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  • Greetings from Zion National Park

    Zion National Park will always have a special place in my heart. The first time visiting, I hiked up to Observation Point in the morning and did a few miles in The Narrows in the afternoon. It was a glorious and exhausting introduction to the park. Years later, I brought…

  • Greetings from Zion National Park

    I did the Narrows top-down in May 2021. I woke up in the middle of the night because I was warm, but I wasn't sweating...which could only mean one thing. Heatstroke was on the way. And when I rummaged in my pack for my Camebak, I discovered that it had…

  • Greetings from Zion National Park

    My family were campers. We would camp during the summers on our vacations from Texas to California in the 1960's. We would stop at Zion NP and camp at the South Campground on the Virgin River. As an adult I continued to vacation at Zion many times. When I retired…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    I went to yellow stone national park and we saw a big brown bear that wasn't but like 100 yards away so I had a lot of fun!

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    We were camping in Yellowstone on June 13, 2001 when we got 12 to 14 inches of snow that night. The only place to go was to the restaurant n large meeting room where we stayed with hundreds of other people all day.You got a number when to eat n…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    Living in Montana, YNP is in our backyard and have visited often over the last 50 years in all seasons. Of course when friends and families come to visit, off we go acting as docents, showing them the sights. On one occasion as we were driving through Hayden Valley, we…

  • Greetings from Padre Island National Seashore

    We visited Padre National Seashore in late February. Since birds typically migrate north on the Central Flyway much later, we doubted if we would see any exciting birding sights. We were pleasantly surprised we could observe interesting bird behavior in a serene and non-crowded setting. It was an ‘away from…

  • Greetings from Glacier National Park

    Growing up in the bustling city of London, I’ve never been one to long for the long, peaceful hikes along trails of greenery and wildlife; watching David Attenborough narrate them on the TV had sufficed for me. Naturally, this meant that when an opportunity arose for me to join my…

  • Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    This is the view east from the tunnel. I went with my sister and it was absolutely stunning to see El Capitan and Half Dome from this angle and in this light.

  • Greetings from Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site

    Because the Horseshoe Trail (which allows horses) cuts right through the Hopewell Furnace and preserved village, it is possible to 'ride through history'. It is spectacular in the fall during peak foliage time.

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