Ken Burns new series: The National Parks

Can't wait to see this!

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I live within 10 miles of two National Parks. That's why I chose this for my base. Seeing the a park year round affords experiences you don't get as a tourist, such as a lunar rainbow over Lake Crescent, and you often see the parks without tourists. Even though I work in Vancouver, B.C. and schlep to L.A. at times, this is my home.

My first "real job" (non-arts, non-self-employed) was at a National Park. As an artist one often has to work as a server (waitress/waitor) to fill in gaps and a National Park is a good place to get the initial experience. It provided a good reference to other things. I rose to management in just a couple seasons. I doubt if I'll ever need to work at a National Park again, but I have the skills to do so and it's work I enjoy if I ever should. You meet all sorts of interesting people.

If anyone is interested, this website gives job listings at National Parks. These jobs are easy to get.

I'm sorry I did not see a pre-order listing for Blu-ray of this series. I hope this series comes out on Blu-ray.


Work at a National Park

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I've had the start date for this series marked in our calendar for weeks - I can't wait!

On a slightly related note, if you're a Facebook user, there is a petition available to send to Congress about the possibility of closing some parks.
Facebook petition link.

Ken Burns was on the Today Show this morning.

SO looking forward to this.

Sunday!!

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They are showing the 1st part 3 times tomorrow, which is nice. The first showing is at 2:00 in the afternoon so I will watch it then. That way I can watch The Amazing Race" in the evening which is at the same time the second showing is. We get a 3rd at 10:00pm.

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I saw the show today - breathtaking photography with fascinating stories. Well worth watching. Good tv for a change!

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A good amount of time is spent on the National Parks in the Teddy Roosevelt documentary. I already own that on DVD (and most of the PBS docs).

That was such a fascinating time, and he was such a fascinating man for bulldozing through the political red tape and designating so much land for our national parks.

And at the same time he was being so very "green" and environmentally aware, he was also going on extended safari hunts and turning rhinoceros hoofs into end tables in his house.

Fascinating indeed.

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DVR'ing it!

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The Teddy Roosevelt/National Park PBS program (also produced by Ken Burns) is on right now. I actually prefer this one a bit more than the program last night for some reason, but in either case, these programs are a wonder to behold.

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Updated On: 9/28/09 at 10:07 PM

He really was ahead of his time. In terms of the politics involved with that dam, my how things haven't changed!!

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It's 12 hours long.

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I missed the first hour of the second installment. Will have to watch it online.

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