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  • Greetings from Olympic National Park

    Part of my Master's research took place in and around Olympic National Park, specifically the coastal cliffs and in the South Fork Hoh River valley. I haven't yet found a feeling quite as powerful as falling asleep to the force that created and is created by your research. That rushing…

  • Greetings from Glacier National Park

    I was lucky enough to spend 4 summers from 1980-85 working in Glacier National Park, MT at the Many Glacier Hotel as the leader of the John Damberg Music Trio and I also was a boat captain on St. Mary's Lake for the Glacier Park Boat Company in 1985. During…

  • Greetings from Cumberland Gap National Historical Park

    I was born on land that is now part of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. In a little log house. The house was owned by the Gibson family. J. N. Gibson and my father, Tip Yeary, used to make moonshine whiskey under a rock cliff that had a cold-water…

  • Greetings from Shenandoah National Park

    John Muir said it best: "Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves."

  • Greetings from Dry Tortugas National Park

    The moment we arrived at the Dry Tortugas I fell in love with the views from atop Fort Jefferson. What I love about The Dry Tortugas is that you can explore Florida's natural wonders and get lost exploring a historic site all at the same time. A feeling of peace…

  • Greetings from Statue of Liberty National Monument

    I took this photo on my mom's birthday August 20th of 2013 and she liked it when Lady Liberty always stand above the pedestal in the Harbor. She thanked me for accepting my gift to her and it was a fitting present that I gave to her. This is our…

  • Greetings from Canyon De Chelly National Monument

    Canyon de Chelly is an especially beloved, sacred place of remembered childhood wonder for me. My last pilgrimage confined me to the soul searching views from the rim though I still remember the wild jeep rides splashing though the river on the canyon bottom from my younger days. On this…

  • Greetings from Glacier National Park

    I have traveled all over our amazing country, and after visits to nearly all of the large, great National Parks, I feel so blessed to have seen the wonders of Zion in the moonlight, feeling dwarfed my the tall redwoods in California, the girth of the mighty sequoias. I love…

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