Shared Stories
Welcome to our Shared Stories section, where visitors to our parks and NPCA donors have chosen to share their thoughts and stories regarding our National Parks! Thank you to all who have shared their story with the rest of us!
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Denali Husky Kennel
Candice Cassel , February 16, 2013
Love these Alaskan Huskies at Denali
Candice Cassel , February 16, 2013
Love these Alaskan Huskies at Denali
Peace of Mind
Kate , February 16, 2013
The National Parks - as well as state and local parks - are sacred places where we can enjoy the beauty of our world and receive nourishment for our spirits! In a country where consumerism and material goods and blaring ads screen for our...
Kate , February 16, 2013
The National Parks - as well as state and local parks - are sacred places where we can enjoy the beauty of our world and receive nourishment for our spirits! In a country where consumerism and material goods and blaring ads screen for our...
I Don't Feel Quite as Helpless
Patricia Burroughs , February 16, 2013
Our family watched with great alarm and sadness as wildfires changed the terrain of our beloved Rocky Mountain National Park in 2011. We were hundreds of miles away and could only follow internet and media reports, but we have spent so many...
Patricia Burroughs , February 16, 2013
Our family watched with great alarm and sadness as wildfires changed the terrain of our beloved Rocky Mountain National Park in 2011. We were hundreds of miles away and could only follow internet and media reports, but we have spent so many...
Jason at The Beehives
Jennifer Sonker , February 15, 2013
My husband Jason Sonker posing with the Beehive Kilns in Death Valley - it was 119 degrees when I took this photo!
Jennifer Sonker , February 15, 2013
My husband Jason Sonker posing with the Beehive Kilns in Death Valley - it was 119 degrees when I took this photo!
Crater Lake view
Teresa Parks , February 15, 2013
Crater Lake behind us at the top of Garfield Peak Trail.
Teresa Parks , February 15, 2013
Crater Lake behind us at the top of Garfield Peak Trail.
Hidden Lake
Teresa Parks , February 15, 2013
Hiking on Hidden Lake Trail at Logan's Pass at Glacier National Park. We couldn't go any further because of a Grizzly sow and her cub down by the lake.
Teresa Parks , February 15, 2013
Hiking on Hidden Lake Trail at Logan's Pass at Glacier National Park. We couldn't go any further because of a Grizzly sow and her cub down by the lake.
Place of Refuge
Linda Catlin , February 15, 2013
Walking the paths through the Place of Refuge to get a sense of what it was like.
Linda Catlin , February 15, 2013
Walking the paths through the Place of Refuge to get a sense of what it was like.
Place of Refuge
Linda Catlin , February 15, 2013
What a beautiful and sacred place - a great day trip for a honeymoon!
Linda Catlin , February 15, 2013
What a beautiful and sacred place - a great day trip for a honeymoon!
Close encounters of the monumental kind
Bruce W. Christopher , February 15, 2013
Hiking around the base of Devil's Tower in Wyoming on a beautiful summer afternoon.
Bruce W. Christopher , February 15, 2013
Hiking around the base of Devil's Tower in Wyoming on a beautiful summer afternoon.
