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  • Greetings from Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site

    Discovered that the very first railroad tunnel in America was constructed only 50 miles from my home!

  • Greetings from Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

    Wow! To select one park is a tough decision, but I’ll start with the one that had the biggest impact and started my Park Story. We were on an Alaskan cruise that included cruising Glacier Bay. A Park Ranger boarded our ship and took us on a remarkable journey of…

  • Greetings from Petrified Forest National Park

    In 1956, when I was 8 years old, my father, after 15 years in the Navy on active duty during WWII, graduated from college on the GI Bill in my home state of Kansas and we moved to Los Angeles so he could take a job at Lockheed Aircraft. From…

  • Greetings from Assateague Island National Seashore

    Visit to Assateague Island to see the wild ponies. Clearly it is their island and we were regarded as simply tourists passing through! Great to know they are thriving after many generations in the wild.

  • Greetings from Mount Rainier National Park

    When I vacationed with my parents in 1952, we camped in the Paradise Campground near the lodge. There we watched with other campers a group climbing the mountain. As we did this, my mother turned around and saw a bear who had removed from our campfire her pan with maple…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    I was in Yellowstone eating dinner when I saw a family of elk walk by. It was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen in my life. That trip made me realize that without wildlife and nature the National Parks wouldn't be as special. I truly love…

  • Greetings from Haleakalā National Park

    In 1972, while attending the Univ of Hawaii, Manoa Campus (Oahu), my wife and I were fortunate to befriend a man with a 'trimaran' sail boat who had 'connections' on the island of Maui. We embarked on a sail from Honolulu, Oahu, through the Molokai Straights to Maui and the…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    I visited Yellowstone National Park many years ago as a teenager. Although I have visited many U.S. parks both before and since then, my fondest memories are of this park. It wasn’t an easy trip—my father was suffering from a chronic disease, Crohn’s disease, and had several flare ups during…

  • Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    I have spent many happy days driving and hiking in the park. As a child (MANY years ago) I made my first trip up Mt. LeConte to spend the night in the lodge. As a teenager, our church youth group council hiked up for a planning retreat. As an adult,…

  • Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    5 times camped at Elkmont for the fireflies and hiked Le Conte 5 years, too.

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