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Grand teton national park

one day in gand teton nationl park i saw or hird a cyote holling then the wolves pack chage after but the cyote got the . . .
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Discovering the US

My grandmother who lives in Philadelphia decided to visit her sister who lived in Los Angeles. She was going to take the train to see . . .
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Fires and the Firehole River in Yellowstone

Photo by: Kevin Smedley I grew up driving 4 hours from our home to Yellowstone about every other year. It is such a wonderful place, with so much to . . .
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Yellowstone Rebirth

I lived in Red Lodge, MT. in the late 80's and was both fortunate and unfortunate enough to witness the Yellowstone fires firsthand. First, let . . .
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Fallen Leaf

Hi-we lost "our cabin" in Wawona. Had to sale our land ... and cabin in approx. 2000 I do not know how to start. I . . .
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Yellowstone - Fires and the Firehole River

Photo by: Kevin smedley I grew up driving 4 hours from our home to Yellowstone about every other year. It is such a wonderful place, with so much to . . .
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BiG Bend National Park 1988

Photo by: cindy cavagnaro The year was 1988 and we packed up a motorhome (we borrowed from our brother-in-law. We droved via the southern route from Connecticut. It was . . .
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A Beautiful Day at Mt. Rushmore as told by Wryan Rutledge

When I arrived at Mt. Rushmore, it was raining, and I felt crushed. I decided to try to wait for the rain to quit, and . . .
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Mount Vernon as told to Tyler Langley

My family and I lived in Arlington, Virginia in 1989 while I was working in Washington, D.C. I had two boys one eight and the . . .
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