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February 25, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
Where I live in California, springtime is on approach. Many trees are no longer bare, sprouting pink or white blossoms …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: blooms, blossoms, Brown-eyed Susan, California, Englemann aster, Fireweed, Garden Wall, Glacier National Park, Going-to-the-Sun Road, Highline Trail, hike, Indian Paintbrush, Logan Pass, Montana, nature, outdoors, Rocky Mountains, Rosy spirea, trailhead, Visitor Center, wildflowers
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February 18, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
What do you think of first when you think of Yosemite Valley in the springtime? Half Dome? El Capitan? The …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: "nature's firefall", Ahwahnee Hotel, audible gusto, beauteous, bounteous, Bridalveil Fall, car, Curry Village, El Capitan, ephemerals, Glacier Point, granite, granite sentries, Half Dome, Happy Isles, hiking, Horsetail Fall, iconic landmarks, Illilouette Fall, Merced River, Mist Trail, nature's artistry, Nevada Fall, outdoors, Panorama Trail, roars over the brink, Royal Arch Cascade, Staircase Falls, thunderous, trail, trail conditions, trek, Upper and lower falls, Vernal Fall, waterfalls, Yosemite, Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Valley
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February 11, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
It was sometime in the 1960’s, early morning of a spring day in Arizona. Really cold outside, gray, threatening sky. …
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Category: National Monuments
| Tags: 1960's, 1995, A SUMMER'S TRADE, anazasi, Antelope House ruins, Arizona, barefoot ford, Canyon de Chelly, Canyon del Muerto, Chinle wash, cliff dwelling, family, farming, four young children, handmade jewelry, hiking, icy, Irving Toddy, July, livestock, Lodge House ruins, National Park memories, National Park Service, native art, Navajo Nation, Navajos, open-air buses, outdoors, overlooks, permit and guide, photos, priceless experiences, public trail, radiated heat, redrock canyon walls, ruins, Salina Bookshelf, seared southwestern blue, shade, spring morning, switchbacks, threatening sky, three-year-old, trail, trailhead, tunnel, vacation, White House ruin
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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
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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
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December 31, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
While I am not a triskaidekaphobe, I confess I do not love the number 13. So the prospect of that …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: ascent, challenge, Death Valley National Park, Grand Canyon, hiking, National Parks System, nature, north rim of the grand canyon, Olympic National Park, outdoors, Pinnacles National Park, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Sixty in 2013, trails, triskaidekaphobe, Yosemite Falls, Zion Canyon, Zion National Park
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December 24, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: autumn leaves, Brokeoff, cares, energy, freshness, good tidings, I-5, John Muir, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Mount Lassen, mountains, nature, Nature's peace, outdoors, storms, sunset, sunshine flows, winds
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December 18, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
Like it or not, this is the season for transforming evergreen trees. In December, all over the world, indoors and …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: "condensed sunbeams", Baja, bark, California, Christmas trees, cones, conifers, conservationist, crowns, elevations, evergreen trees, glorious forest specimens, Highway 36, hiking, John Muir, kingly beauty, Lassen National Park, lights and ornaments, majesty, Mineral, mountain forests, National Parks, natural habitats, naturalist, nature, nature's majesty, needles, Oregon, ornaments, outdoors, Pacific Coast, photos, sugar pine, sugar pine cones, The Mountains of California, woods
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December 13, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
I realize that as wild weather, the short, dark days of December and winter chill surround us, it can be …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: afternoons, Angels Landing, apples, colors and strata, domes, east rim, Echo Canyon, Hidden Canyon, hiking, Indian Paintbrush, June, monolithic walls, mornings, nature, nature-sculpted rock formations, Observation Point, outdoors, prickly pear cactus, red rock, rich hues, shade, shuttle, slippery scramble, Springdale, sun, sweating, switchbacks, teenagers, Temple of Sinawava, tortoises and hares, trail, Utah, views from the top, Virgin River, west rim, wildflowers, yucca, Zion Canyon, Zion National Park
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December 4, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
April 1994. A springtime weekend outing in Yosemite Valley with other families whose daughters belong to an organization our daughter …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: adventures, April, California, climbing, Curry Village, daughters, families, foot bridge, freezing, granite, hiking, hypothermia, Merced River, Mist Trail, nature, outdoors, priceless gift, raccoons, rain, snow, sons, spray, springtime, tent cabin, trail, Vernal Falls, waterfalls, weather, weekend outing, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Valley
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