Hey Ranger! True Tales of Humor & Misadventure from America's National Parks

Hey Ranger! True Tales of Humor & Misadventure from America's National Parks

In his thirty years with the National Park Service, Jim Burnett has seen it all: boat ramp mishaps that have sent cars into the water; skunks in the outhouse and bears at the dumpster; visitors lookin…

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