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    Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    My husband was 35 when he died of cancer, and I was 32. A month after his passing, I found solace in a National Parks roadtrip with our dog, Aretha Franklin. We visited eight parks in all. And the beauty of creation saved me, as it can do for anyone…

  • Greetings from Indiana Dunes National Park

    Looking down from the tops of spectacular Dunes over the forest and at Lake Michigan(especially in the autumn after the leaves had changed)was always a spectacular sight especially when you were above the tops of the steel mills smoke stacks or south of the cooling tower for the power plant…

  • Greetings from Olympic National Park

    On a sunny September evening I had just returned from hiking solo near Klahhane Ridge, and had gone miles much than I'd intended to go because I couldn't stop myself, one of many rewards being encountering a family of mountain goats on a wildflower mountainside. When I returned to the…

  • Greetings from Grand Teton National Park

    I have always been a fan of the great Ansel Adams--loving his images of our national parks. My favorite image is his shot of The Tetons and the Snake River, a print of which hangs on my living room wall. For years I wanted to raft along the Snake River…

  • Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    1971, stationed at NAS Alameda, in VR30. A buddy and I made the trip to see the Icon. We were just blow away! Seeing the valley in person was a life changing experience, I’ve never forgotten. I’ve been to more and have more to go. Everyone should have the opportunity…

  • Greetings from Canyonlands National Park

    I visited Canyonlands as an old woman who had had her left hip replaced several months before. We camped in Moab, Utah, close to the park. I was concerned about my ability to handle the hiking at the park, but was determined to try. And it was a ecstatic moment…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    I was lucky to work one summer at Yellowstone Canyon Lodge as a truck drivers assistance. Meet meany wonderful and was able to see every thing this park had to offer. What a treasure

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    Back in 1989, I had a 3 week vacation. I packed my pickup truck with a cap on the back. I drove cross country from NH. I stopped in Yellowstone starting in the Northeast Passage. I drove the Loop one day and saw all of the "touristy" spots. The next…

  • Greetings from Mount Rainier National Park

    When I am stressed, my favorite visualization is the path that I walked through the ferns, rushing streams, water carved caves, and gigantic trees in the foothills of Mt. Ranier.

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    We lived in North West Wyoming. In the 1950's we would go to Yellowstone every summer. At that time there were rough rider cabins at Old Faithful. We would bring cooking and eating dishes and cook on a wood stove in the cabin. (Purchased wood from YPC). There were black…

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