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National Park Service Anniversary: Switchback Kids Plan to Visit All 59 Parks [VIDEO]
A couple from Kansas City have dubbed themselves the Switchback Kids for their love of hiking and the outdoors, and recently set out to see all 59 of the national parks in the next year. They challenge each of us to visit at least one of the parks in 2016, for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary.
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