Priceless places,
priceless memories.
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Greetings from Yellowstone National Park
We took our sons and future daughters-in-law to Yellowstone and Grand Tetons in 2013. We spent eight days enjoying the views and wildlife. It was our fourth trip as a family and we wanted to share this experience with the girls. There is no better place than our national parks…
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Greetings from Bryce Canyon National Park
My oldest grandson and I visited Bryce and Zion this summer ...it was an amazing trip filled with new vistas around each curve ...he too became enraptured by the space, colors and form ...walking trails, seeking new forms and best watercolor Iight along these cathedrals .
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Greetings from White Sands National Park
I found walking through this moon like landscape to be fascinating. I purposely went early in the morning and late in the evening to enjoy the cooler temperatures and beautiful light. I want to come back and camp under the magnificent stars sometime.
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Greetings from Zion National Park
Hiking into the north fork of the Virgin River is one of the most spectacular treks of the park. The hike drops you down about 900 feet to the river bed and takes you back 4 miles to this fantastic cut out in the canyon, appropriately named The Subway..I love…
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Greetings from Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
This series of missions stretch along the east side of the Sandia Mountains, near Albuquerque, NM. A really interesting, and somewhat off the beaten path place to visit. Here was a blending of the old world with native Americans and the Spanish missionaries bringing their culture up from Mexico along…
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Greetings from Badlands National Park
Our first trip together included a stunning visit to Olympic National Park in 1993. Then I married the love of my life, we went on to have three kids and we've added 30 more national parks to our visited list! Just last week we explored Badlands, Wind Cave, Jewel Cave,…
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Greetings from Joshua Tree National Park
When I first arrived in Joshua Tree so many months ago, I was reeling from a bitter breakup and divorce, vitamin D deficient and chilled to the bone from 13+ years of living under the “gray ceiling” of the Pacific Northwest. I had been to Joshua Tree once before. That…
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Greetings from Yosemite National Park
My story centers on the profound influence that a family vacation to Yosemite National Park had on me as a nine year old boy. That week-long visit set the stage for a 30 plus year career in Arizona park operations at the local, regional and state levels. My experience at…
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Greetings from Yellowstone National Park
In 1968 my grandparents took a road trip across the U.S. They left from Pennsylvania and drove west, camping in National Parks along the way. They wrote notes in journals along the way, including notes about the parks, rangers, and campsites. My grandfather told me all kinds of great stories…
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Greetings from Glacier National Park
In 1965, my Dad became the Engineer/Winter Caretaker at Many Glacier. He started working there in April and the rest of the family moved up in June after my sister graduated from High School in Great Falls. We lived there until November 1969. In the summer there were all the…
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