Send us your national park stories

— -- The six-part documentary series The National Parks: America's Best Idea, directed by Ken Burns, starts Sept. 27 on PBS.

Do you have a special memory about visiting a national park?

Send your brief story, along with your name and contact information, to Travel Editor Chris Gray Faust at cegray@usatoday.com.

The best may be published in a future issue of USA TODAY. Deadline is Sept. 4.