Going out is really going in.

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, NM – Location, Location, Location

October 8, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter

Have you ever thought about building your own house? What features would you want it to have? How about a …
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Category: National Monuments | Tags: ancient people, canyon, caves, Gila Cliff Dwellings, Gila River, hike, history, Mogollon, National Park System, New Mexico, pictograph, Silver City, southwestern, trail

White Sands National Monument, NM – Brilliant!

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September 26, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter

Quick word association: when I say “sand,” what do you say? Beach? Surf? Hawaii? Starfish? Since I’ve lived in northern …
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Category: National Monuments | Tags: beach sand, Cloudcroft, desert sand, gypsum, Lake Lucero, New Mexico, photos, selenite crystals, sunrise, Tularosa Basin, white sand, White Sands National Monument

Grand Teton National Park, WY – The Rest of the Story

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September 18, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter

Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, Sunrise

The dawn of the day in 2007 that we found the bison was also the dawn of the day of …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: Air Force Two, bison, buzz cuts, Cascade Canyon, Grand Teton National Park, hike, Paintbrush Canyon, Paintbrush Divide, Park Rangers, Snake River, Visitor Center, Wyoming

Grand Teton National Park, WY – Where’s . . . the Buff?

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September 11, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter

If you’ve never been to the Tetons, magnificence awaits you. The mountains of the Teton Range rise abruptly from the …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: bald eagles, bison, Cascade Canyon, elk, float trip, Grand Teton National Park, Gros Ventre River, hike, homesteaders, Jackson Lake Lodge, Jenny Lake, moose, Oxbow Bend, pronghorn antelope, Snake River, Tetons, Wyoming

Golden Gate Nat’l Rec Area – Full Moons, Football, Fog and Point Bonita Lighthouse

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September 4, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter

I have a confession to make. I love lighthouses. So when there is a lighthouse within the National Park System …
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Category: National Parks, National Recreation Areas | Tags: Alcatraz Island, blue moon, California, fog, full moon, GGNPC, GGNRA, Gold Rush, Golden Gate, Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, hike, lighthouse, Point Bonita, San Francisco, trail

Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA – Rhapsody

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August 28, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter

This week I’d like to introduce you to my all-time favorite National Park. The Park that is a part of …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: Bumpass Hell, California, campsites, Cascade Mountains, children, climbing, geothermal, grandparents, hiking, Lake Helen, lakes, Lassen Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Manzanita Lake, snow, trails, volcano, waterfalls, wildflowers, Yellowstone

Zion National Park, UT – Angels Landing

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August 22, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter

If you could hover a thousand feet or so above the Virgin River in Zion National Park, with unobstructed views …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: Angels Landing, climbing, hiking, Lombard Street, Observation Point, Refrigerator Canyon, teenagers, Utah, Walter's Wiggles, Zion National Park

Lava Beds NM: D-I-Y Spelunking

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August 15, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter

If reading my post about a guided tour of Lehman Caves in Great Basin National Park, Nevada, whet your appetite …
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Category: National Monuments, National Parks | Tags: bats, Becky Thatcher, California, caves, ice cave, Indian Paintbrush, Lava Beds, outdoors, spelunkng, Tom Sawyer, underground, volcanic

Getting to Great Basin NP

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August 7, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter

I have a particular fondness for our neighboring state to the east. Many family road trip vacations, both when I …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: bristle cone pines, Great Basin, Las Vegas, Lehman Caves, Loneliest Road in America, Nevada, spelunking

Half Dome Is Waiting

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July 31, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter

Have you ever thought about climbing to the top of Half Dome in California’s Yosemite National Park? Up the Mist …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: cables, California, Clouds Rest, Half Dome, Nevada Falls, permits, strenuous hike, Vernal Falls, Yosemite

Going out is really going in.

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, NM – Location, Location, Location

White Sands National Monument, NM – Brilliant!

Grand Teton National Park, WY – The Rest of the Story

Grand Teton National Park, WY – Where’s . . . the Buff?

Golden Gate Nat’l Rec Area – Full Moons, Football, Fog and Point Bonita Lighthouse

Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA – Rhapsody

Zion National Park, UT – Angels Landing

Lava Beds NM: D-I-Y Spelunking

Getting to Great Basin NP

Half Dome Is Waiting

“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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