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Exploring Katmai National Park's Mysterious Valley Of 10,000 Smokes

Dark, heavy skies threaten to unleash a torrent. Undaunted, the single-engine’s propellor rumbles defiantly and roars to life, promising adventure as my float plane taxis upriver from tiny King Salmon, Alaska, headed for the mysterious Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes at Katmai National Park and Preserve.

Fish Tales From A Yukon National Park

Something astonishing appears on the edge of Mät’àtäna Män (Kathleen Lake) as we troll for lake trout in on-again, off-again September drizzle, but it isn’t a grizzly or moose. A miniature rainbow erupts with the sunshine and hangs so low over the base of a mountain that both its multicolored ends appear to plunge into the cold, deep Yukon water.

Homestead National Historical Park: Grit, Anguish, And Occasionally Jubilation

While the prospect of free land that the Homestead Act promised sounds typically American -- hard work and determination will lift you up -- the stories you can explore at Homestead National Historical Park in Nebraska reflect both jubilation and anguish, deprivation and self-determination.

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