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Greetings from Grand Teton National Park
In the Fall of 2012 my friends and I visited Yellowstone National Park before heading on to the Grand Tetons. Yellowstone was beautiful with its geysers, hot springs, and buffalo but nothing prepared us for this one late afternoon in the Tetons. Smoke, from fires blowing across the state from…
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Greetings from Kings Canyon National Park
For many years, the Evolution Valley on the John Muir Trail has been on my bucket list. This summer I was finally able to put it together... a 57 mile loop trip from North Lake to South Lake via Evolution Valley. In order to do this in the five days…
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Greetings from Haleakalā National Park
The sunrise at the crater in Haleakala was spectacular and a special way for us to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary. Maui, a relatively small island, has a huge diversity of flora and geological structures.
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Greetings from Point Reyes National Seashore
I had been dealing with quite a bit of stress prior to my vacation in California, to the point that I was questioning my whole direction in life. I spent several days in Point Reyes hiking and bird watching. The day before I left, I hiked out early to Arch…
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Greetings from Yosemite National Park
My husband and I were taking his cousins from Norway to see Yosemite. When we drove up to the gate to pay our auto fee, we were told that if any of us was over 65 years of age that he or she qualifies for a lifetime pass at $10.…
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Greetings from Indiana Dunes National Park
We have the good fortune to be among the Park partners in the restoration of this charming Swedish Farmstead property in the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The Indiana Dunes is known for its vast sand dunes and lakeshore, but it is also the home to incredible bogs, forests, wetlands and…
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Greetings from Arkansas Post National Memorial
My husband Tim and I visited 13 NPS sites in 12 Southeastern states on our honeymoon earlier this year. We decided to go off the beaten path to visit Arkansas Post National Memorial. Once we realized how many miles we had yet to travel before the park closed for the…
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Greetings from Yellowstone National Park
In 2007, in my second summer working for Xanterra in Canyon Village, YNP, I met my wife. It was her first excursion outside of Russia, and she was randomly placed in the world's first national park by Work&Travel USA. Originally hoping to be working in Boston, she nearly left in…
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Greetings from Acadia National Park
My husband and I discovered Acadia National Park almost 30 years ago on our honeymoon in September 1983. We were not experienced hikers but found ourselves climbing the Precipice Trail. I silently told myself that with any luck we would climb it again when we were a long-time married couple…
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Greetings from Shenandoah National Park
Shenandoah National Park was our first. It was the first park my wife and I visited, but hopefully there will be many more. It was also where we spent our first anniversary. I remember seeing the sign at the entrance and how excited I was (although I will admit the…
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