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    Greetings from Big Bend National Park

    Big Bend was the very first National Park j was ever dragged to. At the time I did not understand why my father was so fascinated with places like this. Why should I care about this mountain range, or the plants littered along its base. Now I realize the importance…

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    Greetings from Everglades National Park

    Have you ever slogged through a slough? Until recently, we hadn't either. In fact, we hadn't ever really heard of doing that. Around the new year, my husband and I were longing for another National Park experience and thinking back on recent trips to the "more notable" parks like our…

  • Greetings from Shenandoah National Park

    We found this gigantic dandelion on Skyline Drive!

  • Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    Good times and great memories at Great Smoky Mountains National Park!

  • Greetings from Dry Tortugas National Park

    We have grand scenery in the West where we live, but an underwater national park is a whole new world to us. What a spectacular experience my wife and I had snorkeling off Garden Key!

  • Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    Top of Benson Pass just before descending to Matterhorn Canyon. This is where I first heard the roll of thunder echoing through the canyons below -- a magnificent sound I will never forget! 1976 Backpacking trip -- one of the best of many.

  • Greetings from Denali National Park & Preserve

    Last summer, my partner Sue and I met up with our dear friends the Bishops at Denali National Park. We had not seen them for several years, and it was a memorable place for a reunion. One of our favorite memories was watching a grizzly named Tripod maneuver through the…

  • Greetings from Rocky Mountain National Park

    Have no pic, but many many years ago, when I was young I was camped (probably illegally) on Mt. Evans. A thunderstorm raged below my tent. I will never forget what that storm looked like from above rather than below. I watched the lightning & felt the thunder through the…

  • Greetings from Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

    Last year, I volunteered with a group of my coworkers at Harpers Ferry. We rebuilt a historic wooden fence and when I went back six months later, it was still standing!

  • Greetings from Rocky Mountain National Park

    I have a life goal of traveling the length of the Colorado River. June 2012, I hiked in the Rocky Mountains to the small stream that becomes a mighty river.

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