Priceless places,
priceless memories.
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Greetings from Yellowstone National Park
I recently took a trip out to Yellowstone National Park and spent Monday - Friday camping out in the backwoods. Please note that my only time camping prior to this was for one night and with many amenities. This camping trip not only taught me to deal with adversity (soaking…
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Greetings from Fort Bowie National Historic Site
By chance, Kathy and I arrived at Fort Bowie National Historic site on the date of Fort Bowie’s sesquicentennial. As we hiked up to the fort, we were welcomed with period music played by the regimental band of the 4th Cavalry, and treated to birthday cake and sarsaparilla. We could…
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Greetings from Haleakalā National Park
My wife and I recently returned from a backpacking trip in the spectacular and somewhat otherworldly environment of Haleakala National Park. This photo captures the start of our first day backpacking, heading to the far side and our campsite at Paliku. We were seeking to truly unplug on this trip,…
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Greetings from Grand Teton National Park
In 1990 I had my first experience of driving from Lander, WY over the mountains towards Jackson and seeing the Teton mountains. I was in complete awe at the beauty and majesty of the mountains and of the wildlife in the park. After that first trip, I have introduced many…
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Greetings from Shenandoah National Park
Tall grass and a fantastic view along Skyline Drive.
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Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Over the last few years, I've tried to visit as many national parks as possible to write about, highlight and photograph all the neat features of each park. I love going to all the national parks because each one is so unique. Luckily, living out west, there are many parks…
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Greetings from Sequoia National Park
My cousins from France visited in June. They had two things on their list: Las Vegas and Sequoia National Park. I asked them "Why Sequoia?", and they responded, they do not have such forests in France. They were excited to meet the largest living being on Earth. They plan to…
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Greetings from Yosemite National Park
In the spring of 2012, I had a terrible cough that was so strong it would wake me up from a sound sleep. Anything that made me draw a large breath (singing, laughing, even pushing a heavy door open) would set it off. Doctors had me on all sorts of…
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Greetings from Rock Creek Park
“My” park is less famous than Yellowstone or Yosemite, but it’s every bit as much a national park, just smaller. I grew up in Washington DC. My teenage years, in the early 1960s, were very difficult, both at home and at school. I developed an interest in hiking at the…
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Greetings from Glacier National Park
I was 40 years old when I discovered our National Parks. I was between jobs and went to a hiking camp in southwest Utah and fell in love with Zion National Park. I came home and bought my husband hiking boots and we've been hiking our way through the God's…
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