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  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    When my Husband retired, the first thing on his Bucket List was to go to the Grand Canyon. When we arrived, we were both overtaken with the beauty of the Canyon. We WILL go back.

  • Greetings from Glacier National Park

    Jim Whilt was a government hunter, guide and lion trapper in Glacier Nat'l. Park in 1923 when my father, Mike Sweet, worked with him trapping mountain lions and shipping them all over the country for zoos and circusses. In a newspaper clipping, Whilt was headlined as "Poet of Rockies is…

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    To speak of it can never tell the story on how breath taking it is.

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    I was nine years old when we started making huge loops around the country in a popup camper. Yellowstone was the first National Park we ever visited. Every year after that, there was at least one more park, usually more, added to the list. I grew to love the National…

  • Greetings from Acadia National Park

    Having spent a short stay in 1982 and a quick ride on the auto roads, I wanted to go back and see more. We spent a long weekend recently exploring the highlights of the park and enjoyed as many of the trails and attractions as possible. We will go back…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    As a 9 year old in 1950 I was fortunate to visit Yellowstone with my family. At that time I told my mother that I someday wanted to return to work at Old Faithful. In the summers of 1960-61 I served as a waitress at the Lodge--the best time of…

  • Greetings from Shenandoah National Park

    We found $60 in cash blowing in the wind in the woods near a parking lot. There were no people in sight. We thought it would be better to take the money and donate it to the National Parks Conversation Association than let it litter the forest. Thank you for…

  • Greetings from Zion National Park

    I’ve stayed in the very cozy cabins and many times my small motorhome (just outside the park). We how the shuttles transport hikers to all the great trails, eliminating the need for too many vehicles crowding and polluting the park. All the park staff are so friendly and helpful. We…

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    Originally from Chicago, I have lived and worked here at Grand Canyon-South Rim, for 6 years now. I am an electricial supervisor. Besides G.C.N.P. being such an awesome and beautiful place-natural wonder of the world, actually living here and having it as your "back yard" (lol), gives you intimate time…

  • Greetings from Castillo de San Marcos National Monument

    I grew up in Central Florida where everything seems artificial so I LOVE visiting places like this fort in St. Augustine to learn about Florida history and see structures that are old because they are authentically old!! There is so much Florida history to learn about here-everything from Spanish /…

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