Tucked up in the northwestern corner of the Lower 48 is a wondrous assortment of six National Parks. Four of them preserve volcanoes of the Cascade Range, the easternmost edge of the Pacific Ocean’s great Ring of Fire, and the other two uniquely qualify as paradises for tree lovers. Come along as our parks guide Steve Farrar takes us on a visual tour starting at the bubbling thermal pools of Bumpass Hell and finishing up on the towering glacier-covered summit of Mount Rainier. It’s an adventure you will not soon forget!

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Steve Farrar grew up in Medfield and experienced his first National Parks as an impressionable 14-year-old on the way to the 1969 National Boy Scout Jamboree in Idaho.  The 5-day bus trip from Salt Lake City included stops in Grand Teton National Park, Yellowstone National Park, and Glacier National Park, which sparked a fascination with natural beauty that has evolved into Steve’s life-long passion for visiting our National Parks. His adventures exploring 61 of the 62 parks include hiking to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, scuba diving the coral reefs of the Virgin Islands, camping among the wolves on Isle Royale, scaling rock faces in Yosemite, and climbing to the summits of Mount Rainier and Denali.

This program is a collaboration of Memorial Hall Library and Tewksbury Public Library.