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  • Greetings from Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

    We've visited the Great Sand Dunes over a couple of dozen times and each time provided unique experiences. Perhaps the most memorable ones included going there with my wife and kids in early June when Medano Creek pulsated with rather large waves coming from snow-melt from the Sangre de Cristo…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    We had taken the trail to Cascade Lake, a gentle walk after the previous day's hike to the bottom of the lower Yellowstone Falls. The trail wound its way through lodgepole pine forests and open meadows laced with light green sagebrush and bright blue larkspur flowers. We even saw mule…

  • Greetings from Denali National Park & Preserve

    After 3 days at Denali Back Country Lodge, the morning we left we got to see the elusive Denali - Thank You GOD! We love the park & now understand the meaning of the "last frontier." It is a "must see" experience.

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    Greetings from Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

    I've always been drawn to Alaska and in 1993 I had the opportunity to plan a kayak expedition for myself and my girlfriend in Glacier Bay. We had a fantastic time and I asked her to marry me in the wilderness. She said yes. Fast forward to 2015, and I…

  • Greetings from Glacier National Park

    Along with 20 other students at the Glacier Institute Invasive Species Student Symposium, I headed into Glacier National Park to conduct a weed-pull. After trekking through mud, we reached our spot, where we surveyed random portions of the plot of land for invasive plant frequency. Finally, we pulled the invasive…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    National Parks have been a major part of my life since 1977. When I worked full-time I always took 2 week vacations and spent them at different national parks. Five years ago I revisited Yellowstone National Park and fell in love with it. I now go there twice a year…

  • Greetings from Glacier National Park

    On a very snowy night camped above MacDonald Lake, we shiver in our sagging tent as winds snap aspen branches overhead, and we wonder just why we chose early June and not July to camp in Glacier National Park where early summer is nothing more than a late-winter. But something…

  • Greetings from Joshua Tree National Park

    Silence in sandblown landscapes. Boulders and bold 'trees' ground our journeys. Sunrises and sunsets beautifully bracket desert days. Joshua Tree is my home, proudly proclaimed. Its defense is my duty: true labor of love.

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    Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    Donna & Mike Take a Hike Seven years 59 Parks 295 Miles by foot, bike, canoe, horse and kayak 12 bear sightings 4 pairs of hiking boots 2 Prius cars and 1 hip replacement = One large item on our Bucket List accomplished.

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    My husband and I met while hiking in the Grand Canyon. We have visited so many parks together during our 13 year marriage. We have the good fortune of living near the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

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