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  • Greetings from Carlsbad Caverns National Park

    It was August, 1945. My parents and I were listening to the radio. It was true, war was finally over. After my semi-retired father turned off the radio, he looked at my mom and me and said, “Let’s go to California next summer.” So after my fourth year of teaching,…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    Much fun with Carolyn.

  • Greetings from Rocky Mountain National Park

    One of the National Parks we enjoyed going to was Rocky Mountain National Park near Estes, Colorado. Maybe because it is close, we have gone there a number of times. We often camped in a tent when we stayed there when our three boys were young. One of our…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    My husband and I had for many years said we would visit Yellowstone National Park and finally we did! It was even more incredible than we had imagined! We have visited many national parks and have taken grandchildren to several parks as well. Where else can we see such beauty,…

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    Greetings from Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine

    As someone who spent years working in Historic Preservation, it's important to me to teach my daughter why that preservation matters--even if she's too young to understand yet. The NPS Centennial, and a recent viewing of the IMAX National Parks Adventure, inspired me to begin now. To celebrate the NPS100,…

  • Greetings from Rocky Mountain National Park

    My love affair with Rocky Mountain NP has spanned some 38 years. My uncle took me up to RMNP the first week of my move to Colorful Colorado. It was love at first sight! I was 19 years old and had few encounters with the wonders of nature having grown…

  • Greetings from Redwood National & State Parks

    I live in Washington State, growing up we ventured out and traveled to Minnesota every other year as a family to visit family. On our way we stayed in every National Park we could find. That was back in the 1950 through 1960's... Since then our family, my husband and…

  • Greetings from Acadia National Park

    In 1993 my husband (at the time) and our two boys, attached our pop up camper to our mini-van and hit the road from Maine late in June and headed west to see and enjoy the beauty and splendor of our country. Our sons were nine and eleven years old…

  • Greetings from Petrified Forest National Park

    I have loved the National Parks for about as long as I can remember. They protect some pretty awesome creations in nature, places where I've personally experienced freedom and peace. One of my favorites that I've seen is Petrified Forest, and I had the opportunity to see it after a…

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    Greetings from Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

    Gotta start them young! This was actually this little lady's second Harpers Ferry excursion, but this time we brought the extended family, hiked up Maryland Heights, and enjoyed an incredible sunset by the river. We talked to her about the history of this incredible place and I showed her where…

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