May the spirit of our great outdoors remind you of the beauty and calm that surrounds us . Wishing you a holiday season full of wonder and a New Year rich with inspiration and adventure.
As we look ahead to 2026, we want to take a moment to highlight our WG team that made 2025 such a success. Below you can discover more about each team member’s favorite memory from a National or state park or a trip into the great outdoors.
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Rose Lantz
Principal
Fowlers Hollow State Park
Fowlers Hollow State Park is located on the edge of the Tuscarora State Forest in PA. It’s a hidden gem that we came across for camping and has become one of my favorite places to unwind and connect with nature. The 104 acre park offers many hiking trails and streams to sit by.
Jennifer Brough
Principal
Mission San Juan Capistrano
An afternoon at Mission San Juan Capistrano, a historic landmark that fits neatly into ten acres. Overhead, a few of the storied swallows made their appearance. Adobe walls and narrow paths led us through pockets of calm. All roads eventually pointing inward to a central courtyard, anchored by a fountain of lily pads and circling koi.
Deborah Barber
Account Services
Kinzua Bridge State Park
Kinzua Bridge State Park in Mt. Jewett, PA holds a special place for me. Once the longest and tallest railroad bridge, it was where we walked end to end, then hiked back through the woods as teenagers. On my wedding day, our entire bridal party began the morning there — sharing a quiet moment together before the celebration began.
Talia Hale
Creative Services
Trundy Point
This year I had the pleasure of attending the wedding of my sister and brother-in-law right on Trundy Point in Portland, Maine. Our whole family hiked out to this incredible rock outcropping, jutting into Casco Bay. The rock below us was crumbled and jagged, almost like petrified wood—apparently ancient turbidite beds that had been folded over themselves over the years! It was an amazingly beautiful spot for such a beautiful occasion.
Amy Keller
Account Services
Vermont State Parks
Every summer, my husband and I take our two girls camping at Vermont state parks. In this snapshot, our oldest is catching frogs with a makeshift net — something I used to do as a kid. Proof that nature still offers the best entertainment.
Thomas Kolvenbag
Creative Services
Grand Teton National Park
As a young teen, I had the opportunity to take a school trip out west, I saw Salt Lake City, Jackson Hole, Yellowstone, bathed in natural springs, but what really stuck out to me was the trip to Grand Teton National park. The mountains were absolutely breath taking contrasted with the flatness of the land surrounding it. At one point we were walking through an Aspen forrest when a lone Bison crossed the trail ahead of us, it was surreal seeing one in person free in the wild.
Brittany Loeffler
Account Services
Red Rock Canyon
Last year at KBIS in Las Vegas, a lighter workload offered me an unexpected luxury…time to step away on the final day and explore beyond the Strip. I rented a convertible BMW Z4 and drove into the Nevada landscape, trading neon lights for open roads and desert skies as I headed toward Red Rock Canyon. I’m not much of a hiker, but coming from Pennsylvania, it’s not every day you’re surrounded by dramatic mountains and desert views. The experience was breathtaking and surreal. It was a moment of pure gratitude, taking in the raw beauty of nature and appreciating how powerful it can be to slow down and simply experience Mother Earth.
Adriana Roth
Creative Services
Hostel in the Forest
In 2023, I did my first long-distance road trip from Pennsylvania down the East Coast to Florida. The Hostel in the Forest, nestled in the lush, palmetto-lined woods just off I-95 in Coastal Georgia, was my home away from home for some repose in nature between stretches on the open road. I loved looking up at the tree canopy and the stars from my bed in the treehouse-style hut while hearing armadillos meandering in the palmettos below. Night walks along the boardwalk trails through the woods were often accompanied by the calls of barred owls. It was a truly inspirational and immersive stay unlike any I’d experienced before.
Christine Teetsel
Social Media
Everglades National Park
Visiting the Everglades in 2024 was a surreal and serene experience — the views were sweeping and the plants and wildlife vast. When I was sitting on the airboat amid the swamp, it was like being on a different planet, suspended in a quiet, calm but mysterious, unchartered time and plane.
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