National Park Bowl! The Flyers vs. the Dinosaurs!

Today is the 50th playing of the Super Bowl.  To mark the historic season , Park Thrillers mashed up all 32 NFL teams with their national park counterparts.  Today we are down to two, the Carolina Flyers and the Denver Dinosaurs.

Carolina's mashup park is the Wright Brothers National Memorial in North Carolina, the site where the Wright Brothers taught the world to fly.  Meanwhile, Denver's mashup park is Dinosaur National Monument in the Northwest corner of Colorado. Dinosaur National Monument is the site of one of the world's largest collection of dinosaur fossils.

Who are you rooting for in the first National Park Bowl?

Sean Smith is a former Yellowstone Ranger, and an award winning conservationist, TEDx speaker, and author. He writes national park thrillers from his home in the shadow of Mount Rainier National Park. To learn more about his thrillers click here or follow him on twitter: @parkthrillers

National Park and NFL Mashup: AFC South

It's now the AFC South's turn for the National Park/NFL mashup.  Teams in this division include the Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, and the Tennessee Titans.  What do you think of their makeovers.

Houston Grandes, Park: Big Bend National Park

Indianapolis Aviators, Park: Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Park

Jacksonville Astronauts, Park; Canaveral National Seashore

Tennessee Smoke, Park: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Sean Smith is a former Yellowstone Ranger, and an award winning conservationist, TEDx speaker, and author. He writes national park thrillers from his home in the shadow of Mount Rainier National Park. To learn more about his thrillers click here or follow him on twitter: @parkthrillers

National Park and NFL Mashup: AFC North

Next up in the National Park/NFL mashup is the AFC north. This division includes the Baltimore Ravens remade into the Baltimore Banners. The Cincinnati Bengals are now the Firsts, the Browns become the Soldiers and finally the Pittsburgh Steelers are transformed into the Continentals.

Baltimore Banners, Park: Star Spangled Banner National Historic Trail

Cincinnati Firsts, Park: First Ladies National Historic Site

Cleveland Soldiers, Park: Buffalo Soldiers Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument

Pittsburgh Continentals, Park: Valley Forge National Historic Park

Sean Smith is a former Yellowstone Ranger, and an award winning conservationist, TEDx speaker, and author. He writes national park thrillers from his home in the shadow of Mount Rainier National Park. To learn more about his thrillers click here or follow him on twitter: @parkthrillers

National Park and NFL Mashup: AFC East

We now turn to the AFC and its eastern division. This division is made up of the Buffalo Bills, the Miami Dolphins, the New England Patriots, and the New York Jets.  The Mash up teams are below and recognize parks like Women's Rights, the Everglades, Salem Maritime, and Theodore Roosevelt's Birthplace.



Buffalo Suffragettes, Park: Women's Rights National Historical Park

Miami Palms, Park: Everglades National Park

New England Sailors, Park: Salem Maritime National Historic Site

New York Rough Riders, Park: Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Sean Smith is a former Yellowstone Ranger, and an award winning conservationist, TEDx speaker, and author. He writes national park thrillers from his home in the shadow of Mount Rainier National Park. To learn more about his thrillers click here or follow him on twitter: @parkthrillers

National Park and NFL Mashup: NFC South

We now turn to the the NFC South for the National Parks/NFL mashup.  Teams include the Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 

Atlanta Kings: Park, Martin Luther King Jr, National Historic Site

Carolina Flyers, Park: Wright Brothers National Memorial

New Orleans Jazz, Park: New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park

Tampa Bay Conquistadors, Park: De Soto National Memorial

Sean Smith is a former Yellowstone Ranger, and an award winning conservationist, TEDx speaker, and author. He writes national park thrillers from his home in the shadow of Mount Rainier National Park. To learn more about his thrillers click here or follow him on twitter: @parkthrillers

National Park and NFL Mashup: NFC West

We now turn to the NFC West in the third installment of the National Park and NFL mashup. In this division are teams such as the Seattle Seahawks, the San Francisco Forty Niners, the St. Louis Rams, and the Arizona Cardinals.

What do you think of the new teams?  Are they right? Are they wrong? What would you suggest?

San Francisco Redwoods, Park: Muir Woods National Monument

Seattle Rainiers, Park: Mount Rainier National Park

St. Louis Arch Park: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial

Arizona Grands, Park: Grand Canyon National Park

Sean Smith is a former Yellowstone Ranger, and an award winning conservationist, TEDx speaker, and author. He writes national park thrillers from his home in the shadow of Mount Rainier National Park. To learn more about his thrillers click here or follow him on twitter: @parkthrillers

National Parks and NFL Mashup: NFC North

Here is installment #2 of my National Park NFL mashup. This week its the NFC North Division. This division includes teams from Chicago, Detroit, Green Bay and Minnesota.

Chicago Locomotives, Park: Pullman National Monument

Detroit Sleeping Bears, Park:Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Minnesota Explorers, Park: Voyageurs National Park

Green Bay Tundra, Park: Ice Age National Scenic Trail

Sean Smith is a former Yellowstone Ranger, and an award winning conservationist, TEDx speaker, and author. He writes national park thrillers from his home in the shadow of Mount Rainier National Park. To learn more about his thrillers click here or follow him on twitter: @parkthrillers

National Parks and NFL Mashup

With the start of football season being only a few short weeks away, I thought what would the National Football League look like if every team had a national park mascot.

Over the next several weeks, a different division of the teams will be revealed starting with the NFC East.

Enjoy!

Washington Monuments, Park: National Mall

Dallas Mammoths, Park: Waco Mammoth

New York Federals, Park: Federal Hall

Philadelphia Independence, Park: Independence Hall

Sean Smith is a former Yellowstone Ranger, and an award winning conservationist, TEDx speaker, and author. He writes national park thrillers from his home in the shadow of Mount Rainier National Park. To learn more about his thrillers click here or follow him on twitter: @parkthrillers