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  • Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    I love this park and have been hiking in It for 44 years. The beauty is incredible and the historic site are awesome. The elk herd is so cool to see. It’s just awesome

  • Greetings from Joshua Tree National Park

    My property in Landers, CA, has an exceptional Yucca Tree. The story is not about a Park... Fall 2020 National Parks featured a Yucca Tree ? Joshua Tree on page 3, and, we thought that you'd like to see our tree on our property in Landers, CA. We are told…

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    A few years ago, our 8 year old granddaughter said to my husband, 'Grandpa, will you take me to the Grand Canyon'? He couldn't say no. We planned a 20 day cross country trip. We visited Rocky Mountain NP, Arches NP, Canyonlands NP, Glen Canyon NRA, both rims on the…

  • Greetings from Glacier National Park

    Summer 2019: it was my first time travelling to a national park, where I explored the park and lived with a group of strangers for 10 days! To observe and record bird species, I went on a challenging hike with my peers. It was uphill the whole way, parts of…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    I try to get to Yellowstone from Denver every 5-7 years. My last 2 visits were 2013 & 2018. I'm a geezer geyser gazer. I'll sit from hours waiting for Great Fountain or Grand geysers. I love the earth processes that created such beauty. For me there's no better place…

  • Greetings from Bryce Canyon National Park

    Actually, picking just one park was hard, but Bryce is one of my favorites. I love all the different formations in the park and am in awe at how they were formed. With every turn you take, it seems like there is something new to see. The National Parks and…

  • Greetings from Big Bend National Park

    I visit every year since 2010 and still have not seen everything - even after increasing to two week stays in 2019. It is hot in the summer; in 2014 I visited on July 4th and asked the ranger at Panther Junction "Where is everybody?" The answer: "Nobody comes here…

  • Greetings from Sequoia National Park

    At the Mineral King Campground, Ranger Alan's campfire programs was a vital event for my 5 year old daughter Kai. She would spent all day talking about what she'd learned the night before. We took a 9 mile hike, her longest, and then she got to tell Ranger Alan all…

  • Greetings from Badlands National Park

    It was our first family trip to South Dakota and we did our best to see all the sights! Of course, we weren't able to see all SD has to offer, but we did drive through and take in the glorious beauty of the Badlands National Park. I am in…

  • Greetings from Channel Islands National Park

    This is where my brother first introduced me to camping and hiking. He was fresh out of the Army and we went on a 3 day/2 night adventure on Santa Cruz Island. I will never forget this trip. Since then, I have become an avid hiker and I even did…

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