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  • Greetings from Navajo National Monument

    We skip down to Tsegi Canyon through pine and fir lit in sunlight until we cross Laguna Creek and then up Keet Seel Canyon with its chocolate-brown stream that we cross and re-cross fifty times or more following the trail until we come to a bright white waterfall tumbling down…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    I worked at Fishing Bridge in Yellowstone in 1967 cleaning cabins, avoiding bears and moose. The interesting people, the astounding natural wonders and experiences still linger with me today. The night of the grizzlies happened that summer, Reagan came through as governor of California, the hippies were in San Francisco.…

  • Greetings from Grand Teton National Park

    In 1993, I returned to Ohio after living in Colorado for 10 years – my Dad got cancer and 1300 miles was just too far away. I took the scenic route; driving for several months and thousands of miles – as far north as the Arctic Circle in Alaska and…

  • Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    A few years ago, I came face to face with the sublime in the Grand Canyon. I was on an 8-day rafting down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. The river encircled the terra cotta colored walls like an emerald serpent. I spent time sitting in the “tea room”…

  • Greetings from Glacier National Park

    In 2010 we took a trip from the East to Glacier and Bryce and Zion. One day while hiking at Glacier we just happened to see this mountain goat sitting nearby and took this photo (from the trail, I hasten to add).

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    I've traveled extensively all my life, but one of my favorite trips was when - as a birthday present to myself - I took 10 days off and flew to Jackson Hole to explore Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. To this day, it's a highlight of my life. I…

  • Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    It was near the end of a busy day. My wife and young son and I decided to visit a mountaintop that had been recommended to us to see the view. On the way up the trail, we met some folks who told us it was too hazy to see…

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