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Following in My Grand Fathers Foot steps.

Photo by: Patrick  Lynch This is a very LONG story takes about an hour to tell . But will try to give the short version. Last year a wonderful . . .
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Engagement Proposal in Shenandoah National Park

I was proposed to in the most wonderful way during the Spring of 2010. My fiance and I took off work on one of the . . .
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Mesa Verde National Park

My family didn't go on trips to National Parks when I was growing up; but I have with my children. Here is our documentary style . . .
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It was called the WILD CAVE TOUR...and they meant it!

I have a passion for national parks and my goal in life is too see all of them before I die! With that, for my . . .
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Bison Commute

Photo by: Caran Crawford On an early July morning drive from Grant Village Campground to Mammoth Hot Springs, we drove through the misty geyser basin area. Out of the . . .
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4 days in South Dakota

Photo by: Susan Mullen My son and I, Susan (age 35) and Sean (age 12) left Carbondale, Illinois at 4:00 pm on Wednesday, April 7, 2004. We are driving . . .
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Lightning in the air...

Photo by: Mike Wheeler I am spellbound by this place. When I first moved to California back in '97, the first thing I wanted to see was Yosemite. I . . .
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Unity With Nature Makes You a Better Person

Photo by: Lindsey  Sydow It’s undeniable. Humans have become obscenely disconnected from the natural world, but the truth is that it’s our origin, and we function better both as . . .
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Hiking Zion

Photo by: Kevin Smedley Zion National Park is a place we have visited many times and in many seasons. One memorable trip in 2000 was just my wife and . . .
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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA is a co-production of

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