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  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    My wife and I have been to Yellowstone numerous times on our motorcycle. Every time we would go we would talk about how much we wanted to bring our 3 grandchildren when they got old enough to remember the trip. Finally at ages 8, 7 and 6 we took them.…

  • Greetings from Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

    I spent the second half of 1999, driving around the US camping and hiking in national parks, watching baseball games with friends and listening to accounting tapes. I took the test for my last CPA section in November of 1999. Then stayed in San Diego with a friend and worked…

  • Greetings from North Cascades National Park

    I did a road trip to various parks in 1993, but as a woman traveling alone, I didn’t feel comfortable tent camping so slept in my Civic hatchback. I’m pretty short so it was comfortable. I did another road trip in 1999, again with a duration of several weeks. This…

  • Greetings from Acadia National Park

    In the fall of 1999, I had one section of the CPA exam left to take (my second career – turns out my Dad was correct – history wasn’t as marketable as I thought it would be : ). The test wasn’t until November but I decided to quit my…

  • Greetings from Badlands National Park

    By May 1993, I’d been road tripping and camping in various national parks for several weeks. I reached Badlands on my circuitous route home to Colorado from Alaska. Because I was anxious to get home to my own bed, I don’t think I gave the park the attention it deserves…

  • Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    I took a long road trip in 1993 and Yosemite was one of the many parks at which I camped and hiked. Because it was spring, there was enough snowmelt to make Bridalveil, and the other falls, quite spectacular. I’m now retired and hope to return to Yosemite for further…

  • Greetings from Rocky Mountain National Park

    Beyond the First Mile Pale winter sunlight barely peeks over the snowy mountaintops as I pull into the parking lot, still bleary-eyed while sipping my thermos full of coffee. Three other SUVs sit at the far corner near the trailhead; I sigh, disappointed I’m not the first one here. Wintertime’s…

  • Greetings from Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

    I moved to CO after my high school graduation to establish residency and then attend the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. I loved CO and never lacked for visits from friends and family who wanted to visit me (or more likely visit Colorado! : ). I used these visits…

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    In 1992, after I broke up with a guy I’d lived with for four years, I took a road trip from CO to visit my best girlfriend in Phoenix, with a side trip planned to the Grand Canyon. For the prior four years my boyfriend had driven us most places,…

  • Greetings from Mesa Verde National Park

    This Ranger has been a NPS Ranger for a LONG time and her knowledge and wisdom are incredible! I wish I knew her name. She was giving our tour on May 23, 2015.

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