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  • Greetings from Olympic National Park

    I'm writing this as not only a park visitor and member of NPCA, but as a seasonal 'Visitors Use Assistant' / backcountry Park Ranger. I took the accompanying photo while on-duty on a backcountry trip on the North Pacific Coast section of ONP. There is a famous picture of Rialto…

  • Greetings from Badlands National Park

    Finally got to South Dakota this summer. Our home is in North Carolina. My Dad always said this was the most unusual place he had seen in all his travels. He was right. Millions of acres of beautiful grassland with this ungodly "bad land" in the middle of it. Quite…

  • Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    My late husband, our daughter and I shared untold sweet memories from honeymoon to celebrations of college graduations . Always the never ending ritual was that we stop, go down the rocky banks and dip daughter's feet in the water. It was the first and last thing we did on…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    Last summer we took our 11 year old grandson for a week's session under a Road Scholar program at Grand Teton National Park in which we participated in many fun activities. We then spent 2 days on our own in Yellowstone National Park. These 2 days were spectacular. There is…

  • Greetings from Shenandoah National Park

    I began my hike on the Appalachian Trail through Shenandoah National Park. Easy E and I started here and went south. There are so many amazing views off rock faces, through the trees, flowers, sunrises and sunsets. The park hiker hospitality spoiled us for the rest of our hike.

  • Greetings from Capitol Reef National Park

    We toured 5 national parks in May, including Zion, Bryce, Capitol Reef, Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. Capitol Reef is a magic and awesome place, that no picture (at least that I can take) can convey. The scale and colors of the landscape are stunning. Like no other place, you…

  • Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    Planned to visit Yosemite week, but the hotel where we were to stay was evacuated...so we didn't actually get there...but will try again another time.

  • Greetings from Rocky Mountain National Park

    My wife and I traveled with New England Hiking Holidays to visit Rocky Mountain NP. We hiked great trails, saw awesome views, and soaked in the spectacular outdoors. This was our fourth trip with NEHH. Two years ago we traveled to Olympic National Park. At Ruby Beach is where I…

  • Greetings from Mesa Verde National Park

    Last year, we visited Mesa Verde National Park. We were thrilled at the preservation of such a historical location. The Rangers were friendly and helpful and actually took the time to take this picture.

  • Greetings from Shenandoah National Park

    I managed 3 day hikes in Shenandoah NP this summer. Near Knob Mtn, a mother black bear and 3 cubs scrambled down some trees 50 feet from me and ran away too fast to give a good picture. Later, I took this shot of Stony Man Mtn in the distance…

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