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  • Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    If you look closely, you can see the life on this rock. But really, you can find life anywhere. When I went to Yosemite to conduct research on the biodiversity of macro invertebrates, I hadn’t expected to uncover so many different species hidden under the logs we found in the…

  • Greetings from Canyonlands National Park

    I first visited Canyonlands NP in 2009 with my girl scout troop and ultimately fell in love with the soaring blue sky, red landscape, and all of the beautiful scenery. I hadn't been to the Grand Canyon at that time but to me it was just as good! We spent…

  • Greetings from Yellowstone National Park

    I have visited Yellowstone several times and the magic never dulls for me. Last summer I even got a summer job( and I'm 48 years old !) just outside the park and spent virtually every day off exploring this amazing place. From Lamar to Hayden, Pelican Valley to Old Faithful…

  • Greetings from Arches National Park

    My wife and I started our big five National Park tour in Utah a few years ago in Arches National Park. After hiking a number of small trails and seeing most of the highlights of the park throughout the day we decided to hike up and see delicate arch even…

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    Greetings from Yosemite National Park

    My husband and I first fell in love with our country's National Parks after visiting Yosemite. Before that trip, we had always visited big cities or gone overseas for vacations. But the beauty we experienced in Yosemite inspired us to see what else our country had to offer. Since then,…

  • Greetings from Shenandoah National Park

    My son with autism faced up to a challenging 10-mile hike in Shenandoah that stimulated a reflective moment on his part. http://bit.ly/1LA6oD1

  • Greetings from Badlands National Park

    The first 'big' trip my husband & I took together we went to the Badlands, then Custer, the Black Hills, Devil's Tower, & Mt. Rushmore. I had been living in the west for 10 years but I had never seen as much wildlife as I did on that one trip.…

  • Greetings from Wind Cave National Park

    While I had visited several National Parks prior to 2010 (Grand Canyon, Sequoia, Yosemite among them) My introduction to South Dakota was being met in South Dakota by a herd of Buffalo blocking the road! In Wind Cave National Park, I later learned that Wind Cave was sacred to the…

  • Greetings from John Muir National Historic Site

    As an avid park lover, I felt I must pay homage to the “Father of the National Parks,” John Muir. I visited what was once his home and property in Martinez, CA, consisting of 9 acres of beautiful, green hills and fruit trees. It was in this house where he…

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    Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park

    Over the span of my life, 21 years, that is, I have visited over 70 units of the National Park System and am a Jr. Ranger in close to 60 of them. The NPS and its National Parks, Seashores, Recreation Areas, and etc. provide a whole new world for people.…

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