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Greetings from Rock Creek Park

Hanging out with Zeus!!
Greetings from Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park

What a beautiful and sacred place - a great day trip for a honeymoon!
Greetings from Glacier National Park

After spending the night at the Oldman Lake campsite, we began our day's hike by climbing to Pitamakin Pass. We were struck breathless by the sight of three jewel-toned lakes greeting us from below.
Greetings from Zion National Park

This was taken on our return hike from Angel's Landing in Zion National Park. My college buddies and I were celebrating our recent graduation from Madison with a trip through some of Utah's great parks.
Greetings from Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

I was diagnosed with breast cancer in July of 2012. This photo was taken the day after my first round of chemo in September. We spent the night in nearby Alamosa, CO, on our way to Pagosa Springs to visit friends for the weekend (before I would become too sick…
Greetings from Arches National Park

On our first vacation together, my then-boyfriend and I took a trip from Tampa, FL, where we were living. We visited Mesa Verde and Arches Nat'l Parks in our travels from Albuquerque to Durango and Moab. There was only one other person at the top of Delicate Arch that day,…
Greetings from Rocky Mountain National Park

This 2X cancer survivor goes to the Parks to learn to live again.