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Monthly Archives: June 2013

Yosemite National Park, CA – Sixty in 2013: To the Top of Yosemite Fall
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June 24, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

It’s almost as if the National Park Service is in on it. As if they know I’m turning 60 this …
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Mesa Verde National Park, CO – In the Neighborhood
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June 18, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

As neighborhoods go, Mesa Verde is unique. Rising up from the surrounding plateau to elevations of 6,000 to 8,000 feet, …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: 32-foot ladder, ancestors, ancient culture, ancient ones, archaeologists, Balcony House, cliff dwellings, Cliff Palace, climb, cowboys, crawl, green table, hiking, Long House, Mesa Verde, Mesa Verde National Park, narrow tunnel, neighborhood, old neighborhood, open year round, Park Ranger, Pueblo Indians, rich history, ruins, Spruce Tree House, Square Tower House, stair steps, stone dwellings, strenuous, summer, tickets, tours
Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA – Going In Again
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June 10, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

My car was one of the first to go into Lassen Park at the Sulphur Works on Highway 89, just …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: emerald lake, familiar landmark, forest, Hat Creek, heart and soul, higher elevations, highway's summit, hiking, hydrothermal activity, Kings Creek Meadow, Kohm Yah-mah-nee, Lassen Park, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Memorial Day weekend, muscle memory, nature, old friend, outdoors, Paradise Meadow, photos, pine needles, plowed drifts, snow, sounds of mountain water, Sulphur Works, summit lake, trail, trailheads, unseasonably warm, Visitor Center
North Cascades National Park, WA – First Impressions
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June 3, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

We have all heard it said that you never get a second chance to make a first impression. But does …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: alpine Paradise, bug repellent, bugs, dams, Diablo Lake, disappointed, first impressions, forest, fresh meat, glacial blue, hiking, motor court, National Park, nature, Newhalem, North Cascades National Park, outdoors, power poles, Pyramid Lake, Pyramid Peak, Rainy Lake, resident felines, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, second chance to make a first impression, Skagit River, thick evergreens, trail, Visitor Center

Going out is really going in.

Monthly Archives: June 2013

Yosemite National Park, CA – Sixty in 2013: To the Top of Yosemite Fall

Mesa Verde National Park, CO – In the Neighborhood

Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA – Going In Again

North Cascades National Park, WA – First Impressions

“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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