By Emma Patch
From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
Want a vacation for the whole family that doesn’t bust your budget? Consider a trip to a national park.
National parks stretch from Denali National Park in Alaska to the Everglades in Florida, and from Acadia in Maine to Haleakala in Hawaii. Nearly every national park, nearly every day, has free ranger-led programs. They include everything from arts and crafts and living history presentations to lessons in campfire cooking, musket fire, canoeing, paddling or snowshoeing, depending on the park and time of year. Families with young children can also take advantage of the junior ranger programs in almost every national park….