Priceless places,
priceless memories.
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Greetings from Denali National Park & Preserve
Visited Alaska in August. Spent 2 days in Denali and we had spectacular weather to see all the wonders of Denali. We were blessed to be able to se Mt. McKinley in all of its magnificence. The wildlife is amazing. We also visited Kenai Fjords National Park, saw sea lions,…
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Greetings from Yosemite National Park
After my husband and I first visited Yosemite National Park in the 1960s when he attended a meeting at the Awahnee Hotel, we began camping there with our six children. In 1990, as I realized our family was not getting together as we once had, I made reservations again in…
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Greetings from Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park was the destination with my daughter's family this summer. We took a couple of short hikes that led to great views of mountains, waterfalls and lakes. The Red Bus tour on the Rising to the Sun Road was breath-taking and memorable with a great driver/guide. My granddaughter…
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Greetings from Bryce Canyon National Park
Visited Bryce, Zion, and the Grand Canyon All well maintained. But saw only three deer and some antelope inside Bryce. Saw NO more animals inside or outside the parks but saw many hunters with the latest ATVs and gear. Saw many dead trees from fires and beetles.
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Greetings from Assateague Island National Seashore
Tho I was camping on the State Park side, I visited the ferry landing and the Dunes walk. We injoyed the Visitors center and the restored Rackcliff House. We drove down to Chincoteaue and visited the visitor center there also. We took the board walk across the marsh and enjoyed…
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Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park
I was part of an Intergenerational Road Scholar program in August with 22 adults and 18 children ages 9-12. Upon walking to the south rim from the Grand Canyon Railroad our leader had us close our eyes and open them as a group so that we could experience the majesty…
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Greetings from Zion National Park
Here is my story, I've been retired ten years now and every year with some of my friends we visit several Nat'l Parks. Since this all started I guess we have been to some 47 or more parks. I am so glad they waited for me to have the time…
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Greetings from Olympic National Park
I'm writing this as not only a park visitor and member of NPCA, but as a seasonal 'Visitors Use Assistant' / backcountry Park Ranger. I took the accompanying photo while on-duty on a backcountry trip on the North Pacific Coast section of ONP. There is a famous picture of Rialto…
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Greetings from Badlands National Park
Finally got to South Dakota this summer. Our home is in North Carolina. My Dad always said this was the most unusual place he had seen in all his travels. He was right. Millions of acres of beautiful grassland with this ungodly "bad land" in the middle of it. Quite…
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Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park
My late husband, our daughter and I shared untold sweet memories from honeymoon to celebrations of college graduations . Always the never ending ritual was that we stop, go down the rocky banks and dip daughter's feet in the water. It was the first and last thing we did on…
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