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St. Louisan Andy Magee Checks In Partway Through 365-Day Exploration Of The National Parks

St. Louis Public Radio | By Evie Hemphill
Published June 10, 2019 at 3:52 PM CDT
The moon appears above Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in this recent photograph by St. Louisan Andy Magee.
Andy Magee
The moon appears above Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in this recent photograph by St. Louisan Andy Magee.
Andy Magee, a local artist and business owner, is devoting the year 2019 to his 365-day journey to all 418 National Park Service units.
Credit Evie Hemphill | St. Louis Public Radio
Andy Magee, a local artist and business owner, is devoting the year 2019 to his 365-day journey to all 418 National Park Service units.

On the first day of 2019, St. Louis resident Andy Magee embarked on an unusual adventure with a goal to visit all 418 National Park Service units around the U.S. within the course of a single year. He’s now five months into that journey – and back in St. Louis this week for a pit stop.

On Monday’s St. Louis on the Air, he joined St. Louis Public Radio’s Jonathan Ahl to give an update on his travels, which began during the federal government shutdown.

Magee is local artist and owner of Cioci’s Picture Mart in Kirkwood, Missouri. He has a website and a Facebook page where he’s documenting his 365-day trip.

Listen to the conversation:

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Evie Hemphill
Evie Hemphill joined the St. Louis on the Air team in February 2018. After earning a bachelor’s degree in English literature in 2005, she started her career as a reporter for the Westminster Window in Colorado. Several years later she went on to pursue graduate work in creative writing at the University of Wyoming and moved to St. Louis upon earning an MFA in the spring of 2010. She worked as writer and editor for Washington University Libraries until 2014 and then spent several more years in public relations for the University of Missouri–St. Louis before making the shift to St. Louis Public Radio.
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