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    Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    My heart thudded wildly as I stepped off the trail and hovered near the edge of the drop-off. 2,000 feet below, Yosemite Valley separated the monolith I stood atop and the one adjacent from me. Usually when my heart raced it was because I was frightened, or anxious, or nervous--but…

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    Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    My story begins not in a national park, but in the backyard of my childhood home. For as long as I can remember, my parents have loved to garden, so naturally I spent a good deal of my childhood outside playing with bugs and watching plants grow. Those experiences eventually…

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    Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    I've lived in California, the Central Valley to be exact, most of my life, and up until my freshman year in college I had no idea what Yosemite was when someone would nonchalantly mention it. It wasn't until a long hard school week that my best friend and I decided…

  • Greetings from Glacier National Park

    We were disappointed to not ride the Red Bus through the "Road To The Sun." However we had a great time with our tour group.

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    Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    I grew up going to national parks every so often, but I didn't realize how special these places were until I went to Yosemite. Yosemite gave me the eyes to see how inspiring wilderness can be. My first wilderness experience was my first year in college with a group backpacking…

  • Greetings from Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

    I grew up in Michigan and have a rich memory of the national parks there. Sleeping Bear, Pictured Rocks... these and many others. I'm an Eagle Scout and owe much to the resources the parks provided. I live in Florida now and still love the National Parks afforded me…

  • Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    When 5 Elk calves came running out of the high grass at the Oconaluftee Visitor center and circled the herd in a full gallop, I was hooked. The Park had reintroduced Elk to the Park in 2001, and now the herd that has come to Oconaluftee numbers 25. Only through…

  • Greetings from Colorado National Monument

    I love the State of Colorado and what makes it so special is the National Park Land. I have been camping, hiking and fishing since my parents started taking me as a young child. I love it when I see the National Park sign in Colorado. I have taken my…

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    My wife and I spent our 20th anniversary at Grand Canyon. 3 nights on each rim including 3 nights in a cabin directly on North Rim. The drive from Phoenix up to North Rim was spectacular. Mule ride with Ron Clayton's must do!! I am going back in 2015 to…

  • Greetings from Blue Ridge Parkway

    Its not a long story, but a nice and surprising one. I remember especially this one because of the emotional reference to me. In 2003, my then fiance and I were taking yet another trip in the Blue Ridge, as we traveled along the beltway, I noticed a black cub…

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