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  • Greetings from Gateway National Recreation Area

    Gateway is the only National Park you can get to by subway! My wife and I often kayak and sail in the Jamaica Bay Unit. We count birds, tag horseshoe crabs and help restore eel grass marshes and oyster beds. Many of our photos end up including the Empire State…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    My family and I visited Yellowstone in 2009 with another family. This picture shows the view we experienced the 1st morning we drove into the Park. We stopped at one of the 1st pulloffs we saw - and were greeted with this amazing vista.

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    Greetings from Olympic National Park

    I donned my first pair of hiking boots at 42 years old and headed solo to a hiking camp in Southern Utah. When they felt we were ready for more challenging trails they took us to Zion National Park. I returned home in love with the thrill of the challenge…

  • Greetings from Mount Rushmore National Memorial

    We were in North Dakota, at a campsite, planning our first ever visit to Mt. Rushmore. The day started with cloudy skies and rain. As we drove up the mountain, we realized that we probably couldn’t see Rushmore ...we were right. It was totally concealed by fog! I was disappointed…

  • Greetings from Mojave National Preserve

    America's southwestern deserts are such special places. We love the Mojave Preserve's beautiful natural cactus gardens, rocky terrain, and panoramic vistas. Hard to believe such places still exist in southern California!

  • Greetings from Grand Teton National Park

    I have been very fortunate to visit dozens of our National Parks, but my favorite is Grand Teton. I am lucky because my family lives in Jackson Hole so I get to see this view often. This was taken December 2016 when we took a drive to spot wildlife. We…

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    Greetings from Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

    We visited most of the big Parks out West from our home in Arizona as the kids were growing up. Now our son and daughter-in-law live in Maryland and we visit the historical parks back East. We had such a great time at the beautiful Harper's Ferry National Historical Park…

  • Greetings from Badlands National Park

    I first visited the Badlands National Park over the summer when I was in 7th grade in 2012, and it was one of the most fun trips I've ever been on. The park was so awe-inspiring and full of freedom to explore and climb around, to an outdoorsy adventurous kid…

  • Greetings from Badlands National Park

    The Badlands was my first park west of the Mississippi. I still get chills thinking about the grand scale and peacefulness of the area. It inspired my desire to go out and explore other parks around the country.

  • Greetings from Glacier National Park

    In circa 1962, when I was 14 years old, our family visited Glacier National Park for the first time. My parents, sister & I were temporarily living in Poulson, MT; which is near the Park. My Grandparents came for a visit & one day all 6 of us piled into…

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