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Travel Photo of the Day 9/17/2009 Mount Moran

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 9/17/2009 is of  Mt. Moran and was taken by Chuck Martin333

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Located in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park, Mount Moran is one of the most distinctive aspects of the Teton Range, rising 6,000 feet above the ground. Contrary to what one would believe upon seeing [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day 6/16/2009 Dead Horse State Park

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 6/16/2009 Dead Horse State Park and was taken by mandj98

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Adjacent to the Canyonlands National Park is the Dead Horse Point State Park in Utah. You can see rustic colors and look down to the Colorado River. In this picture, you can see where the Colorado [...]

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Bryce Canyon National Park – Travel Photo of the Day 4/28/2009

The Travel Photo of the Day for 4/28/2009 is of Pink Cliffs and was taken by mandj98

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Bryce Canyon National Park is located in the southwest section of Utah. In the mid-1800s, Mormon settlers called this area home. This picture is taken close to the Queens Garden Trail shortly after sunrise.

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Smoky Mountains National Park – Travel Photo of the Day 4/9/2009

The Travel Photo of the Day for 4/9/2009 is of Smoky Mountains National Park and was taken by Elite PhotoArt

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Near the cities of Gatlinburg, Tennessee and Cherokee, North Carolina lies the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is more than 800 square miles of wonder that was chartered by Congress in [...]

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Joshua Tree National Park – Travel Photo of the Day 4/5/2009

The Travel Photo of the Day for 4/5/2009 is of Joshua Tree National Park and was taken by Paraflyer

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Joshua Tree National Park is located in California in the southeastern portion of the state. The park has many different unique types of vegetation including ocotillo, creosote bush, cholla cactus and, of course, the [...]

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Visiting Aruba

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Aruba, located just north of South America is an arid, almost desert-like island with a long stretch of white sand beach, a number of international resorts, a constant breeze, and predictably good weather. In other words, the island is an ideal place for a beach vacation or honeymoon. The Dutch colony is just less than [...]

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Yosemite Falls

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Are you one of those people who is always looking for the best, the tallest, the biggest, the wettest? If so then Yosemite Falls is one place that has to top your vacation must sees. Noted as North America’s highest measured waterfall, Yosemite Falls also boasts a respectable 5th place (this is sometimes debated) in [...]

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