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  • Greetings from Rocky Mountain National Park

    We are privileged to live in Longmont, Colorado, which is just a 45-minute drive from Rocky Mountain National Park. We consider it "our park" and visit several times every year, often driving from Estes Park over to Grand Lake for a day trip. In the fall we go to see…

  • Greetings from Everglades National Park

    Born & raised in Miami, I never saw a real mountain or snow but at 19 I joined the USAF & went to CA & Panama CZ. Those 4 yrs showed me some amazing scenery, so I bought a Norton 750 Commando Fastback, a Golden Eagle Passport and hit the…

  • Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    Family hikes and stay over at LeConte Lodge the best. Scenic,quiet, good food, family time! Memories that last a lifetime and continue thru generations.

  • Greetings from Rocky Mountain National Park

    My childhood was anything but a happy one, but one summer I attended a summer camp near Rocky Mountain National Park. I signed up for a backpack trip, my first. We started from Gore Range Overlook on Trail Ridge Road, back when that was still a trail head. Our first…

  • Greetings from Denali National Park & Preserve

    Spent 6 days day hiking in and around Denali. saw bears on a caribou kill ; fox by den; caribou with huge rack; beaver lodges; and beautiful mtns and great people. But concerned cause Alaska allows too many wolves to be killed from helicopters and the population in Denali is…

  • Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    On November 13th, , 2009, I was helping at the Valley Visitor Center sales counter during employee lunch breaks. A man approached me carrying a bear canister, and I greeted him, asking if he was returning it. He said yes, and this conversation ensured: “I may owe some money on…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    I have been through Yellowstone many, many times, especially when I was younger and traveling by car from East coast to the West, and from the West to the East. We nearly always went through Yellowstone. What a breath of fresh air for the long journey, especially before cars had…

  • Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    I love the Smokies. It is so great -- there are all kinds of things to do. There are deer, black bears,turkey, fox, and a lot more. It is a great place for wild flowers and photos.My Grand Daddy did the party at the opening of the park.

  • Greetings from Big Bend National Park

    In college, the dorms closed for the week of spring break. My sister, my boyfriend, and me all drove all night to get from San Marcos to Big Bend to spend the week camping there. We arrived around 7 am and thought it was really foggy as the sun came…

  • Greetings from Grand Teton National Park

    I went to Wyoming for the first time and the Tetons were so amazing. It made me fall in love with the mountains, since being from Texas, we have no real mountains here. I'd like to return soon and climb them. Such beauty!

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