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  • Greetings from Bryce Canyon National Park

    We were travelling by bicycle along Hwy 89 in 1990. We had been to the Grand Canyon, Zion and then Bryce. We talked with a couple about the parks we'd been to and they said, "Yeah, we just saw them today." Ugh, this is no way to see these wonders!

  • Greetings from Channel Islands National Park

    The hidden gem of SoCal, in plain sight of millions of people,  exists quietly nearby and largely unvisited.  We looked at this park for years on our hikes in the hills, from walks on the beach, and while dining in swanky Santa Barbara restaurants.  Then after many passing glances at the channel we…

  • Greetings from Acadia National Park

    Our national parks belong to the people and not corporations to fatten their purses and line their pockets with gold. Once the parks are destroyed by mining and other destructive ways we all lose treasures of nature that can't be replaced . God gave us a thinking brain to use…

  • Greetings from Isle Royale National Park

    About 50 years ago, I rode the NPS Ranger III Ferry to Isle Royale(but the Ojibwe named it first- (Minong),hundreds of years prior to the first Europeans(white men), first the French fur traders, accompanied by the Jesuit priests(blackrobes) in the 1600's. The Ojibwe traveled from nearby Grand Portage, just up…

  • Greetings from Rocky Mountain National Park

    Quick story, ‘88 seasonal support at RMNP. Met (worked with) my wife of now 33 years. Tremendous memories of Estes Park, Trail Ridge Store, and my love.

  • Greetings from Bryce Canyon National Park

    Time for a photo shoot with panoramic technique.

  • Greetings from Zion National Park

    My 26yo grandson and I ascended Angel’s Landing in the morning and then headed to the Narrows. He wondered how we were going to hike IN the Narrows. He was caught aback as I just continued my hike from the river walk right into the river without a pause. He…

  • Greetings from Grand Teton National Park

    In 2001 I worked at Grand Teton NP as a night auditor. That left me free to enjoy the daily activities and meet people. One of my coworkers had worked at Yellowstone the year before so we spent a day at Yellowstone. Since the parks are so close, I hope…

  • Greetings from Rocky Mountain National Park

    My solo trip to RMNP in the fall of 1969 was an experience that lead me to write a bookend have it published by Koehler Books about how wilderness essentially saved my after me experience in the marine Corps in Vietnam. I saw my first ever Elk on Timber Creek…

  • Greetings from Kings Canyon National Park

    My photo shows the Zumwalt Meadows in the Cedar Grove section of Kings Canyon National Park in August, 1974. I'd seen a photo of Kings Canyon and Zumwalt Meadows in the 1974 edition of the World Book Encyclopedia. Those photos instantly attracted me to visit. I'd never known anything about…

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