Priceless places,
priceless memories.
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Greetings from Great Smoky Mountains National Park
I have been backpacking for about three or four years now and I love the mountains. I first fell in love with the mountains when i went on my first hike. I love the excitement when you reach places nobody in their right minds would want to reach. (John Muir-…
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Greetings from Yellowstone National Park
When I was 16 years old (in 1955) I traveled with my family through Yellowstone, Yosemite, Bryce, and Zion. It was one of the highlights of my life! 60 years later I remember all the amazing sights, sounds, scents, and overwhelming beauty as if it was yesterday! Pulling in to…
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Greetings from Arches National Park
In July 1998 I was planning a trip to Wyoming for a horseback riding vacation and decided to add a week touring the area around Moab, Utah. Of course this included Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. This picture wasn’t taken in either Arches or Canyonlands but it was listed as…
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Greetings from Glacier National Park
We're there every year since 1998 for as long as we can stay. It truly is the crown of the continent. What joy and happiness we've found there with family and friends, exploring new trails and old favorites each time. We think the shuttle is wonderful, reducing traffic on Going-to-the-Sun.…
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Greetings from Denali National Park & Preserve
I had the opportunity to spend July 4th, 2014 in Denali National Park with my husband and our two children. It was the least typical Fourth of July I have ever had. No fireworks. No parade. Just the unbelievable vastness and beauty of the wilderness. This is the America I…
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Greetings from Bryce Canyon National Park
After our marriage, we went to a trip to Utah and Arizona. Initially, we thought all the National Parks would be the same. Bryce was the 1st National Park we visited together. We totally loved it and learned how hoodoos are formed, how acid rain is effecting the hoodoos. We…
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Greetings from Grand Canyon National Park
I haven't been to the Grand Canyon since I was 5 years old. Needless to say, I don't remember too much of it. However, when my girlfriend and her parents took a trip this November for her birthday, I made some amazing memories this time! This picture was from our…
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Greetings from Yosemite National Park
My heart thudded wildly as I stepped off the trail and hovered near the edge of the drop-off. 2,000 feet below, Yosemite Valley separated the monolith I stood atop and the one adjacent from me. Usually when my heart raced it was because I was frightened, or anxious, or nervous--but…
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Greetings from Yosemite National Park
My story begins not in a national park, but in the backyard of my childhood home. For as long as I can remember, my parents have loved to garden, so naturally I spent a good deal of my childhood outside playing with bugs and watching plants grow. Those experiences eventually…
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Greetings from Yosemite National Park
I've lived in California, the Central Valley to be exact, most of my life, and up until my freshman year in college I had no idea what Yosemite was when someone would nonchalantly mention it. It wasn't until a long hard school week that my best friend and I decided…
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