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Grand Teton National Park, WY – The View from the Snake

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December 29, 2017 by Deborah W. Trotter

Unlike Kenai Fjords in Alaska (see previous post), no one would ever suggest that Grand Teton National Park is best …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: Alaska, bald eagles, cry of a wolf, Grand Teton, guide, herd of bison, inflatable rubber raft, Jackson Lake Lodge, Kenai Fjords, life preservers, morning chill, Mount Moran, photographs, raft, raft float trips, Snake River, sunrise, Tetons, unwinding, water birds, wildlife

Kenai Fjords National Park, AK – Summer Winter

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November 27, 2017 by Deborah W. Trotter

Winter conditions might challenge visitors to National Parks in the lower 48, particularly parks with mountains, glaciers and high elevations. …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: Aialik Bay, Aialik Glacier, Alaska, all-day boat excursion, bald eagle, captain, catamaran, exhilarating, far north, floating ice, freezer, glaciers, Gulf of Alaska, gulls, Holgate Arm, Holgate Glacier, ice, Kenai Fjords National Park, lower 48, Major Marine Tours, marine mammals, mountain goats, National Park Ranger, orcas, otters, pods, puffins, Resurrection Bay, sea lions, seals, Seward, summer, sunsets, Surprise Glacier, whales, winter, winter conditions

Carrizo Plain National Monument, CA – 2017 Super Bloom

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October 26, 2017 by Deborah W. Trotter

Every return visit to a National Park or Monument is a new experience. Although last spring when we went to …
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Category: National Monuments, National Parks | Tags: Carrizo Plain, color and joy, exploring, flowers, new experience, record rainfall, return visit, rutted dirt roads, spring, super bloom, surrounding hills

Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA – Bumpass Hell

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September 28, 2017 by Deborah W. Trotter

Hiking to Bumpass Hell this past weekend felt like a homecoming. I had hiked there many times in my youth, …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: boardwalks, boiling mudpots, Brokeoff Mountain, Bumpass Hell, Bumpass Mountain, children, fumaroles, hiking, homecoming, hydrothermal area, Kendall Bumpass, Lake Helen, Lassen Park, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, moderately strenuous, Mt. Diller, National Parks, National Public Lands Day, Pilot Pinnacle, rotten eggs, September snowfall, steaming pools, sulphuric odor, sweatshirt weather, trail head

Glacier National Park, MT – Wildflower Fest (Continued)

Glacier National Park, MT – The Garden Wall Revisited

Grand Teton National Park, WY – Lunch Tree Hill

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July 30, 2017 by Deborah W. Trotter

If you have ever been to the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park, you know about the jaw-dropping …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: beauty, Grand Teton National Park, grandeur, Jackson Hole Valley, Jackson Lake, Jackson Lake Lodge, jaw-dropping view, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Lunch Tree HIll, moose, Mt. Moran, nature, Skillet Glacier, sunrise, sunset, Teton Range, trail, Willow Flats

Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA – A Peak Experience

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July 22, 2017 by Deborah W. Trotter

If you were thinking about climbing Lassen Peak this weekend, go directly to Plan B. Because of the record amounts …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: birds' eye views, Coast Range, elevation, hike, Kings Creek Meadow, Lake Helen, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Manzanita Lake, Mt. Shasta, nature, outdoors, photos, Sacramento Valley, September, trail

Winter Greetings from Yosemite National Park, CA

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December 20, 2016 by Deborah W. Trotter

Category: National Parks

Carrizo Plain National Monument, CA -The Bloom Was Super Enough!

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July 17, 2016 by Deborah W. Trotter

All the talk this spring was of the “super bloom” in Death Valley National Park. After several years of drought …
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Category: National Monuments, National Parks | Tags: California, Carrizo Plain National Monument, Death Valley National Park, drought, late March, Los Angeles, nature, outdoors, San Luis Obispo County, super bloom, wildflowers