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  • Greetings from Perry's Victory And International Peace Memorial

    I'm 80 yrs young, wife is 77. For 18 yrs we have (&still do) drag our camper across this great land, Yellowstone, Zion, Bryce Canyon, Rushmore,Crazy Horse, the Badlands are only a few sites, probably 5000 photos (I had four cameras going at Old Faithful) the campfires & sites are…

  • Greetings from Crater Lake National Park

    Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States, and the second deepest lake in North America. It was created when Mount Mazama collapsed in 5,700 B.C.E. It is in the lore of Native Americans, who witnessed the collapse of the mountain. The lake is filled by direct precipitation…

  • Greetings from Sequoia National Park

    When doing my internship in Knoxville TN, I had Mondays off and usually spent that time in the Smokies. Great beauty and renewal each time. I wish more people could experience that, preferably not on Mondays!

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    The summer of 1964 was a memory I'll never forget. I worked at "Old Faithful Lodge in Yellowstone National Park.

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    I have been to many National Parks. I have many favorites but my favorite favorite is Yellowstone. I have been there many times in my 74 years. The one I remember most is when I was about 12 years old. My parents and my two younger sisters were in the…

  • Greetings from Arches National Park

    My husband and I just returned from camping at many of the National Parks in Utah, starting with Arches, for a month. Each of the parks was unique and magnificent. Then, we went to see the movie Lone Ranger. Having lived in Texas, we knew right away from the scenery…

  • Greetings from Theodore Roosevelt National Park

    The most unknown National Park!! A synopsis of all the other parks in one with few people and lots of buffalo! While driving thru the south unit I saw a horse up on a far hill. I advised my ever tolerant husband to get comfortable, I would be gone for…

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    The best vacation that my family ever took was in 1993, when our 3 daughters were aged 18, 13, and 10, respectively. We named the trip our "Great Gaping Holes In The Earth Tour" because we started out from southern California and visited Meteor Crater, the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon,…

  • Greetings from Shenandoah National Park

    I grew up in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and got up each morning looking at the Blue Ridge Mountains. My all time favorite GO TO PLACE is Big Meadows in the Shenandoah National Park. My Daddy took us to "look at the leaves" every Fall and I continued visiting…

  • Greetings from Badlands National Park

    I will never forget me and my mom on a trip to South Dakota 2004 It was a beautiful day in November that year we were driving back from Mount Rushmore and we drove into badlands park and this pack of wild horses came up right next to the car…

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