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  • Greetings from Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument

    Greetings from Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument! When I moved to the Texas Panhandle from Everglades National Park, I had no idea that for the next fifty years I would be leading tours and giving talks about this wonderful place. About 12,000 years ago, some of the first Native Americans…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    A few years back, I had a charmed 48 hour vacation at Yellowstone in mid-September. I headed into the Park after teaching classes at the college in Powell anticipating some rain and cold given the weather report. It was well into the night when I could finally settle in to…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    I grew up in Wyoming and have enjoyed Yellowstone frequently since my first trip in 1950. The bears still roamed the roads and approached cars for handouts. We took my grandmother there when she visited from Texas. A bear came up to her side and opened the little triangle window…

  • Greetings from Weir Farm National Historical Park

    Weir Farm National Historic Site CT – J. Alden Weir (1852-1919), noted American impressionist painter, purchased this farm on Nob Hill in Branchville CT in 1882, for $10 and a painting! It is the only National Park Unit dedicated to American painting. The Visitor Center, homes, studios and farm buildings…

  • Greetings from Grand Teton National Park

    My daughter and I have taken backcountry backpacking trips every summer - each year, we celebrate the beauty and restorative power of the wilderness around us. We are so proud of and impressed by our national parks and we recognize how important it is to protect them.

  • Greetings from Weir Farm National Historical Park

    J. Alden Weir (1852-1919), noted American impressionist painter, purchased this farm on Nob Hill in Branchville CT in 1882, for $10 and a painting! It is the only National Park Unit dedicated to American painting. The Visitor Center, homes, studios and farm buildings are open May through October. BUT the…

  • Greetings from Everglades National Park

    Years ago after spending a great deal of my life being a Florida native, I visited Everglades National Park. I remember being in the southern most tip of the swampy mass at the Flamingo park headquarters. There I had a conversation with a ranger who had ultra white long hair…

  • Greetings from Acadia National Park

    I've enjoyed every park and monument I've visited.

  • Greetings from Mesa Verde National Park

    At 74 years old and not as strong as I used to be, I was a little leary of climbing the 32-foot, almost vertical ladder in order to gain entrance to the Balcony House ruin in a huge overhanging cliff alcove at Mesa Verde NP. But I bought a ticket…

  • Greetings from Isle Royale National Park

    Jay Cooke State Park Carlton Minnesota. Grew up there. Our parks are our peace & serenity.

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