Photos: A 200,000-mile road trip
Follow along as a Lincoln native sets out to visit each of the national parks.
Mikah Meyer
Mikah Meyer's quest to visit all of the 418 National Park Service sites recently took him to the War in the Pacific National Historical Park in Guam.
Mikah Meyer
Mikah Meyer has spent much of the past three years living in a 70-square-foot van.
Mikah Meyer
Mikah Meyer's social media posts with his rainbow flag — such as this one at Horsehoe Bend at the Glen Canyon National Recreational Area — are among his most popular. "The first nine months I was trying to hide the fact I was gay."
Mikah Meyer
Growing up in Nebraska, Mikah Meyer never floated the Niobrara River. He finally got the chance during his attempt to visit all of the 418 National Park Service sites.
Mikah Meyer
Mikah Meyer's three-year journey to visit all of the 418 National Park Service sites started as a tribute to his late father, Larry Meyer, the pastor at UNL's Lutheran Student Center.
Mikah Meyer
Mikah Meyer had to board a bush plane to visit Alaska's Aniakchak National Monument, the park service's least visited site. Only about 100 people make the trip annually.
Mikah Meyer
Mikah Meyer's 200,000-mile road trip took him to California's Redwood National Park.
Mikah Meyer
Mikah Meyer is nearly finished with his three-year, 200,000-mile quest to visit all of the 418 National Park Service sites.
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The loneliness caught up to him early in his 200,000-mile road trip.
