Priceless places,
priceless memories.
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Greetings from Mount Rainier National Park
Being a kid from East Texas, I'd never been to a real mountain. The first time I did visit would be with my future wife. We enjoyed hiking, exploring, and seeing sites that didn't seem real to me. I've rhen, since been many times, but that first visit will forever…
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Greetings from Canyonlands National Park
In August of 2023, my boyfriend and I visited Canyonlands National Park on a whim. No planning, we didn’t even know we would end up here until we were on our way. We packed for a weekend of camping to celebrate my birthday and hit the road! Originally we figured…
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Greetings from Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Bison & Wild Horses Under Aurora Borealis— I was born in North Dakota during the blizzard of 50/51. Since I’ve never been back to Riverdale, I decided to take my wife to see the sites of my home state. “You want to take me to North Dakota in March?!” Well…
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Greetings from Yosemite National Park
Although the Great Smoky Mountains NP is our favorite, Yosemite is where it all began. Yosemite was included in a 1975 conference trip to San Francisco. We arrived, took a trolly ride, got off and stepped into the woods. It suddenly felt like I could breathe, deep fresh air breaths.…
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Greetings from Badlands National Park
My husband &I went in mid-October had a wonderful time, enjoyed the animals and the tour guide knew a lot of information and was also funny. What an amazing time we had.
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Greetings from Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
In a world full of cars, traffic, people, and technology, I am grateful that some wilderness is left. I go to Glen Canyon for the quiet. It is here that I discover the true meaning of solitude, devoid of the typical sounds and company of a forested wilderness. Nothing but…
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Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park
Twelve years ago, my husband and I spent 3 days visiting the Grand Canyon. One of those days I suggested taking a hike down into the canyon on the South Kaibab Trail. It was amazing! You don’t realize the vastness of the canyon until you’re down in it, looking up,…
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Greetings from Congaree National Park
On a circuitous drive from OH to FL in Oct 2023, I took a side trip to Congaree NP for a day of hiking. Congaree is one of the less visited parks and I got there fairly early, so really enjoyed the scarcity of other hikers. I did the boardwalk…
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Greetings from Glacier National Park
Family gatherings at Apgar since 1950s. My Dad’s favorite place to take us. We all have kept this tradition alive and will keep in our family generations to come.
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Greetings from Fort Point National Historic Site
Standing proudly against the rugged backdrop of San Francisco Bay's windswept coastline lies Fort Point, a testament to 1850s military engineering. Built by the US Army to safeguard bustling trading ports from potential invasion, the fortress holds a captivating history of strategic defense plans that anticipated the bloodiest of battles.…
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