Priceless places,
priceless memories.
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Greetings from Channel Islands National Park
When we moved to an active retirement community in July 2017, little did I know that it would lead to a revised bucket list. Our new community has more clubs and activities then time allows. When a friend invited us to join the Hiking Club for a weekend train trip…
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Greetings from Mount Rainier National Park
This summer, I visited Sunrise to see the sunrise with my family. We crawled out of bed at 2 AM and prepared for the long drive ahead of us. At 5 AM, we finally arrived. The sun wasn’t up yet, and none of us were fully awake, but despite how…
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Greetings from Capitol Reef National Park
First time visit we came in the afternoon. Saw awesome petroglyph. Lovely drive. All in our electric car.
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Greetings from Pearl Harbor National Memorial
My two-week trip to Hawaii in June of 2000, came at the end of a three-month backpacking trip in the South Pacific (a reward to myself for passing the CPA exam). I used an Island hopper pass to tour five Islands. By the time I arrived back in Oahu, I’d…
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Greetings from Theodore Roosevelt National Park
My first degree was in history, but it was unfortunately a case of “really good at Jeopardy – can’t get a decent job”; so I went back to school for accounting. In the fall of 1999, I still needed to pass one section of the CPA exam. I quit my…
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Greetings from Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Our annual family reunion rotates between OH, MI and MD; for the 1989 Reunion we stayed near Sleeping Bear and did a great day trip there. Once we reached the top of the dunes, we launched ourselves off and took huge running leaps down to the cooling waters of Lake…
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Greetings from Pinnacles National Park
Spring 2021: This was the first time I've travelled to a national park with my mom since the pandemic. After nearly a year of self-quarantine at home, we have finally decided to go and take a breather in the nature. Eagerly, we packed water and a jacket on the weekend…
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Greetings from Montezuma Castle National Monument
My family moved from NJ to AZ when I was 7 years old. We would take day trips or drive to different places in AZ for weekend. I got to choose our destination once, and I chose Montezuma’s Castle bc of the name. It is such an amazing place- you…
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Greetings from Everglades National Park
My sisters and I took a Caribbean cruise in October of 1998. We had a great time and especially enjoyed an air boat excursion in the Everglades before we went to the airport. 
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Greetings from Glacier National Park
I listened to testimony of NPS Officials and Representatives before the NPS Subcommittee on overcrowding of facilities at many places across the country on 7/28 21 at which Kristen Brengel represented your organization. There are many people who have no interest in actually visiting or unable to do so, but…
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