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  • Greetings from Theodore Roosevelt National Park

    My first degree was in history, but it was unfortunately a case of “really good at Jeopardy – can’t get a decent job”; so I went back to school for accounting. In the fall of 1999, I still needed to pass one section of the CPA exam. I quit my…

  • Greetings from Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

    Our annual family reunion rotates between OH, MI and MD; for the 1989 Reunion we stayed near Sleeping Bear and did a great day trip there. Once we reached the top of the dunes, we launched ourselves off and took huge running leaps down to the cooling waters of Lake…

  • Greetings from Pinnacles National Park

    Spring 2021: This was the first time I've travelled to a national park with my mom since the pandemic. After nearly a year of self-quarantine at home, we have finally decided to go and take a breather in the nature. Eagerly, we packed water and a jacket on the weekend…

  • Greetings from Montezuma Castle National Monument

    My family moved from NJ to AZ when I was 7 years old. We would take day trips or drive to different places in AZ for weekend. I got to choose our destination once, and I chose Montezuma’s Castle bc of the name. It is such an amazing place- you…

  • Greetings from Everglades National Park

    My sisters and I took a Caribbean cruise in October of 1998. We had a great time and especially enjoyed an air boat excursion in the Everglades before we went to the airport. ![Everglades](https://npca.s3.amazonaws.com/images/16058/5cb540aa-4693-4d52-b931-ac9432822f23-original.jpg?1659383718)

  • Greetings from Glacier National Park

    I listened to testimony of NPS Officials and Representatives before the NPS Subcommittee on overcrowding of facilities at many places across the country on 7/28 21 at which Kristen Brengel represented your organization. There are many people who have no interest in actually visiting or unable to do so, but…

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    I have visited numerous national parks in my lifetime; however, one week-long visit and trek will forever be remembered: My University of Colorado Geology class field trip in the summer of 1993. On the way to the Grand Canyon, our class stopped and camped one night at Petrified Forest National…

  • Greetings from Mammoth Cave National Park

    My partner, Keith and I on a tour of the Caves in April 2022

  • Greetings from Blue Ridge Parkway

    This if from 2012 - Keith and I hiking along the Blue Ridge Trail with our trusty companion Winston

  • Greetings from Castillo de San Marcos National Monument

    My sister and I retired in 2020 and got to take a trip to FL together. It was somewhat restricted by Covid but we still had a great time.

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