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January 30, 2018 by Deborah W. Trotter
It is not unusual to find historic buildings protected within national parks. But the 14-story remains of the early 20th …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: 14-story remains, Alaska, beaver, braided Chitina River, Chitina, dilapidated structure, footbridge, glaciers, historic buildings, inaccessible, Kennecott copper mill, Kennicott River, McCarthy Road, memorable tour, mountain peaks, National Park Service, National Parks, natural majesty, railroad, railroad spikes, remote, road hazard, Root Glacier, steep climb, trails, wild, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve, Yellowstone
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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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| 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
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August 9, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
Category: National Parks
| Tags: Fireweed, glaciers, heather, Indian Paintbrush, lupine, Mount Rainier National Park, splendor, summer, Washington, wildflowers
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November 27, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
Olympic National Park, in the far northwest corner of the continental United States, in a part of Washington State that …
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| Tags: alpine forests, backpackers, beach, cave, children, driftwood, glaciers, Highway 101, hikes, Hoh Rain Forest, Hoh River, inches of rain, Kalaloch Beach, lakes, meadows, natural playground, nature, New Zealand, Olympic Mountains, Olympic National Park, outdoors, Pacific Ocean, Ruby Beach, sand, sea stacks, Seattle, Sitka spruce, southern Chile, temperate rain forest, Washington, western hemlock, wild coastline, Wilderness
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October 16, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
What’s the biggest challenge in long range planning of a visit to a distant National Park? Of course there are …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: cascades, children, glaciers, hiking, marmots, meadows, Mount Adams, Mount Rainier, Mount Rainier National Park, Myrtle Falls, Panorama Point, Paradise, Phlox, Skyline Loop, snow, snowmelt, streams, summit, technical climbs, trail, Washington, waterfalls, Western anemone, wildflowers
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