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April 29, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
As a kid in 1968, again with our own kids in 2000, and again with just my husband last fall, …
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Category: National Monuments
| Tags: Alcove House, ancestors, ancestral homelands, Ancestral Pueblo people, archaeological sites, Bandelier, Bandelier National Monument, caves, Ceremonial Cave, ceremonial Kiva, children, cliff dwellings, Cochiti, ecosystems, fear of heights, flash flooding, Frijoles Canyon, Frijoles Creek, hiking, ladders, Long House, loop trail, mid-1200's, mid-1500's, Nature Trail, New Mexico, outdoors, Pueblos, roof beams, San Felipe, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara, Santa Domingo, shuttles, spirits, talus cliffs, trail, trailside information displays, Tyuonyi, viga holes, Visitor Center, White Rock, wildfires, Zuni
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April 22, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
Today, April 22, through this Friday, April 26, entry fees will be waived at National Parks throughout the United States. …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: California, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Lassen Volcanic National Park, National Park Foundation, National Park System, National Parks, National Parks Week, natural treasure, nature, outdoors, Pinnacles National Park, Point Reyes National Seashore, San Francisco Bay Area, transportation, United States, Yosemite National Park
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April 15, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
St. Mary Lake (home of tiny Wild Goose Island) stretches for miles along Going-to-the-Sun Road from the east entrance to …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: easy, footbridge, Glacier National Park, Going-to-the-Sun Road, hike, inhaling, kid-friendly, Montana, mountain air, mountain water, nature, outdoors, St. Mary Falls, St. Mary Lake, St. Mary River, trail, Virginia Falls, Wild Goose Island
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April 8, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
With water on three sides, the views alone make a visit to Cabrillo National Monument in San Diego, California, worth …
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Category: National Monuments
| Tags: 12000-mile roundtrip migration, Arctic, Baja California, beaches, birds and wildlife, Cabrillo National Monument, California, continental United States, France, Fresnel lens, gray whales, James P. Keating, January and February, Juan Cabrillo, lighthouse lovers, lighthouses, mariners, most southwesterly land, National Park Service, nature, navigational aid, Old Point Loma Lighthouse, outdoors, Pacific Ocean, plants, Point Loma, Robert Israel, sailors, San Diego, San Diego Bay, thick fog, waves, West Coast lighthouse keeper
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April 1, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
We were there. We were fit. We were eager. And we did it! End of story? Well. Not exactly. It …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: after sundown, bears, blackened stumps, blistering pace, box lunches, breathtaking scenery, Cascade Canyon, children, climb, deepening shadows, deer and elk, energized and inspired, family, foot bridge, go the distance, Grand Teton, Grand Teton National Park, grandeur, hanging valley, high altitude, hiking, hindsight, Idaho, Indian Paintbrush, Inspiration Point, Jackson Lake Lodge, Jenny Lake, Lake Solitude, Leigh Lake, lessons learned, massive mountains, monkey flower, most memorable hiking experience, nature, nocturnal birds, outdoors, Paintbrush Canyon, Paintbrush Divide, spectacular views, String Lake, Teton Range, tinkling streams, trail, twelve hour day, wildflowers, Wyoming
Going out is really going in. 