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  • Greetings from Point Reyes National Seashore

    I can't isolate one favorite ..my father, a school teacher in Califonia having moved from New Hampshire, a wife from Tennessee and 4 young children would drive across the USA in the early 1960's with a National Park Pass (in the days with no reservations needed) and tent camped our…

  • Greetings from Lowell National Historical Park

    We have a great relationship with our park personnel! It is an urban park which is kind of unique. We share our property for events!

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    Dr George Marler was an amazing naturalist who was very influential in developing my love for nature and the National Parks. He was so knowledgeable and enjoyed sharing his insights with everyone. My parents would always seek him out when we visited YNP every summer. Now, my grandchildren are benefitting…

  • Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    I want to thank the rangers of Great Smoky Mountains National Park for giving wonderful talks to children who visit the nature centers, historic sites, trails and special events. When I was a young child in the early 1960s I visited the Smokies for the first time, camping with my…

  • Greetings from Mount Rainier National Park

    So many visits to the park since I live in nearby Seattle. Recently we visited and the nisqually river was above flood stage and the kind and competent rangers guided us safely out of the park. Many thanks.

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    When I was visiting Yellowstone; at one of the scenic places we stopped at, we saw a large buffalo sleeping near a small body of water maybe 30’ from the edge of the parking lot. Everyone in the parking lot was horrified at the sight of a man sitting cross…

  • Greetings from Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park

    I took my father in law for a tour of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville battlefields July 2024. We also went by the Stonewall Jackson Death site (inside was under repair and closed). I had reached out to the HQ on the Jackson house and Mary O'Neill was kind enough to reply…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    My husband and I wanted to walk down into the Grand Canyon, so we chose November, a suggested time for the temperature. We made reservations at Ghost Ranch, not early enough to stay in a cabin, but we stayed in gender separate bunk houses. We stayed over night two nights.…

  • Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    I am 93, and my favorite stories are about going to Yosemite every summer with my parents, and also taking my children there. All the personnel working there were wonderful and helpful. That park made me aware of how important being in any State or Federal park is a valuable…

  • Greetings from Blue Ridge Parkway

    Many years ago, my first trip to a park was camping in the the Great Smoky Mountains and then driving the Blue Ridge Parkway with my son who was seven years old at the time. On the Parkway, we pulled in a campground to register for a camping spot for…

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