Welcome back to Two Chicks with Hiking Sticks! 🏜️ In this episode, we're heading to one of the most jaw-dropping places on Earth — Arches National Park in Moab, Utah. Home to over 2,000 natural sandstone arches (yes, TWO THOUSAND!), this park is a bucket-list destination for a reason — and we're breaking down everything you need to know before you visit.

In this episode we cover:

• The fascinating history of how Arches went from a cattle ranch to a National Park

• The geology behind those incredible arches — and why they're still forming (and falling!) today

• The best easy-to-moderate hikes for the 50+ crowd — including Landscape Arch, the Windows Loop, and the iconic Delicate Arch trail

• A complete first-timer's itinerary so you don't waste a single minute

• Cultural history including ancient petroglyphs and Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire

Whether you're planning your first trip or returning to see it through fresh eyes, this episode is your go-to guide for Arches National Park.

📍 Location: Moab, Utah | Arches National Park

🎙️ Two Chicks with Hiking Sticks explores the intersections of culture, history, and the natural world — one trail at a time.

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She escaped slavery alone at night. Then went back. Thirteen times.

In this episode, we dive deep into the full, extraordinary life of Harriet

Tubman — from her brutal childhood on Maryland's Eastern Shore, to her

daring escapes on the Underground Railroad, to her secret career as a

Union Army spy who led the most successful military liberation raid in

American history — freeing over 700 people in a single night.

We cover:

✅ Her complete biography — the real story, not the sanitized version

✅ How the Underground Railroad actually worked

✅ Her role as spy, scout & the first woman to lead a U.S. military raid

✅ The Harriet Tubman National Historic Sites — Maryland & Auburn, NY

✅ Where you can actually HIKE the Underground Railroad routes today

✅ The 2019 film "Harriet"

✅ Fascinating lesser-known facts that will leave you speechless

This is the Harriet Tubman most history books were too afraid to show you. It's about a woman who carried a pistol, ran a spy network entirely from memory, fought for women's suffrage into her 80s, and built a home for the elderly while living in poverty herself. She was, in every sense, extraordinary.

🗺️ PLAN YOUR VISIT:

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park (MD): nps.gov/hatu

Harriet Tubman National Historical Park (Auburn, NY): nps.gov/hart

Full Byway Guide: harriettubmanbyway.org

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In 1933, with 25% of Americans out of work and the land itself in crisis, FDR launched one of the most ambitious — and successful — programs in American history: the Civilian Conservation Corps.

In this episode, we take a deep dive into the CCC — how it was created in just 10 days, how 3 million young men were put to work across America's most iconic landscapes, and how the structures they built with their own hands still stand in our national parks today.

We cover:

→ The twin crises of the Great Depression and environmental collapse that forced FDR's hand

→ How Congress approved the CCC in just 10 days — the fastest peacetime mobilization in U.S. history

→ What daily life was really like in CCC camps: $30/month wages, Army discipline, and raging homesickness

→ The monumental work done in Shenandoah, Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains, Zion, and beyond

→ The "NPS Rustic" architectural style the CCC spread to hundreds of parks nationwide

→ The complicated story of race, segregation, and the 250,000 Black men who served

→ The stories, poems, and personal accounts left behind by the men themselves

If you've ever hiked a trail, crossed a stone bridge, or stood at an overlook in a national park — you've likely seen the work of the CCC.

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