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  • Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    Growing up in Connecticut I heard many stories about my Granddad, Alexander Phimister Proctor, including his climbing of Half Dome in 1884. Check out that story, "An Ascent of Half Dome in 1884".

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    Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    My wife's side of the family has a family reunion every 2 years. These are usually a week long event. One of the best reunions was a week in Yosemite. My father-in-law's comment after coming in through the Wawona tunnel was "You can look at all the books and photos…

  • Greetings from Great Basin National Park

    When my son was a young boy scout, occasionally the entire family could join in on the camping trips. One of those trips was to Great Basin National Park. We live in Las Vegas so it was not a long trip to get to this magnificent jewel in the desert.…

  • Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    My dad took us tent camping with daily hikes every summer while I was growing up. To this day, I still love camping and hiking and have a great love for our national parks. My goal is to visit every one before I die - my bucket list!

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    Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    1987 was the first time I saw the Grand Canyon, and I was pregnant with my first child. I promised myself that I would return with my children to this magnificent place. 2002 and four children later we made our first family trip to a National Park, which is when…

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    In the spring of 1993, I asked my then 12 year old son where he wanted to go for our summer vacation. He had a choice: Disney World or a road trip out west to the Grand Canyon. To my surprise, he didn't even hesitate--he wanted to see the Grand…

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    Our family took the steam train from Williams, AZ to the Grand Canyon. The train pulls into the station, and you walk up the steps to the south rim. While my wife and I waited for our luggage, my three sons ran up the steps to take a look. My…

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    When I was a kid, My parents would take us on long trips through the country stopping at different national parks along the different routes of each trip. It was an incredible gift. I saw so may of the beautiful places this country has to offer. But one trip I…

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    My parents went to the Grand Canyon in the late 1920s before I was born. They took me and my three sisters to the Grand Canyon, among other parks such as Yellowstone, Carlsbad and Yosemite on a great family vacation after World War II. My husband and I took our…

  • Greetings from Denali National Park & Preserve

    Denali wasn't my first park experience. I'd long been raised to love the outdoors and my parents actually took my brother and I on a month-long, cross-country tour of national parks when we were kids: from East Texas to Big Bend, Rocky Mountain, Yellowstone and more than I can remember.…

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