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    Greetings from Glacier National Park

    I had just returned home from a seven year tour of duty with the Marine Corps. Arriving home I quickly realized how much my baby brother had grown up. Days turned into weeks and weeks into months and we still didn't have that special bond we had before I left…

  • Greetings from Mount Rainier National Park

    Last year I took my daughters, nine and seven, to Summerland in Mount Rainier National Park. Since they were four, we've done one or two night backpacking trips that were great fun, but not to the locations I would have chosen if I were with adults. However, on this trip…

  • Greetings from Buffalo National River

    I grew up a pastor’s kid and I had four siblings. As you might expect, we did not have a lot of money to take vacations. However, we could afford to camp in the natural beauty of the National Parks. That is exactly what we did. Some of my best…

  • Greetings from Buffalo National River

    Our extended family took a 9 1/2 hour road trip to the Buffalo River this summer. It was the first time we had traveled together like this. Our oldest member is 68 and our youngest member is 5. We stayed in log cabins built by the CCC in the 1930s.…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    A family trip before our oldest heads off to college!!

  • Greetings from Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park

    Outside of Washington, D.C., The C&O Canal National Historical Park offers lots of different activities and challenges better than the best play structures can offer! Here's our daughter and future rock climber honing her skills on the Billy Goat Trail near Great Falls.

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    Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    Our whole family took a trip to Yosemite and it was amazing. The kids loved exploring the trails and we all got to bond as a family. Just getting to the parks just really helps connect with nature and also really unwind. We all felt a great connection to each…

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    Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    Five straight years of visiting a national park with my now-7-year-old daughter. This year was Yosemite and this photo of my wife and daughter was taken at Olmstead Point in August.

  • Greetings from Sequoia National Park

    Our older daughter lives in Los Angeles so whenever we visit her, we try to visit one of California’s national parks. In 2006, we made the drive to Sequoia National Park. Moro Rock, (which I managed to climb) afforded amazing views of the Sierras. But we were all impressed with…

  • Greetings from Sequoia National Park

    I am a National Park junkie. My parents' first family vacation after World War II in1946 was two weeks camping in Sequoia, Kings Canyon, and Yosemite. I have vivid recollections of that trip. Two years later, after a 1947 vacation trip to the California redwoods, in 1948, our family…

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