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    Greetings from Isle Royale National Park

    Well, you can't really say "Greetings From..." You have to say "Greetings After Being There," because Isle Royale National Park doesn't dignify internet coverage. And that's the point of being on Isle Royale. I could write about this place being unique because it's 99% wilderness. Or the incongruence of this…

  • Greetings from Zion National Park

    There is a definite reason why so many visitors from around the world consider Zion National Park in Southwest Utah their true "Zion." This is a picture from Weeping Rock.

  • Greetings from Great Basin National Park

    My wife and I just returned from an 8 day road trip starting in Barstow, California, traveling all across Nevada, and ending up back in Santa Monica, California. We spent 2 1/2 days in Great Basin National Park and took a tour of Lehman Caves. Great Basin is a true…

  • Greetings from Independence National Historical Park

    My wife and I finally made it out to Philadelphia. We had a great time visiting the historic sites! I think we read everything in every building. BUT, we were very disappointed that some historic homes were closed. We would have loved to have seen the home where Thomas Jefferson…

  • Greetings from Shenandoah National Park

    Our family has been camping in Shenandoah every summer for the last 10+yrs. Although our children are all grown and have moved on with their lives, we still manage to attract one or two each year to join us on our week long tent camping trip. We don't cover as…

  • Greetings from Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve

    I have been an Interpretive Ranger at Yukon-Charley Rivers for 13 years. Recently, 43 students and staff from Alaska Pacific University (Anchorage) traveled down river by raft, cataraft and canoe. They stopped at the Coal Creek Historic Mining District for a tour of the Coal Creek Dredge and other interpretive…

  • Greetings from Rocky Mountain National Park

    My husband, daughter and I spent a day in Rocky Mountain National Park. I would love to spend more time in our national parks, but it's not by husband and daughter's idea of a vacation. Fortunately I was able to convice them to spend at least one day in this…

  • Greetings from Acadia National Park

    My husband and I visited Acadia N.P. last week and as we toured the park we would keep finding places that reminded us of some of the other National Parks we visited in the past. Driving the hills along the evergreen forests reminded us of drives in Crater Lake NP…

  • Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    I took my wife and kids to see Yosemite's beautiful falls in May, when spring runoff was at its peak. Our 5- and 7-year-olds were mesmerized by towering Yosemite Fall and loved our little exploratory hike along the boulders up to the base of the falls. Even our 1-year-old couldn't…

  • Greetings from Glacier National Park

    Just took a wonderful trip with Road Scholar to Glacier National Park. Did lots of hiking, learned all about the unique geology of the region; and was devastated to learn that only 18 glaciers remain. What a beautiful place!

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