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  • Greetings from Badlands National Park

    National Parks each have their own uniqueness. We love to see all the differences, the history, and beauty all around. I'm on a mission to go to all of them. We are at 43 of the 63 parks.

  • Greetings from Natural Bridges National Monument

    I am not sure that this is the kind of story you are after but here goes. This is about a joke taken to the extreme. As my family traveled around from late 1980s until the early 2000s, they ask me what they might send me as a small gift.…

  • Greetings from Guadalupe Mountains National Park

    Having been to over 30 national parks, we didn't expect an early morning visit on March 5, 2019 to Guadalupe Mountains National Park to be one of our most memorable experiences. While driving into the park on the way to the visitor center, we noticed a majestic scene unlike anything…

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    Greetings from Katmai National Park & Preserve

    For years I had seen nature documentaries with the bears of Katmai National Park standing in the river near Brooks Falls as the salmon are spawning. The bears are like shortstops, grabbing the salmon in mid-air as the fish leap upstream, and then devouring their catch in a couple of…

  • Greetings from Death Valley National Park

    We absolutely loved getting to see a rainbow in Death Valley National Park, a place that only receives an average of 2 inches of rain per year! Experiencing the diversity of this unique ecosystem with my kids has been a true pleasure.

  • Greetings from Redwood National & State Parks

    During Thanksgiving this year, me and my husband did a road trip to the Redwoods National Park from the Bay area. I am in complete awe of this magical place! I was awestruck as I was wandering among the tallest trees on the planet here! I also wrote a blog…

  • Greetings from Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site

    This is a selfie from my first day as a VIP (Volunteers in Parks) guide at St. Paul's Church NHS back in the summer of 2022. I'm a first-year college student who wanted to give back to my local community (SAPA is in my hometown of Mount Vernon, NY, just…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    I had visited a few parks before Yellowstone but this was the first time I had picked a national park to visit on my own and made a trip with a friend. We got to visit 2 states (Idaho & Wyoming) and two national parks (Yellowstone and Grand Tetons) on…

  • Greetings from North Cascades National Park

    I recently was asked by an old friend here, just east of NOCA, why he should support our reintroduction of Grizzlies, when convincing our overwhelming newcomers to put their garbage into WasteWise's bear proof containers has proved impossible. My answer as a retired long time seasonal NPS ranger is that…

  • Greetings from Mount Rainier National Park

    This summer three friends and I had the amazingly good fortune to score a permit to backpack the 93 mile Wonderland Trail around the base of Mt Rainier. We had gorgeous weather and views all ten days and it was the experience of a lifetime. It felt like a rite…

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