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  • Greetings from Colorado National Monument

    I love the State of Colorado and what makes it so special is the National Park Land. I have been camping, hiking and fishing since my parents started taking me as a young child. I love it when I see the National Park sign in Colorado. I have taken my…

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    My wife and I spent our 20th anniversary at Grand Canyon. 3 nights on each rim including 3 nights in a cabin directly on North Rim. The drive from Phoenix up to North Rim was spectacular. Mule ride with Ron Clayton's must do!! I am going back in 2015 to…

  • Greetings from Blue Ridge Parkway

    Its not a long story, but a nice and surprising one. I remember especially this one because of the emotional reference to me. In 2003, my then fiance and I were taking yet another trip in the Blue Ridge, as we traveled along the beltway, I noticed a black cub…

  • Greetings from Acadia National Park

    It was 1988 when we first brought our children to Southwest Harbor and Acadia National Park. Honestly, I have lost count of how many times my wife, Susan, and I have been back, my best guess is somewhere between 15 and 20 times in the last 26 years. We had…

  • Greetings from Canyonlands National Park

    I have visited over 50 national parks all over the country. Canyonlands and Arches are probably my favorites--and Bryce. I know that others before me helped secure these jewels for my pleasure and I feel obligated to help maintain them for future generations. I believe NPCA does a fantastic job…

  • Greetings from Redwood National & State Parks

    I spent my first years of college in the early 1970s in the Redwood Region of California and did not return until my wife and I visited Redwood National Park in 2011. This picture is of my wife displaying the usual reaction of most people when they first get up…

  • Greetings from Joshua Tree National Park

    It was my first trip to the desert, being from New England the landscape was mesmerizing. Two notable memories. 1) the plants made me feel like I was walking on the bottom of the ocean. It could very well have been covered in water at some point in time. 2)…

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