Journey Castillo is on a mission to explore all 63 U.S. National Parks to encourage kids and families everywhere to enjoy the great outdoors.
It started with a goal of visiting 21 of America's national parks by the time she was 1, but that wasn't enough for the unstoppable San Antonio, Texas, toddler. She's now on a mission to visit"I think with the experiences that she's had, it has stimulated her mind at a very young age," said Eric Castillo, Journey’s father.
The dream of having a child together one day became a reality, but their worst fears were realized 10 weeks into their pregnancy. As the world was entering a pandemic filled with the unknown of self-isolation and the staggering death toll of COVID-19, Valerie Castillo was rushed to the emergency room after experiencing abnormal uterine bleeding.
"We wanted her little spirit to pick up on the energy of being outside in nature, to breathe in that fresh air and just to feel a different energy from being at home and in quarantine with all the stress," said Valerie Castillo, who would soon quit her 10-year advertising career after climbing the corporate ladder to spend time with family and travel.
"It's one, two, three. Ready? Go," Eric Castillo said. "When we get out of the car, we just go. It might be raining, it might be snowing, but we have everything we need, and we let her experience it." In 1884, Roosevelt’s first wife and his mother died the same day. Soon after, Roosevelt spent much of the next two years on his ranch in the Badlands of the Dakotas. According to the White House, it’s where he wrestled with his sorrow while driving cattle, hunting big game and even capturing an outlaw.
"We have these places today because these people made a conscious decision to not listen to the people that are the naysayers and create the impossible," an emotional Valerie Castillo said. She has trekked deep into caves and witnessed some of the deepest canyons and biggest lakes that her country has to offer. She’s seen the very-much-alive desert of Death Valley and let her feet touch the thick carpet of moss underfoot of Acadia’s dark and dense forest.
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