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  • Greetings from Acadia National Park

    This is a recent photo taken at Acadia National Park. My park story is not about one park, it is about a lifetime of visiting and enjoying our National Parks from the east coast to the west coast. I have visited many of our National Parks and each one has…

  • Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    My husband Mark and I wanted to go on a vacation that was close and inexpensive. So we chose Great Smoky National Park for our spring vacation. We had such a wonderful time here. We went on many drives through the park, mainly because our son is disabled so we…

  • Greetings from White Sands National Park

    The Giving Tree Band is a rock n roll band that are comprised of five musicians that are working their way around the National Park System, playing acoustically arranged songs in park settings to promote unity, harmony, and the well-being off all people and the planet. Further they are sharing…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    My husband and I were here for a week in September. We had the best time. We camped in a tent, it was truly amazing. I think everyone should go to Yellowstone... Great!

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    cannot stop returning to this most marvelous place...... the beauty says it all

  • Greetings from Buffalo National River

    For many years now, we have traveled the backroads of Arkansas, just south of Harrison, to a place called Erbie.... Two adults, two dogs, two horses in a fair size rig with an LQ. We cherish every moment we've shared in the primitive horsecamp there.... riding some of the most…

  • Greetings from Mount Rushmore National Memorial

    The western end of South Dakota will always hold a special place in my heart. For as long as I can remember, my family made an annual pilgrimage to those welcoming, beautiful Black Hills. As I grew up, I began to cherish those trips more and more. I was able…

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    Greetings from Acadia National Park

    If it is possible to fall, and fall hard, head-over-heels in love with a place, I did in 2006 for Acadia. When we crossed back overland at the end of that first visit, I wept. Funny thing, the next visit (at least one each year since) also brought tears upon…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    This is truly one of my favorite National Parks! I have so many great memories here. Will be back again.

  • Greetings from Appalachian National Scenic Trail

    I backpacked part of the A.T. during on a snowy weekend, March 2013. It was an incredible experience where I suddenly realized: this land is our land. Being a city-locked student means that I sometimes forget how beautiful this continent is. America's parks rock!

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