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Sixty in 2013: Point Reyes National Seashore, CA – Coast Trail to Alamere Falls
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January 28, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

If you’re seeking variety in your hiking experience, you will find it in abundance on the Coast Trail that runs …
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Category: National Seashores | Tags: "unmaintained trail", Alamere Falls, Bass Lake, beach, breakers, California, California poppy, cliffs, Coast Trail, coastal, coastal soil, creeks, downhill, Drakes Bay, ducks, eroding fissures, eucalyptus, evergreens, Farallon Islands, ferns, fog, Golden Gate, H20, hairy scramble, highlands, hiking, impassable, iris, lighthouse, lily pads, muddy, nature, outdoors, Pacific Ocean, Palomarin, Pelican Lake, pine needles, Point Reyes, Point Reyes National Seashore, ponds, rock-strewn ruts, San Francisco Bay Area, Sixty in 2013, steep and rutted, sun-dappled, surf, trail, water cycle, waterfall, whitewater cascades, wildflowers, wooden bridges
Yellowstone National Park, WY – Old Faithful
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January 21, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

The older I get, the more I realize that there aren’t very many things in life you can count on …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: clockwork, duration, eruptions, famous attraction, geyser, intervals, nature, Old Faithful, old faithful geyser, outdoors, spouted at regular intervals, sputter or fizzle, white explorers, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, yellowstone park
Bryce Canyon National Park, UT – Woo Hoodoo!
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January 14, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

Bryce Canyon is really a place that has to be seen to be believed. It is a fantastical sculpture garden, …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: air quality, Bryce, Bryce Canyon, Bryce Canyon Lodge, Bryce Canyon National Park, children, colors, delicate and impermanent, eroded rock formations, fantastical sculpture garden, geologic time, hike, hoodoos, kids, natural rock bridges, nature, Navajo Loop Trail, other-worldly, outdoors, overlooks, photograph, Queen Victoria, Queen's Garden Trail, Rainbow Point, rim road, rock formations, rocky fantasyland, sculpture garden, stroller-friendly, Sunrise Point, Sunset Point, teenagers, The Poodle, Thor's Hammer, trails, unique beauty, Visitor Center, Wall Street, Yovimpa Point
Point Reyes National Seashore, CA – Abbotts Lagoon
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January 7, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

The word lagoon invites the imagination to conjure visions of clear blue water, abundant wildlife, gentle lapping waves, sandy beaches, …
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Category: National Seashores | Tags: Abbotts Lagoon, birding sites, California, California quail, cattle, freeze tag, golden ealgle, hawks, hike, lagoon, Mother's Day, nature, onshore breeze, osprey, outdoors, Pacific Ocean, peacefulness, peregrine falcon, pirate ships, Point Reyes, Point Reyes National Seashore, salty curiosities, sandy beaches, seashore, shorebirds, springtime, surf, tide, trail, waterfowl, wildflowers, wildlife, winter, wise advice, yellow lupine

Going out is really going in.

Monthly Archives: January 2013

Sixty in 2013: Point Reyes National Seashore, CA – Coast Trail to Alamere Falls

Yellowstone National Park, WY – Old Faithful

Bryce Canyon National Park, UT – Woo Hoodoo!

Point Reyes National Seashore, CA – Abbotts Lagoon

“I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out ’til sundown, for going out, I found I was really going in.” John Muir

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