<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I agree that the list seems political. They probably didn't want to duplicate images on the state quarters, which is perhaps why they chose Mt Hood NF over Crater Lake (one of my absolutely favorite parks just behind Yellowstone) which is on the OR state quarter. Oh well, it will probably appease many people from Portland and Mt Hood will look nice on a quarter.<div><br></div><div><br>--- On <b>Wed, 9/9/09, Meg Justus <i><megj@nwlink.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Meg Justus <megj@nwlink.com><br>Subject: [Geysers] National park quarters announced<br>To: "Geyser Observation Reports" <geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu><br>Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 9:06 PM<br><br><div id="yiv562683439"> <div><font id="role_document" color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">The list isn't that long, so I'll just append it to this -- today the mint released the list of national parks (so called, see below) to be honored in the series of US quarters starting in 2010.</font></div> <div><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">You might recall that a few months ago I noted that Yellowstone would not necessarily be #1, and it isn't. More importantly, though, I do wonder who came up with this list, and if there will be noise about it. Because, as you can see, there are a number of places on the list that are not national parks. Like Mt. Hood National Forest and Block Island National Wildlife Refuge, to name two.</font></div> <div><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">Ah, well, sez The Currrrrmudgeon</font></div> <div><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">Scott Bryan</font></div><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"> <div><font color="#008000" size="3" face="Garamond"></font> </div> <div><font color="#008000" size="3" face="Garamond">Not to mention that they completely skipped our 5th national park, Mt. Rainier. I wonder if it's because Mt. Rainier was on the Washington state quarter?</font></div> <div><font color="#008000" size="3" face="Garamond"></font> </div> <div><font color="#008000" size="3" face="Garamond">Thanks for posting the whole list, Scott.</font></div> <div><font color="#008000" size="3" face="Garamond"></font> </div> <div><font color="#008000" size="3" face="Garamond">Meg</font></div> <div><font color="#008000" size="3" face="Garamond">who must be a curmudgeon, too -- the list smells of politics, not appropriateness</font></div></font> </div><br>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<br><br><div class="plainMail">_______________________________________________<br>Geysers mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu" href="/mc/compose?to=Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu">Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu</a><br><a href="https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers" target="_blank">https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</a></div></blockquote></div></td></tr></table><br>