Priceless places,
priceless memories.
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Greetings from Yellowstone National Park
The joy, beauty, serenity and amazement of the natural world, readily accessible, is wonderful. I wanted to have my son who is part of the next generation explore and appreciate the beauty of what our parks have to offer. We protect what we love and appreciate. It feels so harmonious…
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Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park
My husband, Doug, has never camped in a national park. We bought a rooftop camper and set off the 5 hour drive to the Grand Canyon and spent 24 hours hiking, biking, eating and sleeping at the Park and he loved it! Good thing I bought an America the Beautiful…
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Greetings from Canyonlands National Park
A group of queer and queer allies from across the country meet for a forever memorable adventure-excursion visiting Canyonlands! This is from the Island in the Sky district where we had our breakfast of bagels, cream cheese, and lox! The National Parks are a great place to be yourself with…
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Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park
The first park we ever visited together was Grand Canyon National Park. We had only been dating a few months, but it was always at the top of my bucket list so Roberto surprised me with a trip. Not only did we fall in love with GCNP, but we fell…
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Greetings from New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
The pandemic came crashing in on me and I felt stuck and quite lost. I struggled really hard with who I was and what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. In the beginning of June, I chose myself for the first time in forever. I came…
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Greetings from Stonewall National Monument
Stonewall National Monument was designated a National Park Service (NPS) site just two months after I launched a three-year, nonstop journey to visit all 400+ NPS sites. That project ended up becoming a way to provide the LGBTQ+ outdoors representation I didn't see when I started my road trip, and…
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Greetings from Acadia National Park
Pride is a beacon 🌈 We take our Pride as a queer couple with us wherever we go, and when we travel, a lot of times it’s to a National Park. We’ve made it a priority to pack our pride flag on our travels, right up there with all of…
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Greetings from Badlands National Park
My wife Jamie and I love packing up our 3 pups and our girls and going camping. This is our visit to Badlands NP. I was so nervous to take our pride flag out but did it anyway and I am so happy I did. We want to show our…
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Greetings from Mount Rainier National Park
On our first date, we connected over our tales of the outdoors - the mountains we’d climbed, the backpacking trips we’d accomplished, the feeling of peace in laying in silence under the stars. Since getting married, we’ve taken up travel full-time, gravitating to places where park lands are aplenty and…
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Greetings from Arches National Park
My girlfriend and I woke up in Southern California and at 5AM she asked me “Zion or Arches”? We had two friends (another queer couple) in Arches so headed there on a whim where our chosen family met us with an already set-up tent, dinner, and cold drinks. I love…
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