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  • Greetings from Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

    I was diagnosed with breast cancer in July of 2012. This photo was taken the day after my first round of chemo in September. We spent the night in nearby Alamosa, CO, on our way to Pagosa Springs to visit friends for the weekend (before I would become too sick…

  • Greetings from Arches National Park

    On our first vacation together, my then-boyfriend and I took a trip from Tampa, FL, where we were living. We visited Mesa Verde and Arches Nat'l Parks in our travels from Albuquerque to Durango and Moab. There was only one other person at the top of Delicate Arch that day,…

  • Greetings from Rocky Mountain National Park

    This 2X cancer survivor goes to the Parks to learn to live again.

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