At the end of your adventure, you have a sense of victory, triumph, and passion for the feats you have just accomplished. Your rite of passage through the unexpected, unfamiliar, and even annoying has been fully completed. You have survived the journey with your companions, through all of the mishaps and misadventures that might have occurred, and because of this, you and those around you have grown. To commemorate the experience, you choose a souvenir; perhaps a t-shirt, a patch, a rock, or a snapshot, and this object reminds you of your journey.

Theodore Roosevelt National Park, 2015, Stephanie Fretham

Yosemite National Park, 2004, Leisl Carr Childers

Badlands National Park, 1988, Linda Kleinheselink

Cedar Falls, 2015, Leisl Carr Childers

Cedar Falls, 2011, Liz Schuman

Mount Rushmore National Memorial, 2009, Tracy Donner

Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, 2015, Kalee Kleinhesselink

Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge, Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area, 2004, Alanna Lemay

Yellowstone National Park, 2011, Megan Schneider