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  • Greetings from Mammoth Cave National Park

    This photo is from the Caves and Dripstones cave tour at Mammoth Cave National Park. I took this picture of park ranger “John” as soon as we began the tour! This picture was from the 8:45 a.m. tour on 7/29/2014.

  • Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    Our visit to Great Smoky Mountains National Park this summer was an absolutely wonderful experience. My family visited many places and we would recommend seeing these areas as we found them to be quite enjoyable. Mingo Falls in Cherokee, NC. Chimney Tops, Cades Cove, Roaring Fork Motor Trail, Clingmans Dome…

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    We try to visit at least one park each year. It is one of our favorite things to do. It was brought home to me very clearly this summer while visiting our son's family in Portland, Or. when we attended a neighborhood 4th of July party. While talking with one…

  • Greetings from Grand Teton National Park

    Using several tour companies I traveled through Grand Teton National Park and got some great photos!

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    I really enjoyed Yellowstone in June -- snow and wildlife!

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    Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    When I was a teenager I mounted on my bedroom wall four photos of places I wanted to see. I visited 3 of those over time and now, in my 82d year, saw Yosemite for the 1st time, during two weeks in May. How magnificent it is, and to think…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    I love the outdoors, watching animals, looking at the flowers in bloom and trying to remember their names. I love listening to the sounds of nature, and breathing the fresh clean scents nature provides. Yellowstone is my favorite because of the added animals there that are not as easy to…

  • Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    We started as a family, my husband,myself and three children visiting Yosemite when the children were small and are now middle aged. We still visit Yosemite and other national parks. To us it is the most beautiful place on Earth. Magnificent trees, river, mountains and meadows. Masses of flowers in…

  • Greetings from Colorado National Monument

    Colorado National Monument, as a graduation present from my father. We went to Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park. Besides all the traveling and using up all my camera memory, Colorado and Yellowstone stole my soul. I can't I wait to go back. ;)

  • Greetings from Sequoia National Park

    After a 221-mile hike from Yosemite Valley, father and daughter Norman and Cameron Llewellyn make it to the peak of Mount Whitney.

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