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    Greetings from Acadia National Park

    If it is possible to fall, and fall hard, head-over-heels in love with a place, I did in 2006 for Acadia. When we crossed back overland at the end of that first visit, I wept. Funny thing, the next visit (at least one each year since) also brought tears upon…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    This is truly one of my favorite National Parks! I have so many great memories here. Will be back again.

  • Greetings from Appalachian National Scenic Trail

    I backpacked part of the A.T. during on a snowy weekend, March 2013. It was an incredible experience where I suddenly realized: this land is our land. Being a city-locked student means that I sometimes forget how beautiful this continent is. America's parks rock!

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    Had the best time of my life visiting the south side of the most beautiful place on God's good earth. If you can only do one thing, I suggest the helicopter ride. What a thrill that was. We spent 7 days at one of the convenient lodges located just steps…

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    Greetings from Cape Hatteras National Seashore

    Have you ever seen heaven? I think I have, and those who come to Cape Hatteras National Seashore might even consider me to be some kind of 'Guard'-ian angel. Cape Hatteras has a long history of guardians. From the Lighthouse's to the Lifesaving Stations, I'm not really looking to fill…

  • Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    I have always been a very outdoor kind of guy. Personally I have always been more of a Ocean kind of fella but, when I met my girlfriend over a year ago, she was very big into National Parks and more of the Mountain scene. Last year, her family took…

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    Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    My husband and I are fortunate enough to own and operate a bed and breakfast near The Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It offers so much hiking variety and beauty it rejuvenates my soul every time I experience it! It's my favorite place to go to truly get "grounded" and…

  • Greetings from Olympic National Park

    Part of my Master's research took place in and around Olympic National Park, specifically the coastal cliffs and in the South Fork Hoh River valley. I haven't yet found a feeling quite as powerful as falling asleep to the force that created and is created by your research. That rushing…

  • Greetings from Glacier National Park

    I was lucky enough to spend 4 summers from 1980-85 working in Glacier National Park, MT at the Many Glacier Hotel as the leader of the John Damberg Music Trio and I also was a boat captain on St. Mary's Lake for the Glacier Park Boat Company in 1985. During…

  • Greetings from Cumberland Gap National Historical Park

    I was born on land that is now part of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. In a little log house. The house was owned by the Gibson family. J. N. Gibson and my father, Tip Yeary, used to make moonshine whiskey under a rock cliff that had a cold-water…

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