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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
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
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
Pinnacles National Park, CA – C is for Condors
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March 29, 2016 by Deborah W. Trotter

Earlier this month we made our second visit to Pinnacles National Park. California was being drenched by much-needed rainstorms, but …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: California, clouds, Condor Gulch, condors, creeks, High Peaks, hike, Indian Paintbrush, nature, outdoors, Pinnacles National Park, rainstorms, trail, waterfall, wildflowers
Yosemite National Park, CA – Getting to North Dome
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September 24, 2015 by Deborah W. Trotter

Starting an 8.8 mile round trip hike at 1:30 in the afternoon might seem ill-advised. But it was almost the …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: back country, California, Clouds Rest, Half Dome, Lassen National Park, mountain lion, North Dome, snow plants, summer solstice, Yosemite
Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA – Autumn Reflections
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September 2, 2014 by Deborah W. Trotter

The Park is getting ready for winter. You can smell it in the air, you can hear it in the …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: Brokeoff Mountain, California, campgrounds, Kings Creek Meadow, Lake Helen, lake levels, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Manzanita Lake, meadows, quiet, rabbitbrush, shoulder season, snowmelt, spirit, summer visitors, whisper
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
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
Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA – Early May, 2013
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May 13, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

Lassen Peak still dozes under its winter white sheet, but springtime is waking up the rest of the Park. There …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: California, hike, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Manzanita Lake, Memorial Day weekend, National Parks, nature, open for the season, outdoors, Park, snow, spring, trail, winter
National Parks Week – Priceless!
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April 22, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

Today, April 22, through this Friday, April 26, entry fees will be waived at National Parks throughout the United States. …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: California, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Lassen Volcanic National Park, National Park Foundation, National Park System, National Parks, National Parks Week, natural treasure, nature, outdoors, Pinnacles National Park, Point Reyes National Seashore, San Francisco Bay Area, transportation, United States, Yosemite National Park

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Going out is really going in.

Tag Archives: California

A Sapphire Magnet – Crater Lake National Park, OR

Blogging Through 2018

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

Pinnacles National Park, CA – C is for Condors

Yosemite National Park, CA – Getting to North Dome

Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA – Autumn Reflections

Yosemite National Park, CA – December Reflections

Sequoia National Park, CA – More Than Just Giant Trees

Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA – Early May, 2013

National Parks Week – Priceless!

“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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