<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16890" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=970291113-11092009><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>Colorado's Great Sand Dunes, 1932 is listed for Colorado.  I agree with the A.C. that Rocky Mountain is one of the best and would have been a better choice.  It certainly came before, which I thought was a criteria.  I suppose it's difficult choosing just one park in states such as California, Washington or Utah, which have several great ones each.  Some have suggested that the entire southern 1/3 of Utah is worthy of being a single national park.  My personal favorite is Bryce Canyon (Ebenezer Bryce: "Helluva place to lose a cow.").  Parks apparently weren't chosen by visitation numbers or earliest dates (dartboard?) so I too am mystified by all this.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=970291113-11092009><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=970291113-11092009><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Besides marketing to coin collectors (proof sets are the best quality, </FONT><A href="http://www.usmint.gov"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">www.usmint.gov</FONT></A><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">) I thought this was an effort to promote National Parks in all 50 states.  Since many states, especially those east of the Mississippi, have none I suppose it was okay to substitute monuments, forests, preserves, etc.  But when did Puerto Rico, District of Columbia, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa become states?  Do we need a 56 star flag now?</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#007600><SPAN class=970291113-11092009>Assisting the assistant curmudgeon</SPAN>,</FONT></FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Script MT Bold" color=#007600 size=4>Udo Freund</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN class=970291113-11092009><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=970291113-11092009> </SPAN></P> <P> <HR tabIndex=-1> </P> <P><FONT face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Bill Warnock<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 10, 2009 7:01 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Geyser Observation Reports<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Geysers] National park quarters announced<BR></FONT><BR></P> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Where is Colorado, Rocky Mountain National Park, 1914?????</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The Assistant Curmudgeon</DIV></BODY></HTML>