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  • Greetings from Carlsbad Caverns National Park

    My mom has been sitting at the table reading about the Caverns. She told me all about the bats and how amazing it is to be there when they fly out of the cave. When we are free to travel we are going to go. I bought her the parks…

  • Greetings from Grand Teton National Park

    As I read your story "The Voice of Glacier" about ranger Follett working 50 years at Glacier, I thought that you should do a story about Jenny Lake ranger John Carr at GTNP. I think last year was John's fiftieth summer (one was at Denali as a bear guard). John…

  • Greetings from North Cascades National Park

    I am a traveller..at least that's what I tell myself. I went for a sunrise experience at North Cascades National Park. It never disappointed me before. This time also I was lucky to capture some awesome nature in its glory.

  • Greetings from Shenandoah National Park

    New Virtual Video Recording of American Folk Song Shenandoah by Over 400 NYCGB Alumni Released Today! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB59EtztSVw Over 400 NYCGB alumni from around the world have joined forces to take part in a mass virtual recording of the American folk song Shenandoah. A video recording has today been released with…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone - Estes family vacation June 2017

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    On the last day of our 4 day adventure in Yellowstone National Park my family and I woke up early and drove north towards Mt. Washburn. On the road to Mt. Washburn we stopped at a pull-out. Then we watched a spectacular sunset over the park and the Tetons. After…

  • Greetings from Glacier National Park

    Glacier NP was one of seventeen parks my friend and I visited in 1976. We left the New Haven area of Connecticut at the end of August and didn't return under mid-November that year. I was 20 years old and although all the parks we visited throughout the west and…

  • Greetings from Mesa Verde National Park

    I wrote a piece about my memories and trying to make sense of the current Pandemic: https://bit.ly/PandemicClimateMedium

  • Greetings from Carlsbad Caverns National Park

    My parents took my sister and I on vacation to the Carlsbad Caverns. I excitedly waited for the bats to depart the cave. I was in awe of this daily event and was amazed at the many different creatures that called this place home. I was hooked and wanted to…

  • Greetings from Arches National Park

    I chose the arches national park located in Utah because it is spectacular with its 2000 arches. I also chose it because one of the park’s arches named Delicate Arch is a strong american symbol drawn on the car’s plates of Utah. You can also explore the park and hike…

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