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July 6, 2024 by Deborah W. Trotter
Last month we returned again to my favorite National Park. The Park road was plowed, although not yet open to …
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Category: National Parks, Western U.S. National Parks
| Tags: boots, Bumpass Hell Trail, California, evergreens, ice, iconic, Lake Helen, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, meadows, mountain water, trails, wildlife, winter ice
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May 24, 2018 by Deborah W. Trotter
The day after tomorrow, Saturday, May 26, is the official day to walk or ride your bike on a 19-mile …
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Category: National Parks, Western U.S. National Parks
| Tags: awakening, boots, Devastated Area, embrace, entrance station, evergreens, Hat Creek, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Manzanita Lake, mountain water, nature, photographs, snow melt, trail, Wilderness, winter slumber
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August 26, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
When we visited Olympic National Park a few weeks ago, our home base for the three days was the lovely, …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: 90-foot cascade, active community, alder, ancient forest, barbed spines, Barnes Creek, cottonwood, deep forest, Devils Club, evergreen canopy, evergreens, fallen trees, Falls Creek, ferns, fir, forest floor, gorgeous natural lake, gurgling, hemlock, hidden attractions, Highway 101, hike, Lake Crescent, Lake Crescent Lodge, madrone, maples, Marymere Falls, mostly shaded, nature, Olympic National Park, outdoors, overlook, red cedar, refreshing dip, shrubs, spruce, trail, trailhead, waterfall, wildflowers, willow, wooden bridge, wooden steps, yew
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January 28, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
If you’re seeking variety in your hiking experience, you will find it in abundance on the Coast Trail that runs …
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Category: National Seashores
| Tags: "unmaintained trail", Alamere Falls, Bass Lake, beach, breakers, California, California poppy, cliffs, Coast Trail, coastal, coastal soil, creeks, downhill, Drakes Bay, ducks, eroding fissures, eucalyptus, evergreens, Farallon Islands, ferns, fog, Golden Gate, H20, hairy scramble, highlands, hiking, impassable, iris, lighthouse, lily pads, muddy, nature, outdoors, Pacific Ocean, Palomarin, Pelican Lake, pine needles, Point Reyes, Point Reyes National Seashore, ponds, rock-strewn ruts, San Francisco Bay Area, Sixty in 2013, steep and rutted, sun-dappled, surf, trail, water cycle, waterfall, whitewater cascades, wildflowers, wooden bridges
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