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  • Greetings from Acadia National Park

    My husband and I enjoyed 2 wonderful days in beautiful Acadia NP. While the eastern cliffs were spectacular with hidden coves along the Atlantic, we particularly enjoyed the interior carriage ways with the Rockefeller bridges. Each is a unique stone faced construction. The untouched flora at every height looked naturally…

  • Greetings from Redwood National & State Parks

    My girlfriend and I live in Florida. We love to visit California and explore their Parks. Some of our fondest memories are in The Humboldt area. Hiking in the Redwood Forest is like living in a fairy tale. We love it!

  • Greetings from Grand Teton National Park

    I was at a Road Scholar (Elderhostel) class on advanced photography. We went to Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park. The views, photos and all we saw were breathtaking. I am grateful for these two wonderful National Parks with all their beauty to photograph and enjoy!

  • Greetings from Zion National Park

    Some friends and I were visiting Zion for the first time. We saw some videos on the various hikes you could go on, but as soon as we saw the one for Angel's Landing, we said, "Let's Go!" As exciting as the hike up to the top was—holding onto chains…

  • Greetings from National Mall and Memorial Parks

    I was ten-years-old when my Grandfather took my older brother, who was thirteen-years-old at the time, on a trip across the United States to show us that we were part of a bigger family than we thought. He took us to Yellowstone National Park and I got to see a…

  • Greetings from Isle Royale National Park

    It was probably 25 years ago that my husband, our son and I visited Isle Royale National Park, leaving from Minnesota and backpacking for 2 or 3 days (it's hard to remember just how long). We had a great time, even saw a moose, but the temps were pretty hot.…

  • Greetings from Trail of Tears National Historic Trail

    It was really moving. I stared to tear up because it was that moving. I will continue to read more about it. My mom really enjoyed as well along with my grandparents.

  • Greetings from Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

    I have visited the Sleeping Bear Dunes area every summer for over half a century and love the lakes, the dunes, the forests, the views, and the up north air deeply. It's part of my soul. But I am so very disappointed and disturbed by the excessively wide paved bike…

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    Greetings from Shenandoah National Park

    We were stale. By the end of last summer, we had our sons hiking up to three miles no sweat. On our trip to New York State we took on trail after trail, finding waterfalls and gorges and swimming holes. But a pregnancy and newborn took its toll on all…

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    My husband and I were full-time RVers for 12 years, and visited many of our parks and loved every one. My favorite story is being one the South Rim of the Grand Canyon early one Easter Morning, along with probably 3000 other people, Three crosses were standing out on the…

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