Former National Park Ranger Ash Nudd, who runs the DirtinMyShoes.com blog, shares her tips and recommendations for planning a National Park visit during the winter months and offers her favorite options for both warm and cold weather.
Learn more about Ash at DirtinMyShoes.com
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Watch my video interview with Ash below…
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Lyn Mettler is a longtime travel writer for US News & World Report, USA Today 10Best and The TODAY Show who created Families Fly Free, a program that teaches families her simple system to use travel rewards to fly for free. She is one of the industry's foremost experts on collecting and using travel rewards with her expertise featured in major media outlets and on podcasts, television and radio.
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