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    Greetings from Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve

    Our family visited every National Park before my brother went to college. We had to pull off a fast play to get Pinnacles done as it was so recently added. This collage framing our first map of the parks prior to the new additions serves as the centerpiece to our…

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    Greetings from Bryce Canyon National Park

    My son is named after Bryce Canyon and he was greeted by a beautiful double rainbow on the afternoon of his first visit.

  • Greetings from Bryce Canyon National Park

    My family and I started seeing the national parks 3 years ago. Our goal is to see them all. We have seen 18 so far and by summer end will be at 25. There is nothing like it -- each national park is unique and amazing and a great way…

  • Greetings from Glacier National Park

    This past summer my mom flew out to Colorado at the end of my internship to join me on a road trip up to Glacier National Park. I have always been close to my mom, but the way hiking in a National Park brings people together is a whole new…

  • Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    Many years ago when I was in college my sister and I wanted to go off on an adventure. We are from Michigan and we had relatives in Virginia, so we decided to head there by way of the Great Smokies. It was the first national park we had ever…

  • Greetings from Shenandoah National Park

    A number of years ago, my husband, two young daughters and I were having a picnic on a golden day amidst the Park's radiant, autumnal colors--a privilege we Virginians appreciate. The picnic area was deserted except for another family in an area that was removed from ours. We had finished…

  • Greetings from Bryce Canyon National Park

    We had driven along to the very end of the park to the bristle cone pines and the prairie dog meadow. It was dusk and we were looking forward to dinner at Ruby's Lodge when a cougar leapt out of the undergrowth and cleared the road in 2 bounds. We…

  • Greetings from Bryce Canyon National Park

    This isn't just about Bryce Canyon---how it utterly swept me off my feet, brought both me and my husband to tears, for such magnificent beauty and grace that we saw there. I want to tell you what the National Parks do for me, on a regular basis and in a…

  • Greetings from Grand Teton National Park

    During my first month living and working in Grand Teton National Park I had a visitor! Yes, this is a sub-adult grizzly bear parading through my back yard. For a summer spent on the Wildlife Brigade team, handling "bear jams" along the roadway, seeing elk, moose, and wolves in the…

  • Greetings from Grand Teton National Park

    My wife and I were at the Grand Teton National Park around April of 2007. Se saw this Grizzly Bear. I drove around a little hill so I could see it. I parked my truck and walked further in. I saw the Grizzly Bear. I took some pictures of it.…

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