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priceless memories.
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Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park
About a year ago, we started hiking in the park and it has opened our minds and hearts so much. Something about being alone with your thoughts in the park makes you come out refreshed - body, mind and soul. Hiking these trails has helped us release the stress of…
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Greetings from Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument
This museum house near the U.S. Capitol reminds us of the savvy organizing and courageous demonstrations waged by suffragettes to achieve voting rights for women. The slogans on the banners displayed throughout the house hold true today.
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Greetings from Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
This is a beautiful sacred space that commemorates Custer's Last Stand and contributes to an understanding of the Lakota and other Plains Indian tribes. I was reminded of the savage atrocities committed against indigenous peoples during the founding of this country. When I went to school General Custer was a…
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Greetings from Great Falls Park
I am a Virginia resident who lives overseas for my work. When I am away, no matter how long or how short a time, what I miss the most and long for are not the crowded commercial spaces, or the busy cities, not even the convenience of enterprise and innovation.…
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Greetings from Zion National Park
was 2002, my wife and I(pictured) traveled through Utah, visiting many National Parks. Zion, Bryce, Grand Canyon, Arches, and others. Camping in these parks was terrific, as well as hiking. Such beauty it takes your breath away. These are sanctuaries for not just for the animals, but humans as well.…
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Greetings from Mesa Verde National Park
I'm a travel writer and recently visited Mesa Verde National Park. Writing about it to tell the story of the ancient people who built these amazing cliff dwellings is the kind of thing I love to do. The biggest lesson I took from this visit was how these ancient cliff…
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Greetings from Olympic National Park
Visiting Ruby Beach last week on a 10 day National Park trip that took us to Olympic, North Cascades and Mount Ranier National Parks. These were 21, 22 and 23 marked off of our National Park bucket list!!! Almost half way to visiting all of the parks...they mean the world…
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Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park
Growing up, my Father thought it was important for us to see as much of our country as possible. We always drove so we could stop at anything that caught our eye, the Grand Canyon being his favorite. When my husband and I started having children of our own, I…
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Greetings from Acadia National Park
My first experience with Acadia -- September 2012. We camped at Blackwoods. By the time we set up the RV, settled in and ate supper it was dark. My sister said we had to go to "The Rocks" I wasn't too sure about rocks in the dark, but trusted and…
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Greetings from Yellowstone National Park
My sister and best friend (pictured) was my travelling partner seeing over 25 national parks in just 10 years. Dying suddenly, I am so happy we had so much fun and I have so much to remember about the trails we hiked, the animals we made friends with, the rangers…
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