Going out is really going in.

Zion National Park, UT – The Emerald Pools

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June 10, 2014 by Deborah W. Trotter

Hiking to one, or two, or all three of the Emerald Pools is a very popular way to get off …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: Emerald Pools, frogs, hike, hiking, nature, outdoors, prickly pear cactus, shuttle buses, trail, Zion Lodge, Zion National Park

Zion National Park, UT – Oops I Did It Again!!

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May 19, 2014 by Deborah W. Trotter

To start the month of May this year, I made it for the second time to the top of Angels …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: Angels Landing, chains, climb, fear of heights, Half Dome, narrow spine, National Park Service, outdoors, permit, photographs, scrambling, sheer dropoffs, trail, Virgin River, Yosemite National Park, Zion Canyon, Zion National Park

Yosemite National Park, CA – Bridalveil Fall

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February 12, 2014 by Deborah W. Trotter

Gazing at random [from the valley floor], perhaps the first object to gain concentrated attention will be the Bridal Veil, …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: gauzy sun-sifted spray, John Muir, sways and sings, waterfall

Yosemite National Park, CA – Going Out Is Really Going In

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January 9, 2014 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: 2014, autumn leaves, energy, good tidings, Happy New Year, John Muir, mountains, nature, peace, storms, sunshine, Tenaya Lake, trees, Yosemite National Park

Ten National Parks Share My Sixty (Plus) in 2013

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December 23, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

In my final post of 2012 I laid out my goal for this year of hiking at least 60 miles …
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Category: National Monuments, National Parks, National Recreation Areas, National Seashores | Tags: 60 miles, Coast Trail, Coastal Trail, extreme pleasure, goal, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, High Peaks Loop Trail, hike, Kings Canyon National Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Mount Rainier National Park, National Parks, National Parks year, nature, Olympic National Park, Oregon Caves National Monument, outdoors, Pinnacles National Park, Pt. Reyes National Seashore, Sequoia National Park, trails, Upper Yosemite Fall, Yosemite National Park

Yosemite National Park, CA – December Reflections

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December 16, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

Category: National Parks | Tags: California, December, reflections, Yosemite National Park

Yosemite National Park, CA – Freeze Frame

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December 9, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

Last week we went to Yosemite for three days to partake of fine wines and food at one of the …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: Ahwahnee Hotel, fine wines, freezing, frosty conditions, granite valley walls, meadows, snowstorm, trees, Vintners Holidays, white fluff, winter postcard, Yosemite

Sequoia National Park, CA – More Than Just Giant Trees

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December 2, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

On our first visit to Sequoia National Park last month, we of course checked out the big trees, and I …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: America's Best Idea, awe, big trees, California, dome, endless landscape, General Highway, giant trees, high Sierra peaks, hike, hiking, Little Baldy, Little Baldy Saddle, National Parks, poor air quality, San Joaquin Valley, Sequoia National Park, Sierra Nevada Mountains, switchbacks, trail, trailhead

Kings Canyon National Park – Sixty in 2013: This Is It!

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November 18, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

Back in December of 2012, I challenged myself with the 2013 goal of hiking (at least) 60 miles on National …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: 60 miles, autumn, Bubbs Creek, closed during the winter, cubs, December of 2012, footbridge, Grant Grove Village, Grizzly Falls, hike, hikers, Kanawyer Loop Trail, Kings Canyon National Park, Kings Canyon Scenic Byway, Kings River, mother bear, National Park, National Park trails, nature, open year round, outdoors, Paradise Valley Trail, photographs, Roads End, Roaring River Falls, Sequoia National Park, trail

Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks, CA – Supersized!

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November 4, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

We spent the past weekend among giants. Giant Sequoia trees, that is. From General Grant in Kings Canyon to General …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: General Grant, General Sherman, giant Sequoias, hiking, hundreds of feet tall, Kings Canyon National Park, mountains, nature, outdoors, rivers, Sequoia National Park, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, thousands of years old, trails, waterfalls