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  • Greetings from Crater Lake National Park

    The outdoors...its magnificence makes me feel so insignificant yet so complete. While outside my life feels complete, but I must see more! I cannot just simply observe the beauty of the natural world. One must feel, touch, and breathe it all in! I wish I could save the fresh air…

  • Greetings from Point Reyes National Seashore

    The outdoors complete my life. Being in the natural world is my sole purpose for living!

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    Greetings from Glacier National Park

    My love affair with the NPS came at a crucial time in my life. Though I had visited a handful of parks in my childhood, it wasn't until I was at my wits end, having taken an office job following graduate school that left me feeling empty, tired, and lost,…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    My husband, Ron, and I visited many of the National Parks over the years. He is in heaven now and some of my best memories are of the joys of visiting a National Park with him. They are part of helping me to heal up and keep moving forward. I…

  • Greetings from Virgin Islands National Park

    Came every day early, so we could beat the crowds... more relaxing and physically invigorating than we can ever describe. There was something healing about the sun, salt water, sounds, and more. We rediscovered the joy of living. I have had strokes, open heart surgeries... but these days, I felt…

  • Greetings from Oregon Caves National Monument & Preserve

    We were traveling between family in WA and home in CA at the end of our vacation, looking for something new along the way. It pays to notice the small print on the map! A little bit out of the way, with a lovely National Forest camping area nearby, we…

  • Greetings from Bryce Canyon National Park

    After walking down the Bright Angel Trail of the Grand Canyon, captivated by its silent red-rock vastness, I drove to Bryce Canyon. Looking down into its acres of towering stone pillars, I was awed into silence. Red, yellow, white, brown, they pointed up to heaven, in infinite quiet. An enriching…

  • Greetings from Rocky Mountain National Park

    Rocky Mt. National Park, Frosty and me.... Enough said!!

  • Greetings from Arches National Park

    Our fondest memories of our annual western "road trips" in the 1970s were our visits to several National Parks - Arches, the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, Montezuma's Castle, and so many other breathtakingly beautiful places on those trips. We traveled in a either a Ford Pinto or our…

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    Greetings from Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

    My wife and I reconnected with friends from grad school who live far away from us by planning a trip to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Though they had spent a lot of time in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, they had not yet visited Pictured Rocks. We spent 3 days there camping,…

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