Going out is really going in.

Going Home – Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA

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September 30, 2019 by Deborah W. Trotter

“You can’t go home again” is a phrase that I have always understood to mean that home is not really …
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Category: National Parks, Western U.S. National Parks | Tags: butterflies, deer, difficult trail, geothermal area, hike, Home, Kohm Yah-mah-nee, Lassen National Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, lupine, Ridge Lakes, southwest entrance, steep and rocky, Sulphur Works, time warp, trail, Visitor Center

One Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words – Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA

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August 30, 2019 by Deborah W. Trotter

Category: National Parks

A Sapphire Magnet – Crater Lake National Park, OR

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July 29, 2019 by Deborah W. Trotter

Whenever we travel by car to Central Oregon, no matter what the purpose of our trip, we are drawn to …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: accessible, California, Central Oregon, Crater Lake, Crater Lake Lodge, Crater Lake National Park, deepest lake, irresistible, Mount Scott, Mount Shasta, Oregon, rim walk, Sapphire blue, unforgettable, Wizard Island

Wild Colors – John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, OR

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June 29, 2019 by Deborah W. Trotter

In all of my many visits to Oregon as a child and as an adult, I had never visited John …
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Category: National Monuments, National Parks | Tags: gravel road, Highway 26, intense colors, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Mitchell, Oregon, Painted Hills, plentiful wildflowers, Redmond, short trails, Sisters, viewpoints

Back to the Mountains – Lassen Volcanic and Yosemite National Parks, CA

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May 31, 2019 by Deborah W. Trotter

I started the month of May with a visit to Lassen, walking on the road that is still closed to …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: Bridal Veil Fall, Clouds Rest, Devastated Area, Diamond Peak, Glacier Point, Half Dome, Kohm Yah-mah-nee, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, lupine, Manzanita Lake, Merced River, mud pots, Nevada Fall, Sulphur Works, Vernal Fall, Yosemite, Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Valley

Magical Carpets – Carrizo Plain National Monument, CA

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April 23, 2019 by Deborah W. Trotter

During the first week of April we returned to another of our favorite places in California, the Carrizo Plain National …
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Category: National Monuments, National Parks | Tags: Carrizo Plain, Carrizo Plain National Monument, flower fields, hillsides, magical carpets, National Park Week, nature's displays, super blooms, wildflowers

Snow Days (Part 2) – Bandelier National Monument, NM

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March 25, 2019 by Deborah W. Trotter

If you follow my blogging, you know that Bandelier is a place I can’t stay away from. This year’s visit …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: ancestral peoples, Bandelier National Monument, cavates, cliff dwellings, February, Frijoles Canyon, hike, Jemez Mountains, ladder, Long House, mesas, narrow ruts, New Mexico, petroglyphs, rock formations, ruins, Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Snow days, spiritual, trail, trail head, Tsankawi, Tyuonyi, views, vigas, Yosemite

Snow Days (Part 1) – Yosemite National Park, CA

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March 7, 2019 by Deborah W. Trotter

Last month on a whim, my husband made plans for us to spend Valentine’s Day and the day following in …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: Ahwahnee Bridge, atmospheric river, Bear Creek, Half Dome, Highway 140, Majestic Yosemite Hotel, Merced River, Midpines, raven, Royal Arch Cascade, snow, Upper Yosemite Fall, Valentine's Day, wonderland, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Valley

Blogging Through 2018

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December 31, 2018 by Deborah W. Trotter

If you’ve stopped by here before,then I hope you have enjoyed visiting or revisiting National Parks through my photographs and …
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Category: National Monuments, National Parks | Tags: Alaska, Bandelier National Monument, California, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Happy New Year, John Muir, Kings Canyon National Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, New Mexico, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, Wrangell St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Yosemite National Park

Yosemite National Park, CA – When the Snow Melts

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November 28, 2018 by Deborah W. Trotter

As California finally gets some rainfall in November, helping to clear the smoky air and dampen the wildfires, the higher …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: Ahwahnee Hotel, Big Oak Flat Road, Bridalveil Creek, Bridalveil Fall, cascades, dogwood in bloom, El Capitan, ephemerals, flooded, flow, high country, huge winter snow pack, Lower Yosemite Fall, May of 2017, melt, Merced River, overflowed, pictures, Ribbon Fall, Royal Arch Cascade, Sentinel Falls, snow, Tamarack Creek, Upper Yosemite Fall, vapor clouds, waterfalls, Yosemite Creek, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Valley

Going out is really going in.

Going Home – Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA

One Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words – Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA

A Sapphire Magnet – Crater Lake National Park, OR

Wild Colors – John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, OR

Back to the Mountains – Lassen Volcanic and Yosemite National Parks, CA

Magical Carpets – Carrizo Plain National Monument, CA

Snow Days (Part 2) – Bandelier National Monument, NM

Snow Days (Part 1) – Yosemite National Park, CA

Blogging Through 2018

Yosemite National Park, CA – When the Snow Melts

“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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