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  • Greetings from Glacier National Park

    In 2010 we took a trip from the East to Glacier and Bryce and Zion. One day while hiking at Glacier we just happened to see this mountain goat sitting nearby and took this photo (from the trail, I hasten to add).

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    I've traveled extensively all my life, but one of my favorite trips was when - as a birthday present to myself - I took 10 days off and flew to Jackson Hole to explore Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. To this day, it's a highlight of my life. I…

  • Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    It was near the end of a busy day. My wife and young son and I decided to visit a mountaintop that had been recommended to us to see the view. On the way up the trail, we met some folks who told us it was too hazy to see…

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    Miles Davis and the Grand Canyon NP. Strange? During the summers of 1967-68-69 I worked as a seasonal park ranger. During 1967 & 68 I was assigned to Desert View District with three other seasonals and a District Ranger. We only were officially on duty from 7am to 10pm. I…

  • Greetings from Grand Teton National Park

    In May 2008 we went to Grand Teton National Park and stayed at the Signal Mountain Lodge. We were among the first of the season as it seemed like they were just getting the sheets out of storage for the beds. We decided to hike to the Signal Mountain overlook…

  • Greetings from Denali National Park & Preserve

    Our bus tour of Denali National Park started out with beautiful scenery, sightings of caribou, moose & ptarmigan, but we never expected to have the sighting of a lifetime. Our bus driver received a call on his radio that up ahead in a riverbed there was a caribou carcass that…

  • Greetings from Olympic National Park

    In September of 1971 my then-husband and I, along with my brother, backpacked up the Elwah for a quick weekend trip. Sitting around the campfire, we joked about maybe we should string our backpacks high up between two trees, the way we did when backpacking in Canada, in order to…

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