A 93-year-old grandma and her grandson recently visited every U.S National Park.
Brad Ryan and his grandmother Joy Ryan set a goal to visit all 63 national parks seven and a half years ago. Last week they completed their journey by arriving at the National Park of American Samoa.
The pair documented their entire journey on their Instagram.
“The National Park of American Samoa is the only U.S. national park south of the equator and our most remote park,” Ryan posted on Grandma Joy’s Road Trip Instagram page created to document their travels. “It was a long road to get here, but we couldn’t have chosen a more epic place to conclude this epic chapter of Grandma Joy’s Road Trip!”
After reaching the final park, Grandma Joy made history by becoming the oldest living person to visit every U.S. National Park. The two received certificates from the National Park Service, commemorating their 63 national park achievement.
“What more can I say? It was the greatest privilege of my life to be in the driver’s seat for Grandma Joy’s Road Trip.We defied erroneous assumptions about the limitations of aging. We defied financial and logistical constraints. We even defied a pandemic,” Brad said.
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