Hosted by: Troy Garcia Special guest: Kurt Elmhorst

Our favorite travel guru, Kurt Elmhorst, is back for a third installment of traveling for mental health and the topic is National Parks.

In this episode we cover:

• We need to regenerate ourselves with travel to reduce the stress in our lives (2:18)
• National Parks close to Florida (4:23)
• Alaska has eight national parks, the most of any state (9:22)
• Only ten thousand people a year visit the Gates of the Arctic National Park (11:38)
• The discussion turns to the most visited parks in the country (13:45)
• The parks are suffering from increased visitors due to COVID (15:18)
• Cairns on trails for wayfinding and can save lives (17:45)
• Angel’s Landing in Zion is a bucket list location to visit (20:36)
• Death Valley National Park is an alternative location to see over the popular sites, and it happens to be where Star Wars was filmed (21:58)
• The beauty of Racetrack Playa and the sailing stones found there (28:48)
• The “Mighty Five” National Parks in Utah (32:28)

Links From the Show:

Allen & Company
National Parks Travel 
Skyline Drive
The Gates of the Artic
Rock Cairns
Angel’s Zion
Racetrack Playa
The Mighty Five in Utah

Connect with:

Troy Garcia – CFP®, Vice President, Financial Advisor at Allen & Company
Allen & Company – Troy Garcia
LinkedIn – Troy Garcia

Kurt Elmhorst – CFP®, Senior Vice President at Allen & Company of Florida
Allen & Company – Kurt Elmhorst
LinkedIn – Kurt Elmhorst

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