Journey Castillo’s parents say she is the youngest person to have gone to every one of the country’s national parks
Castillo’s parents wanted to instill in her ‘a passion for nature … she can handle the environments, the weather changes’.Castillo’s parents wanted to instill in her ‘a passion for nature … she can handle the environments, the weather changes’.
“Our thing was: ‘Let’s … instill in Journey a passion for nature, instill in her she can handle the strenuous part of the traveling, the environments, the weather changes, different cultures,” Valerie Castillo told the Guardian.They entered October needing five more parks to complete the mission. One in Alaska – Glacier Bay national park and preserve – required the Castillos to take a ferry through the state’s marine highway from Juneau to Gustavus.
They let flight deals guide the order of their park visits. And the Castillos said to the Today website that they could afford their travel by essentially eliminating going out to movies and restaurants.
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