, November throughMarch, for up to 12,000 sandhill cranes, 32,000 snow geese and nearly 40,000 ducks. Thousands of birdwatchers, photographers and nature lovers from around the nation and beyond follow themhere. And there’s no better time or way to appreciate all that this refuge has to offer than attending the 31st annual Festival of the Cranes, November 14-18, in 2018 (always held the week before Thanksgiving). Joshua Tree National Park, California Joshua Tree National Park is a diverse area of sand dunes, dry lakes, flat valleys, extraordinarily rugged mountains, granitic monoliths and oases. The park consists of two deserts: the Colorado (which offers low desert formations and plant life, such as ocotillo, and teddy bear cholla cactus); and the Mojave. This higher, cooler, wetter region is the natural habitat of the Joshua tree. Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia Imagine a place where unusual creatures swim through mirror-top waters and exotic plants sprout from floating islands. A place where thousands of creatures serenade the setting of the sun each day. The Okefenokee offers so much, that one could spend a lifetime and still not see and do everything. Spanish moss-laced trees reflect off the black swamp waters, while cypress knees rise upward from the glass-like surface. Here, paddlers and photographers enjoy breathtaking scenery and abundant wildlife. Zion National Park, Utah Zion National Park is known for its majestic towering rockmountains which rise to awe-inspiring heights. Zion is a lush green oasis, surrounded by startling sentinels of stone. With sheer, milky-white cliffs and pristine waterfalls, Zion is one of the most beautiful places on earth. Worth Pondering… I love the fall season. I love all of the reds, golds and browns, the slight chill in the air and watching the geese fly south in aV. 40 | www.snowbirds.org
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