Celebrate/support America's Best Idea, day of service at 391 national parks

I can't tell you how much I've got out of volunteering for trail maintenance on the weekends. A few hours wielding a pick-ax somewhere beautiful is the perfect mind-cleaner after 6 days sitting in front of a computer hacking.

* National Day of Service and Celebration <a href="http://www.nps.gov/september26/" rel="nofollow">http://www.nps.gov/september26/</a><p>* Paving the Way: National Park-to-Park Highway <a href="http://www.pavingtheway.tv/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pavingtheway.tv/</a><p>* PBS National Parks: <a href="http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/</a><p>* National Parks preview: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx8WbZIWCSM" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx8WbZIWCSM</a><p>* Find a park: <a href="http://www.nps.gov/findapark/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.nps.gov/findapark/index.htm</a>