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priceless memories.
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Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park
I thought I would never see anything as awe-inspiring as the ocean, that is, until I peered over the edge of the Grand Canyon. This visit was made even more special because it was with my father who passed away unexpectedly less than 5 years later. He was my best…
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Greetings from Canyon De Chelly National Monument
As my father and I hiked down the trail into the canyon, I recall feeling like a visitor to a very sacred place, almost as if I were an intruder into this land steeped with tradition, and unchanged by time. The sun brought out the deep red hues of the…
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Greetings from Rocky Mountain National Park
In the early 1970’s, Eleanor and I and the 4 children vacationed in Colorado. We made the trip by car from our home in Lincoln, Nebraska – stopping occasionally for rest and food. As we crossed into Colorado, we played our favorite game. Whoever first sees the mountains, will get…
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Greetings from Yellowstone National Park
The outdoors first welcomed me when I went to Yellowstone in 1951. I worked there during the summers while I was in college for three years. Immediately I loved it there. Lake Lodge before beautiful Lake Yellowstone was my home. My duties sent me to the hotel laundry. The boys…
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Greetings from Yellowstone National Park
It was my first visit to Yellowstone National Park and I nearly lost my mind (in a good way). To define what is real in the world today, you have to leave the world you know behind. As a single traveler to Yellowstone, I was able to see so much,…
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Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park
My husband and I go to GSMNP about 3 times a year for the past 15 years. On the way back from Cherokee, NC this view was presented to us near Newfound Gap in 2014. These are the moments that we will remember. Mother Earth in her finest evening wear!…
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Greetings from Rocky Mountain National Park
My dad loved to herd us all to Rocky Mountain National Park to snowshoe. He and Mom had the snowshoes made of wood, with leather bindings, and he loved to get into the trees tramping around the really deep drifts. It's a fond memory - Dad didn't take much time…
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Greetings from Joshua Tree National Park
Four generations - my grandmother, mother, daughter, and I - visited Joshua Tree National Park in the spring. There were yuccas, joshua trees, and wildflowers in bloom. With a 3 year old and an 81 year old, we weren't as mobile as some of the astounding rock climbers we saw…
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Greetings from Yellowstone National Park
One winter night, my son Roger and his wife Karen planned a trip to Yellowstone for the summer. They had 3 girls who were 6, 8 and 10 years old. Since they had a big van, they asked Dad and me to go with them as we had just retired…
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Greetings from Yellowstone National Park
In the 1980’s, my husband, our two high-school aged daughters, and I took a summer vacation to Yellowstone National Park by car driving across Nebraska and Wyoming. We stopped twice on the way out, first with relatives in Chappell and then after enjoying the Wyoming mountains, stayed overnight in northern…
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