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  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    I have been to many National Parks. I have many favorites but my favorite favorite is Yellowstone. I have been there many times in my 74 years. The one I remember most is when I was about 12 years old. My parents and my two younger sisters were in the…

  • Greetings from Arches National Park

    My husband and I just returned from camping at many of the National Parks in Utah, starting with Arches, for a month. Each of the parks was unique and magnificent. Then, we went to see the movie Lone Ranger. Having lived in Texas, we knew right away from the scenery…

  • Greetings from Theodore Roosevelt National Park

    The most unknown National Park!! A synopsis of all the other parks in one with few people and lots of buffalo! While driving thru the south unit I saw a horse up on a far hill. I advised my ever tolerant husband to get comfortable, I would be gone for…

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    The best vacation that my family ever took was in 1993, when our 3 daughters were aged 18, 13, and 10, respectively. We named the trip our "Great Gaping Holes In The Earth Tour" because we started out from southern California and visited Meteor Crater, the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon,…

  • Greetings from Shenandoah National Park

    I grew up in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and got up each morning looking at the Blue Ridge Mountains. My all time favorite GO TO PLACE is Big Meadows in the Shenandoah National Park. My Daddy took us to "look at the leaves" every Fall and I continued visiting…

  • Greetings from Badlands National Park

    I will never forget me and my mom on a trip to South Dakota 2004 It was a beautiful day in November that year we were driving back from Mount Rushmore and we drove into badlands park and this pack of wild horses came up right next to the car…

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    After several years of planning, we finally enjoyed the Grand Canyon to its fullest in June 2013. With some friends, my wife & I hiked down into the Canyon and spent 3 nights. We hiked out, leaving at 3 AM, 9 miles up the Bright Angel. It was such a…

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    My father & I went to this Park 2Xs & it was the most beautiful thing we ever saw. Only (God) could make something like this. I just don't have words to explain its (Beauty). I would hope & pray that this & (All the other Parks) would be able…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    I was ten years old when my Grandfather took me and my older brother to see some of the most wonderful parks in the U.S. The first one we saw was the sea lions in the cave on the coast of Oregon. Then we went north to Yellowstone park and…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    In summer 1968, my husband and I spent our honeymoon driving from one state or national park to another, from upstate New York all the way to Anchorage, AK. Highlights: a big bear strolling down the road between campsites around dinner time in Yellowstone; also the spectacular sight of the…

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