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Morning on the Riverwalk along the San Antonio River

January 12, 2020 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

River walk along the San Antonio River

I greet the day with delight in the cool air of dawn. I am happily surprised to find a sliver of solitude along the San Antonio riverwalk.

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: colonialism, nature, rivers, San Antonio, tourism, Yanaguana

Trekking through the Yellowstone “Museum of Wonders”

September 1, 2019 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Upper Geyser Basin

Wonder-Land Illustrated by Harry J. Norton, published in 1873, was one of the first tourbooks recounting the Yellowstone experience for a general audience.

Filed Under: Places, Reviews, Sacred Wonderland Tagged With: geysers, Montana, nature, tourism, Yellowstone

A Civilized Savagery: Rev. Stanley’s ruminations on his way to Yellowstone

August 18, 2019 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Rev. Edwin J. Stanley’s 1873 tour of Yellowstone made him a witness to “the scepter of the irrepressible white man” in the divine right of Manifest Destiny.

Filed Under: History, Places, Sacred Wonderland Tagged With: civilization, conquest, Manifest Destiny, Native Americans, race, tourism, Yellowstone

Warren Angus Ferris, Yellowstone’s first tourist

January 13, 2019 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Little Cub geyser, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park

Warren Angus Ferris visited Yellowstone in 1834 as the first tourist to experience the thermal features, and the first person known to use the Icelandic word “geyser” to describe them.

Filed Under: History, Places, Sacred Wonderland Tagged With: geysers, Native Americans, nature, tourism, trappers, Yellowstone

Tourists all the time

December 20, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Tourist-infested waters

To the extent that we have all become consumers in every facet of our modern lives, we live in the touristic ethos of consumerism. All of us are tourists all of the time.

Filed Under: Random Tagged With: consumerism, tourism

The ambivalent legacy of Horace Albright

November 13, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Horace Albright greets C.W. Cook beside a stage coach

Horace Albright’s legacy enjoys high esteem, but many of the precedents he set for the National Park Service have contributed to problems that parks now face.

Filed Under: History, Sacred Wonderland Tagged With: Horace Albright, National Park Service, National Parks, tourism, Yellowstone

The spiritual experience of nature in the national parks

November 5, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

The tourist experience of Yellowstone National Park

The National Park Service’s management of nature offers America’s wild places as contrived experiences to meet the spiritual expectations of the consumer public.

Filed Under: Sacred Wonderland Tagged With: National Park Service, National Parks, nature, religious tourism, spirituality, tourism

Colonizing tourists

October 18, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Tourists on the summit of Cadillac Mountain

Claims that tourism involves colonization, terrorism, dispossession, commodification are valid, but these are reasons to take tourists more seriously and study them more carefully.

Filed Under: Random Tagged With: colonialism, terrorism, tourism

The Calvinist roots of appreciating Acadia’s scenery

September 17, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Sunset from the Beech Mountain Trail

Visitors who delight in nature and stunning scenery at places like Acadia National Park often do not realize their aesthetic debt to Protestant reformer and theologian John Calvin.

Filed Under: History, Places Tagged With: Acadia, art, Calvin, Frederic Church, Hudson River School, landscapes, Maine, National Parks, nature, theology, tourism

The detourist path of karma

September 7, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Detour at railroad crossing

The detourist welcomes unanticipated changes in course, regards the derailment of one’s intentions and ambitions as a normal and agreeable opportunity.

Filed Under: Random Tagged With: detourist, karma, tourism

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I write about religion and tourism, especially in regard to national parks. I am currently working on a history of religion in Yellowstone National Park. Read More…

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