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Tue. 09/29/09 11:14 AM
Armchair traveling . . . as prep for the real thing
The first two installments were stunningly spectacular, indeed . . .
. . . enriched by painting-like scenes, poetic excerpts from John Muir and others, a Detroit-raised ranger talking about "transcendent experiences" and Dayton Duncan's largely cliche-free script.
When interviewees and the narrator speak of the parks as cathedrals, temples and sites with spiritual value, it doesn't sound hokey or stretched at all. Not with those landscapes on screen.
And yes, it's not hard to imagine thousands of 2010 vacation plans being made.
Alan Stamm, Birmingham, MI
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