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  • Featured Story

    Greetings from Grand Teton National Park

    In April of 2016, I retired, sold my home, and took off on a seven-month, 23,410-mile road trip through 33 states. Along the way, I explored 30 national parks, hiking and camping in most of them. It was the most exhilarating journey I have ever made! When I returned to…

  • Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    This photo was taken last year during a trip to Cades Cove located inside the Smokies in Tennessee. What a great example of the wildlife we must protect. A black bear mother and her cub, one of three located on branches in the trees on a rainy day in May.…

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    In 1992 we hiked the Grand Canyon from North Rim to South Rim and few years later South Kiabab. It was one of the most incredible adventures I had ever been on. It is an amazing place. I sat with bats flying around me as they left for the night,…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    Yellowstone, August 2014, with my 2 teenagers. Lamar Valley, on a cool, misty morning. Watching the Junction Butte wolf family from a distance, seeing the pups and adults interacting. This was the first time my children watched wolves in the wild. They will never forget that special day.

  • Greetings from Gateway National Recreation Area

    Gateway is the only National Park you can get to by subway! My wife and I often kayak and sail in the Jamaica Bay Unit. We count birds, tag horseshoe crabs and help restore eel grass marshes and oyster beds. Many of our photos end up including the Empire State…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    My family and I visited Yellowstone in 2009 with another family. This picture shows the view we experienced the 1st morning we drove into the Park. We stopped at one of the 1st pulloffs we saw - and were greeted with this amazing vista.

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    Greetings from Olympic National Park

    I donned my first pair of hiking boots at 42 years old and headed solo to a hiking camp in Southern Utah. When they felt we were ready for more challenging trails they took us to Zion National Park. I returned home in love with the thrill of the challenge…

  • Greetings from Mount Rushmore National Memorial

    We were in North Dakota, at a campsite, planning our first ever visit to Mt. Rushmore. The day started with cloudy skies and rain. As we drove up the mountain, we realized that we probably couldn’t see Rushmore ...we were right. It was totally concealed by fog! I was disappointed…

  • Greetings from Mojave National Preserve

    America's southwestern deserts are such special places. We love the Mojave Preserve's beautiful natural cactus gardens, rocky terrain, and panoramic vistas. Hard to believe such places still exist in southern California!

  • Greetings from Grand Teton National Park

    I have been very fortunate to visit dozens of our National Parks, but my favorite is Grand Teton. I am lucky because my family lives in Jackson Hole so I get to see this view often. This was taken December 2016 when we took a drive to spot wildlife. We…

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