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  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    Boy did Mother Nature do a spectacular job on this area. Amazing what she can do!

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    Every summer we went camping in on of the national parks. With four children, a month vacation time and little money, it was the perfect plan. What beautiful, wonderful memories we have. Now our grandchildren are enjoying it too!

  • Greetings from Arches National Park

    I have spent most of my life living in suburbs of large cities in the eastern part of the U.S. One summer my wife and I ventured west and spent some time in Arches National Park. What impressed me the most was "silence". It was so quiet! "Quiet" is something…

  • Greetings from Crater Lake National Park

    Two years ago when I first read about Crater Lake, I knew I had to visit. My wife and I visited in July 2018 and the park exceeded my expectations. My first overlook of the lake brought tears, experiencing one of the mist beautiful places in my life. After several…

  • Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    This is my husband's favorite national park. It is already fighting drought and fires. To further harm it by drilling, mining, or development would be criminal. We cannot destroy our natural wonders.

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    In December 2015, my wife, Mary, & I decided to write a book celebrating, in 2016, NPS’s first 100 years. We started writing with a visit New Year’s Day to the C&O Canal, completed the book in June, now available as an e-Book on Amazon, The National Park Service Turns…

  • Greetings from Missouri National Recreational River

    Conservationist now and always and a proud American.

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    It was amazing: the wildlife, the beautiful pools like the Emerald and the Mourning glory along with the Old Faithful geyser. It was truly a lifelong experience I will never forget and the National Park Service was well informed and very professional.

  • Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    When we were kids my dad and mom always took my brother and me to the smokies.. My brother and I always wanted to hike with my dad but separately ... so one time I picked Laurel Falls because it would be easier on my dad... but my brother the…

  • Greetings from Glacier National Park

    Since I was 8, my family and I bounced from city to city. We even moved across the Pacific Ocean from the metropolitan Hong Kong to the cultural San Francisco. My youth was a complete whirlwind. Our first move marked the beginning of my restless mind. I never trusted a…

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