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!
Want to share your own story of a park visit or perhaps a reason why you support NPCA? Click below to share your own story with others!
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Waving Farewell
Garrett Radke , February 21, 2013
I am an official National Park Service Photographer. A big part of my job is to capture moments of people appreciating our national parks. I am the photographer and the NPS owns the copyright to this picture. It has been made public domain and...
Garrett Radke , February 21, 2013
I am an official National Park Service Photographer. A big part of my job is to capture moments of people appreciating our national parks. I am the photographer and the NPS owns the copyright to this picture. It has been made public domain and...
Above the clouds
Monica Demler , February 21, 2013
above the clouds and we're not even in a plane! On the way to the summit at Haleakala National Park
Monica Demler , February 21, 2013
above the clouds and we're not even in a plane! On the way to the summit at Haleakala National Park
Wedding in the Valley
Garrett Radke , February 21, 2013
My wife and I just after getting married in the chapel in the Yosemite Valley.
Garrett Radke , February 21, 2013
My wife and I just after getting married in the chapel in the Yosemite Valley.
What it means to be an American
Garrett Radke , February 21, 2013
I am an official National Park Service Photographer. A big part of my job is to capture moments of people appreciating our national parks. I am the photographer and the NPS owns the copyright to this picture. It has been made public domain and...
Garrett Radke , February 21, 2013
I am an official National Park Service Photographer. A big part of my job is to capture moments of people appreciating our national parks. I am the photographer and the NPS owns the copyright to this picture. It has been made public domain and...
Advancing to the Sunken Road
Garrett Radke , February 21, 2013
I am an official National Park Service Photographer. A big part of my job is to capture moments of people appreciating our national parks. I am the photographer and the NPS owns the copyright to this picture. It has been made public domain and...
Garrett Radke , February 21, 2013
I am an official National Park Service Photographer. A big part of my job is to capture moments of people appreciating our national parks. I am the photographer and the NPS owns the copyright to this picture. It has been made public domain and...
Inspired
Garrett Radke , February 21, 2013
I am an official National Park Service Photographer. A big part of my job is to capture moments of people appreciating our national parks. I am the photographer and the NPS owns the copyright to this picture. It has been made public domain and...
Garrett Radke , February 21, 2013
I am an official National Park Service Photographer. A big part of my job is to capture moments of people appreciating our national parks. I am the photographer and the NPS owns the copyright to this picture. It has been made public domain and...
Where was I going again?
Monica Demler , February 21, 2013
Summit at Haleakala National Park, Hawaii
Monica Demler , February 21, 2013
Summit at Haleakala National Park, Hawaii
Inspiring a Legacy
Garrett Radke , February 21, 2013
I am an official National Park Service Photographer. A big part of my job is to capture moments of people appreciating our national parks. I am the photographer and the NPS owns the copyright to this picture. It has been made public domain and...
Garrett Radke , February 21, 2013
I am an official National Park Service Photographer. A big part of my job is to capture moments of people appreciating our national parks. I am the photographer and the NPS owns the copyright to this picture. It has been made public domain and...
Wild, Wonderful Alaska
Tim Sanford , January 13, 2012
My wife and I spent two weeks in Alaska several summers ago, and it was incredible! We hiked within 50 yards of several grizzlies on the Katmai Peninsula, saw barn door halibut being hauled off of fishing boats in Homer, landed on Ruth's Glacier...
Tim Sanford , January 13, 2012
My wife and I spent two weeks in Alaska several summers ago, and it was incredible! We hiked within 50 yards of several grizzlies on the Katmai Peninsula, saw barn door halibut being hauled off of fishing boats in Homer, landed on Ruth's Glacier...
Into the Distance
Garrett Radke , February 21, 2013
I am an official National Park Service Photographer. A big part of my job is to capture moments of people appreciating our national parks. I am the photographer and the NPS owns the copyright to this picture. It has been made public domain and...
Garrett Radke , February 21, 2013
I am an official National Park Service Photographer. A big part of my job is to capture moments of people appreciating our national parks. I am the photographer and the NPS owns the copyright to this picture. It has been made public domain and...
