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  • Greetings from Grand Teton National Park

    There we stand and stare, but our minds cannot even start to decipher what raw vision reveals. Huge slabs of granite protrude like fingers poking the sky through layers of snow so high in space, so high above the sagebrush and glacial kettle holes and larger blue lakes sparkling in…

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    Me, my wife and our nine-year-old son set out on an epic road trip this summer to see our national parks!! Three weeks, just over six thousand miles, and 11 national parks!! From the bat flights at Carlsbad Caverns, amazing sunset at White Sands natl.monument, Zion, Bryce, north and south…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    We took our sons and future daughters-in-law to Yellowstone and Grand Tetons in 2013. We spent eight days enjoying the views and wildlife. It was our fourth trip as a family and we wanted to share this experience with the girls. There is no better place than our national parks…

  • Greetings from Bryce Canyon National Park

    My oldest grandson and I visited Bryce and Zion this summer ...it was an amazing trip filled with new vistas around each curve ...he too became enraptured by the space, colors and form ...walking trails, seeking new forms and best watercolor Iight along these cathedrals .

  • Greetings from Zion National Park

    Hiking into the north fork of the Virgin River is one of the most spectacular treks of the park. The hike drops you down about 900 feet to the river bed and takes you back 4 miles to this fantastic cut out in the canyon, appropriately named The Subway..I love…

  • Greetings from Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument

    This series of missions stretch along the east side of the Sandia Mountains, near Albuquerque, NM. A really interesting, and somewhat off the beaten path place to visit. Here was a blending of the old world with native Americans and the Spanish missionaries bringing their culture up from Mexico along…

  • Greetings from Badlands National Park

    Our first trip together included a stunning visit to Olympic National Park in 1993. Then I married the love of my life, we went on to have three kids and we've added 30 more national parks to our visited list! Just last week we explored Badlands, Wind Cave, Jewel Cave,…

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