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  • Greetings from Bryce Canyon National Park

    I've been a national park junkie for more than 30 years. This is the first trip west with my partner Keith (who hadn't been to many NPs) in 2007. We hadn't been dating long and unbeknownst to him, it was somewhat of a "test" for him. I'm happy to report…

  • Greetings from Arches National Park

    My partner Keith and I in Spring 2009. I lived in CO for 10 years and have explored all over the west. I really enjoyed showing him some of my favorite spots.

  • Greetings from Canyonlands National Park

    This is my partner Keith and I in Spring 2009. We based in Moab for a week and had an amazing trip

  • Greetings from Glacier National Park

    Pristine glacial lakes, a boat dock, and an old cedar forest. This is Glacier National Park, a place that I’ve never set my foot on due to the pandemic. I took an online course from Glacier Institute and learned about how the landscape of the park came to be. I…

  • Greetings from Sequoia National Park

    One of the best trips of my life, together with my brother.

  • Greetings from Arches National Park

    After a 6000-mile road trip through more than a dozen national parks and monuments (Mt. Rainier to Saguarro), I commissioned my painter friend, Connie Brown, to map the "spellbound" tour, using photographs I had taken as models for her border vignettes. This is her fabulous masterpiece!

  • Greetings from Mount Rainier National Park

    Just before school began, my family took a trip up to Washington. Our first stop was the visitor center at Paradise where we checked out the films and some interactive exhibits. After orienting ourself with one of the maps, we set out on our hike where we were quickly blown…

  • Greetings from Olympic National Park

    As a lover of ecology and biological diversity, the rainforest is one of my favorite habitats to explore and to study. My world travels have taken me to many tropical rainforests – in South America, Africa and Southeast Asia. Yet the temperate rainforest closer to my home in the Pacific…

  • Greetings from Theodore Roosevelt National Park

    I lost my fiancé and my mother two weeks apart. Two years later, I drove West for a wedding, to help a friend, and to meet some new friends. I grew up in Illinois. I have always liked the mountains, but the Rockies seemed to swallow me up. I have…

  • Greetings from Glacier National Park

    After leaving the van at the base of the trail gate at the Glacier National Park, I was met with a swarm of mosquitos eagerly waiting for their next meal. I hastily put on my jacket and applied the mosquito repellant I brought with me from the San Francisco Bay…

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