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  • Greetings from Mojave National Preserve

    Climbing up - then sprinting down - the gigantic Kelso Dunes was an invigorating experience! It gave me a fantastic new appreciation for the rich diversity found in our desert national, parks!

  • Greetings from Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site

    I visited Tao House when I was a freshman in high school. They ran a program that brought in students for two days to make art inspired by the site and by Eugene O'Neill's legacy. Painting, photography, poetry, didn't matter. It was such a unique experience, something that I really…

  • Greetings from Rosie The Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park

    My family and I visited this site when it was still fairly new, before it even had a visitor center. There were still fun exhibits to check out though, including a Victory Ship that visitors could wander around. That's my sister behind the wheel. Can't wait to go back to…

  • Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    One of my best friends was moving from DC to Texas and our road trip took us through Tennessee. We decided to stop in the Smokies and took her dog, JR, on a pet-friendly hiking trail along a creek. JR grew up in a city so it was his first…

  • Greetings from Rock Creek Park

    Hanging out with Zeus!!

  • Greetings from Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park

    What a beautiful and sacred place - a great day trip for a honeymoon!

  • Greetings from Glacier National Park

    After spending the night at the Oldman Lake campsite, we began our day's hike by climbing to Pitamakin Pass. We were struck breathless by the sight of three jewel-toned lakes greeting us from below.

  • Greetings from Zion National Park

    This was taken on our return hike from Angel's Landing in Zion National Park. My college buddies and I were celebrating our recent graduation from Madison with a trip through some of Utah's great parks.

  • Greetings from Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

    I was diagnosed with breast cancer in July of 2012. This photo was taken the day after my first round of chemo in September. We spent the night in nearby Alamosa, CO, on our way to Pagosa Springs to visit friends for the weekend (before I would become too sick…

  • Greetings from Arches National Park

    On our first vacation together, my then-boyfriend and I took a trip from Tampa, FL, where we were living. We visited Mesa Verde and Arches Nat'l Parks in our travels from Albuquerque to Durango and Moab. There was only one other person at the top of Delicate Arch that day,…

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