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    Greetings from Zion National Park

    Zion National Park is my park! I love it here. I got this amazing opportunity to work here this summer and I have loved every second of it. This is a picture in Kolob over by the Northgate peaks. I challenge you all to find your own parks. Edward Abbey…

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    Greetings from Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

    I took my 9 year old step-son, on his first backpacking trip, to North Manitou Island. We had an amazing time, riding the ferry, hiking and playing on our private beach. He wants to go every year and I agree! It was really special to share something I had grown…

  • Greetings from Gateway National Recreation Area

    Did you know there is a NP just a stones throw from Coney Island, NY? There is a place to camp with millions of New Yorkers just minutes away. We used the GPS coordinates from the web page and were still reluctant to believe we had reached our destination. We…

  • Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    My research group and I collected data on water quality from many sites along our backpacking route, including this outflow of Upper Cathedral Lake. Here, we stopped to observe the presence of macroinvertebrates in the water, and we found a whole world of small, fascinating creatures. I felt truly privileged…

  • Greetings from George Washington Memorial Parkway

    I explored the park way with my 87 year old grandfather.

  • Greetings from Glacier National Park

    Grinnell Glacier Trail was our first hike in Glacier in 1975 as part of our 40-day honeymoon camping in the national parks. We had never camped together yet the magnificence of our country outweighed any novice mistakes we made! Returning often to Glacier was an act of spiritual renewal strengthening…

  • Greetings from Channel Islands National Park

    I went to the Channel Islands National Park this June with my husband and our two teens. We went with Santa Barbara Adventures and they provided us with a terrific naturalist guide, camping gear, and kayaks. We visited a sea lion rookery and the young pups were so curious and…

  • Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    My husband and I at Yosemite for the umpteenth time in our many years of camping at all the National Parks of the West. We never got tired of Yosemite and camping was heaven for us. Peace and quiet in the beautiful natural world was what we returned to time…

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    Greetings from Chaco Culture National Historical Park

    A hidden gem, and really off the radar for most people, this area is a few hours from anywhere in New Mexico! Chaco Canyon was mysterious, surreal, and absolutely amazing. The Anasazi Indians built a great city here thousands of years ago. Some of the structures were originally 7 stories…

  • Greetings from Minute Man National Historical Park

    Hi! On this Fourth of July weekend, my park is the Minute Man Park. I went there and learned about the British leaving Boston to find the weapons that the Colonists were hiding. A man named Paul Revere rode very fast on his horse to warn the Colonists that the…

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