Your PBS Vacation

1 September, 2009

Many of us (most of us?) are feeling the current economic pinch and cutting out expenditures like trips to the movie theater, dinners at our favorite restaurants or pricey family vacations.

If that's the case in your household, too, how about vacationing vicariously with the help of PBS? The channel filmed a fascinating series over the course of more than six years. Featuring some of nature's most spectacular locales — from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, and many more — The National Parks: America's Best Idea is a captivating story of both places and people.

So pack the family into the living room and take off with this on-screen adventure, scheduled to air in September. You'll feel like you've personally visited each locale, and gotten to know the folks who made these natural treasures a part of our country in the process.