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September 29, 2020 by Deborah W. Trotter
… and I haven’t been able to go. As a result I have a pretty strong case of mountain scenery …
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Category: National Parks, Other Beautiful Places
| Tags: Alaska, bald eagle, Carrizo Plain National Monument, Crater Lake National Park, Death Valley National Park, ducks, Glacier National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Half Dome, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, lupine, Mt. Whitney, New Mexico, Red Bluff, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, Yosemite National Park
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April 22, 2020 by Deborah W. Trotter
National Parks are closed, we’re stuck at home, a perfect excuse for a virtual re-visiting of some spectacular places. Let’s …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: Bandelier National Monument, Carrizo Plain National Monument, Crater Lake National Park, Glacier National Park, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Grand Teton National Park, Kenai Fjords National Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve, Yosemite National Park
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April 21, 2018 by Deborah W. Trotter
It is fitting that this year National Park Week (April 21 – April 29) kicks off on the 180th anniversary …
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Category: National Monuments, National Parks
| Tags: Bumpass Hell Trail, CA, Carrizo Plain National Monument, Crater Lake National Park, Death Valley National Park, Dogwood blooms, Fireweed, Glacier National Park, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Grand Teton National Park, Ground squirrel, High Peaks Trail, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Little Baldy, Mist Trail, MT, OR, Pinnacles National Park, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, Vernal Fall, WY, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Valley
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August 27, 2017 by Deborah W. Trotter
My previous post took us back to the Garden Wall one morning last summer to experience the wildflowers along the …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: Bearhat Mountain, earth laughs in flowers, Garden Wall, Glacier National Park, Going-to-the-Sun Road, Hidden Lake, Highline Trail, Logan Pass, Logan Pass Visitor Center, meadows, Montana, mountain goats, rain, Ralph Waldo Emerson, trail, wildflowers
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August 7, 2017 by Deborah W. Trotter
Last summer my husband and I had the time and the good fortune to visit both Grand Teton National Park …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: bighorn sheep, blooming, Clements Mountain, Garden Wall, Glacier National Park, Going-to-the-Sun Road, Grand Teton National Park, Granite Park Chalet, Highline Trail, hike, Logan Pass, marmot, meadows, Montana, mountain goat, nature, outdoors, popular, Rock Garden, stunning scenery, trail, wildflowers, wildlife, Wyoming, zoom lens
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May 6, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
You return to a lake you’ve hiked to before, and you’re sure there’s something different about it. Very different. But …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: Avalanche Creek, Avalanche Lake, bear scat, cascades, cedar forest, gift, glacial cirque, Glacier National Park, hike, lake, Lake McDonald, magic, memories, Montana, National Parks, nature, outdoors, philosophical/existential, special places, thundering, trailhead, water, whitewater festival, wooden boardwalk, woodsy
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April 15, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
St. Mary Lake (home of tiny Wild Goose Island) stretches for miles along Going-to-the-Sun Road from the east entrance to …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: easy, footbridge, Glacier National Park, Going-to-the-Sun Road, hike, inhaling, kid-friendly, Montana, mountain air, mountain water, nature, outdoors, St. Mary Falls, St. Mary Lake, St. Mary River, trail, Virginia Falls, Wild Goose Island
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February 25, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
Where I live in California, springtime is on approach. Many trees are no longer bare, sprouting pink or white blossoms …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: blooms, blossoms, Brown-eyed Susan, California, Englemann aster, Fireweed, Garden Wall, Glacier National Park, Going-to-the-Sun Road, Highline Trail, hike, Indian Paintbrush, Logan Pass, Montana, nature, outdoors, Rocky Mountains, Rosy spirea, trailhead, Visitor Center, wildflowers
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November 21, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
Okay, goats are probably not the first thing people think of when they think of Glacier National Park in Montana. …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: auto routes, boardwalk, Continental Divide, engineering marvel, Glacier National Park, goats, Going-to-the-Sun Road, Hidden Lake, Highline Trail, hike, hiking, kids, Logan Pass, McDonald Lake, meadow, Montana, mountain goats, mountain sheep, outdoors, Rocky Mountains, scenic views, snow, spectacular drive, St. Mary Lake, trail, trailhead, Visitor Center, waterfall, wildflowers
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