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  • Greetings from Cabrillo National Monument

    This is me 35 years ago, lol!! It was the most wonderful place & the most wonderful job I could have ever imagined.

  • Greetings from Everglades National Park

    We left a cold Massachusetts in February for a reprieve from winter down to South Florida and the Everglades. On our way to Flamingo Point where we would have a tasty lunch including the best ever key-lime pie, my wife and I were utterly amazed by such a different world…

  • Greetings from Death Valley National Park

    We drove from Las Vegas up to a pass in late April rising to 4,000 feet, and from there we got our first glimpse of Death Valley, a narrow winding white valley with wrinkled, elephant-skinned mounds rising here and there--"hills like white elephants" as Hemingway wrote about Spain. On the…

  • Greetings from Glacier National Park

    It didn't take long to realize the freedom of the wilderness during my week-long stay at Big Creek. By the second day, a group of friends and I spontaneously decided to go fly-fishing in the river. We waded across fast flowing, freezing water to get to the small island, where…

  • Greetings from Mount Rainier National Park

    As I hiked up Mount Rainier's Paradise Glacier with its scores of eerie and gurgling ice caves, rocks tore loose from the upper flanks and cracked down sheer cliffs to the wrinkled ice nearby. I began to sense a living presence in this mountain while standing on what John Muir…

  • Greetings from Redwood National & State Parks

    We arrived at Stout Grove in a section of the Redwoods named after mountain man Jedediah Smith. The strong scent of a thickly vegetated undergrowth of sward ferns, mosses and many blossoms of wood rose and thimble berries permeated the air as we took the loop trail through this giant…

  • Greetings from Zion National Park

    My National Parks Plein Air Project began in 2014 in Isle Royale Nat Park with the desire to visit and paint on site all 59 Nat Parks. Thus far I have "plein air" painted in 35 Parks. I return to my framing shop and art studio every few weeks so…

  • Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    Awesome Blue Ridge Parkway drives with breathtaking mountain views of the 4 seasons. Amazing hiking trails with many having beautiful creeks, streams and waterfalls. Fell in love with old time mountain music at the Oconaluftee visitor center "Old Time Jam" held twice monthly. Wildlife encounters of black bear, elk, fox,…

  • Greetings from Shenandoah National Park

    There were trails. Flattened gravel cutting through an otherwise steep sloping hill leading down into a lake. We followed the trails for a bit but the real adventure started when we crossed the road and river to get to the other side. On the other side, the trail was overgrown…

  • Greetings from Valley Forge National Historical Park

    It was a Sunday morning, my best friend Jess and I decided to embark on an adventure outside of our small college town. I'm an avid hiker so I was excited, to say the least. This photo represents the good times we spent together on that Sunday afternoon, but also…

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