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  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    Been there twice but believe there is much more to see. Of course there are others I may visit before returning to Yellowstone.

  • Greetings from Shenandoah National Park

    After some nights with snow and wind gusts I woke up in Shenandoah National Park for a magnificent sunrise along Skyline Drive. The sky colored deep red and in the valley some low hanging clouds made this a perfect sunrise. This year i'm visiting all 59 national parks and publishing…

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    Greetings from Crater Lake National Park

    I had the best day of my life at Crater Lake National Park. The massive amount of snow led to the closure of the Rim Drive. We decided to bike the road. 10ft high snow piles lined the pavement. It was so quiet, the air so clean. We brushed our…

  • Greetings from Olympic National Park

    A Bald Eagle way overhead. This was back in the 1980's when the Bald Eagle was still a pretty unusual bird to see in the wild. We were hiking up near the Wynoochie River when we spotted this lonely baldy soaring on the air currents high above us! The Olympics…

  • Greetings from Mesa Verde National Park

    Just came back from a solo 2 week tour of the National and State Parks. Before leaving on this trip, I purchased the "Senior Pass" card for $10.00! This saved me a ton of money...Entry fees into the Parks (State Parks allowed interagency passes - National Parks Senior Pass -…

  • Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    I am a 20-year-old whose childhood included many trips to Yosemite. I live in San Diego so it's at least 400 miles away from us. If they chage the admission price I won't be able to afford to go nor will my future kids. This is very messed up.

  • Greetings from Zion National Park

    I support the fee increase. Many of the folks who are inundating this park are leaving garbage along the trails. The great numbers make the trails unsafe. Perhaps if the entrance fee was higher, they would look up from their phones to see the magnificence all around them.

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    Greetings from North Cascades National Park

    Nature, in general, acts as a filter that removes excess and simplifies life into three core elements: traveling, replenishing the body with water and nutrients, and resting. The stress of day-to-day living, the monotony of a routine, the pressure to compete at a workplace, all falls away – the reward…

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    Greetings from Buffalo National River

    I grew up in a very poor family and we didn't take vacations. At age 15, my first real vacation was to the parks in New Mexico and Arizona. From then on I was hooked on the National Parks. When my husband and I retired and moved to Arkansas we…

  • Greetings from Glacier National Park

    My husband and I have been volunteers for 3 years with one year being in Grand Teton. The parks are precious resources for us all to enjoy. My grandparents took my parents to the parks and we have continued this amazing experience with our family. Protecting our parks is paramount…

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