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Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

In 1992, after I broke up with a guy I’d lived with for four years, I took a road trip from CO to visit my best girlfriend in Phoenix, with a side trip planned to the Grand Canyon. For the prior four years my boyfriend had driven us most places,…
Greetings from Mesa Verde National Park

This Ranger has been a NPS Ranger for a LONG time and her knowledge and wisdom are incredible! I wish I knew her name. She was giving our tour on May 23, 2015.
Greetings from National Mall and Memorial Parks

In 2013 my sister Kim and I took a really fun Segway tour of DC. We got to see all the highlights, most of which I'd seen before but at the end of this day my feet didn't hurt from all the walking.
Greetings from Golden Gate National Recreation Area

I have been to San Francisco several times and love the Golden Gate Nat'l Rec Area.
Greetings from Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine

My cousins live in Baltimore and I'm sure I went to the fort when I was a kid, but I appreciated it much more as an adult in 2010.
Greetings from San Juan National Historic Site

My partner Keith and I took a Caribbean cruise in 2011 and we really enjoyed our stop in San Jaun.
Greetings from Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

My partner Keith and I at Hoover Dam in 2008.
Greetings from Gettysburg National Military Park

Even as an adult, I can't resist getting my photo taken with a canon. My parents used to love to do the photo op of us four kids on a canon when we'd tour Civil War battlefields in the 1970s. This was in 2006, long after I got my BA…
Greetings from Antietam National Battlefield

As the youngest of four kids, growing up in the 60s and 70s, my parents loved to take us on cheap entertainments - such as those offered at Civil War battlefields. We had numerus slides of the four of us sitting on a canon. I later got my BA in…
Greetings from Badlands National Park

We have been visiting the National Parks for more than 40 years. We were married at the botanic garden on Haleakala. Most recently we visited the Badlands, Mt. Rushmore and Devil's Tower on a road trip through the West. The stark beauty of the Badlands was more breathtaking than I…