This Cat Has Visited All 59 National Parks with His Humans!

Meet Vlad the Explorer – the adventure kitty who has been traveling the country with his humans Cees and Madison Hofman since 2016. When the Hofman’s graduated, they decided to travel to all 59 national parks – and take Vlad with them – to celebrate their accomplishment, and the 100-year anniversary of the National Park Service.

The Hofman’s share their adventures on Instagram:

 

Kitty kisses in #rockymountainnationalpark – 52/59. Our first day in the park, we braved whiteout conditions and snowshoed around Bear Lake area. The RV almost didn’t make it out of the park that day because the roads were so bad. We came back a few days later and had awesome times exploring -hiking up the closed road to Rainbow Curve, we almost got blown off the mountain it was so windy. Then we had a magically freezing hike out to Dream Lake. It was dreamy for sure. This park is huge and driving around we felt like we could explore for weeks and not even scratch the surface. We can’t wait to come back sometime again in the summer!

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Madison Hofman told PEOPLE:

“From the beginning we wanted to train Vladimir to be an adventure cat. We wanted to share our adventures with him. So really, it’s all he knew since he was a kitten. He’s never really been outside on his own — always with us on a leash. Honestly, he loves it. He totally understands how it works to hike down a trail, and can even follow us off leash.”

 

51/59 – Great Sand Dunes NP. The only advice we have is romp around on the dunes as much as you can! We mostly explored the High Dune area, but if you’re up for a challenge, you can hike 8 miles to Star Dune – the tallest dune in the park. Sunsets in this place are epic, but hurry back afterward so you don’t get lost in the mountains of sand in the dark. Kids and all you who are young at heart would be in heaven here – you can bring sleds/boards/whatever you want to slide on down the dunes. 👊 So fun!

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Mesa Verde – 50/59 in this super unique park we gained a greater appreciation for Native Americans. We were so impressed how they were able to coexist and thrive with Mother Earth in the communities they built beneath the cliffs in Mesa Verde. We loved looking into this window of the past. #vladimirkitten

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Before we had to leave so fast, we did get a sign picture at Great Smoky. We will definitely have to come back again to this special place. Our thoughts are with all those affected by the fires ❤️

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Someone was not stoked about family pictures #vladimirkitten P.s. we are going to be doing a little catch up since we’ve been out of service a lot lately. Here we go Kenai Fjords! (This is the best we could do for a sign pic since the official sign is under construction! 😭)

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Hello from Denali National Park! (Don’t mind my jammies as usual 👍🏼) Eyespy #vladimirkitten

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Death Valley literally almost killed us. The heat was brutal, but, as always, it was worth it. 🌞💀#VladimirKitten

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See the rest (yes, they are ALL there!) on their Instagram page. And, check out all the fun photos of Vlad and his family on their adventures across the country.