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  • Greetings from Golden Gate National Recreation Area

    My visit to Fort Funston Growing up in San Francisco Fort Funston has loomed over the city my whole life. So when I say I’ve never actually been in the park means it I've taken it for granted. Everyone in my family has walked our dog in the park and…

  • Greetings from Sequoia National Park

    General Sherman and General Lee were among the endless gargantuan Sequoias I had the privilege to marvel at. In the midst of crafting a snowman, climbing tree roots and creating snowballs half my size, my park-exploring partner and I found ourselves trickling away from a designated trail. The sun was…

  • Greetings from Golden Gate National Recreation Area

    I’ve lived in San Francisco for 4 years and never once went to the Presidio. Much of that is because I’m a student and between school, work and sleep I barely have enough time to get down a packet of Ramen never mind take an afternoon off to go to…

  • Greetings from Golden Gate National Recreation Area

    I recently visited for the first time the Rancho Corral de Tierra protected area, part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, located just south of the Devils Slide tunnel that runs along the coast on Highway 1 just south of San Francisco. The protected area is accessible via bicycle…

  • Greetings from Point Reyes National Seashore

    Outdoor adventures have always been a top priority in my life and with each new destination and exploration my soul grows that much closer to mother nature. I am currently an undergraduate at San Francisco State University studying Environmental Studies with an emphasis on Natural Resource Management and Conservation and…

  • Greetings from San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

    I ventured out to the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. The weather was still showing its beauty as my friends and I stepped on the beach of this little marina. We got to enjoy the sand between our toes, surrounded by families and others playing in the water. This…

  • Greetings from Golden Gate National Recreation Area

    I went to the Ocean beach fire pits during one night with a few friends who were having a fire jam. This was the first time that I have been to the pits. It was a clear warm night, unusual for San Francisco, and many other people were enjoying the…

  • Greetings from Golden Gate National Recreation Area

    The San Francisco skyline is like a cacophony of natural/modern landforms that descend into a glimmering bay straddled by the silhouetted Golden Gate. Right in the middle of the bay is “the rock.” A little smudge of land so spotted in history it deserved protection from the National Park Service.…

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