{"id":12286,"date":"2024-06-29T13:47:09","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T13:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/?p=12286"},"modified":"2024-06-29T13:47:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T13:47:12","slug":"grandson-grandma-visit-every-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/blog\/grandson-grandma-visit-every-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"This 93-year-old Grandmother Visited all 63 National Parks in the U.S. With Her Grandson \u2014 See Their Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Brad Ryan and his 93-year-old grandmother, Joy Ryan, achieved their remarkable goal of visiting all 63 U.S. national parks. However, their journey doesn&#8217;t end there.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/brad-and-joy-ryan-819x1024.webp\" alt=\"brad-and-joy-ryan\" class=\"wp-image-12288 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/brad-and-joy-ryan-819x1024.webp 819w, https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/brad-and-joy-ryan-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/brad-and-joy-ryan-768x960.webp 768w, https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/brad-and-joy-ryan.webp 1080w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 819px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 819\/1024;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/brad-and-joy-ryan-819x1024.webp\" alt=\"brad-and-joy-ryan\" class=\"wp-image-12288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/brad-and-joy-ryan-819x1024.webp 819w, https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/brad-and-joy-ryan-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/brad-and-joy-ryan-768x960.webp 768w, https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/brad-and-joy-ryan.webp 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brad Ryan and his grandmother Joy Ryan have been on a journey to visit every national park. On Monday, they arrived in American Samoa to visit their 63rd and final park, the National Park of American Samoa. Courtesy of Brad Ryan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The duo, who completed their multi-year adventure earlier this month with a visit to the National Park of American Samoa, now aims to explore all seven continents, Brad shared with Travel + Leisure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt deeply affected me when [Joy] mentioned she had never seen a mountain or an ocean at the age of 80,\u201d Brad explained to me. \u201cShe\u2019s energetic and full of life. She wanted to experience nature, though she never imagined traveling overseas\u2026 We&#8217;re embarking on a new phase of international Joy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" data-src=\"https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/TAL-archival-1983-arctic-national-park-alaska-GRANDMA.webp\" alt=\"TAL-archival-1983--arctic-national-park-alaska-GRANDMA\" class=\"wp-image-12290 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/TAL-archival-1983-arctic-national-park-alaska-GRANDMA.webp 750w, https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/TAL-archival-1983-arctic-national-park-alaska-GRANDMA-300x200.webp 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 750px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 750\/500;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/TAL-archival-1983-arctic-national-park-alaska-GRANDMA.webp\" alt=\"TAL-archival-1983--arctic-national-park-alaska-GRANDMA\" class=\"wp-image-12290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/TAL-archival-1983-arctic-national-park-alaska-GRANDMA.webp 750w, https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/TAL-archival-1983-arctic-national-park-alaska-GRANDMA-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From left: Their first road trip taken to a fishing camp when Brad was 2.5-years-old in Ohio in 1983; Brad and Grandma Joy at the Gates of the Arctic National Park in Alaska. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" data-src=\"https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/haleakala-national-park-maui-hawaii-GRANDMA.webp\" alt=\"haleakala-national-park-maui-hawaii-GRANDMA\" class=\"wp-image-12291 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/haleakala-national-park-maui-hawaii-GRANDMA.webp 750w, https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/haleakala-national-park-maui-hawaii-GRANDMA-300x200.webp 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 750px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 750\/500;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/haleakala-national-park-maui-hawaii-GRANDMA.webp\" alt=\"haleakala-national-park-maui-hawaii-GRANDMA\" class=\"wp-image-12291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/haleakala-national-park-maui-hawaii-GRANDMA.webp 750w, https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/haleakala-national-park-maui-hawaii-GRANDMA-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Grandma Joy on the road to Hana en route to Haleakala National Park in Maui, Hawaii. BRAD RYAN<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Their journey began in 2015 with a visit to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee. To reach their final park, they first flew to Hawaii for a brief stay before continuing to Pago Pago in American Samoa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Grandpa-Joy-and-her-grandson-Brad-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Grandpa Joy and her grandson Brad\" class=\"wp-image-12292 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Grandpa-Joy-and-her-grandson-Brad-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Grandpa-Joy-and-her-grandson-Brad-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Grandpa-Joy-and-her-grandson-Brad-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Grandpa-Joy-and-her-grandson-Brad.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Grandpa-Joy-and-her-grandson-Brad-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Grandpa Joy and her grandson Brad\" class=\"wp-image-12292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Grandpa-Joy-and-her-grandson-Brad-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Grandpa-Joy-and-her-grandson-Brad-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Grandpa-Joy-and-her-grandson-Brad-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Grandpa-Joy-and-her-grandson-Brad.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After reaching this incredible milestone, they were honored with certificates and a commemorative quarter celebrating the national park in American Samoa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis feels just like Christmas,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CsVE_c0LFsz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Joy Ryan expressed in a video<\/a> on an Instagram account, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/grandmajoysroadtrip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@grandmajoysroadtrip<\/a>, which chronicles their travels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With all 63 national parks behind them, they now set their sights further. Joy Ryan, affectionately known as grandma Joy, recently obtained her first passport at the age of 92.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/brad-and-joy-ryan-4-819x1024.webp\" alt=\"brad-and-joy-ryan-4\" class=\"wp-image-12289 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/brad-and-joy-ryan-4-819x1024.webp 819w, https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/brad-and-joy-ryan-4-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/brad-and-joy-ryan-4-768x960.webp 768w, https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/brad-and-joy-ryan-4.webp 1080w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 819px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 819\/1024;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/brad-and-joy-ryan-4-819x1024.webp\" alt=\"brad-and-joy-ryan-4\" class=\"wp-image-12289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/brad-and-joy-ryan-4-819x1024.webp 819w, https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/brad-and-joy-ryan-4-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/brad-and-joy-ryan-4-768x960.webp 768w, https:\/\/culturalcreatives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/brad-and-joy-ryan-4.webp 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brad Ryan said at 93, his grandmother Joy Ryan has become the oldest person to travel to all 63 national parks. Courtesy of Brad Ryan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEveryone we meet is always so friendly and eager to show you things money can\u2019t buy,\u201d Joy shared with me about her adventures. \u201cIt\u2019s wonderful. It gives me stories to share later on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brad Ryan noted that traveling with his grandmother has taught him the value of slowing down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe rarely make plans anymore,\u201d Ryan said. \u201cWe typically just arrive at a place and open ourselves to any possibilities. We enjoy deliberately getting lost, and it always works out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne of the benefits of traveling with someone from a different generation,\u201d Ryan added, \u201cis the opportunity to slow down and gain wisdom and perspective. Adopting grandma Joy\u2019s style of travel will likely benefit me throughout life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brad Ryan and his 93-year-old grandmother, Joy Ryan, achieved their remarkable goal of visiting all 63 U.S. national parks. However, their journey doesn&#8217;t end there. 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