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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 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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July 30, 2017 by Deborah W. Trotter
If you have ever been to the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park, you know about the jaw-dropping …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: beauty, Grand Teton National Park, grandeur, Jackson Hole Valley, Jackson Lake, Jackson Lake Lodge, jaw-dropping view, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Lunch Tree HIll, moose, Mt. Moran, nature, Skillet Glacier, sunrise, sunset, Teton Range, trail, Willow Flats
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April 1, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
We were there. We were fit. We were eager. And we did it! End of story? Well. Not exactly. It …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: after sundown, bears, blackened stumps, blistering pace, box lunches, breathtaking scenery, Cascade Canyon, children, climb, deepening shadows, deer and elk, energized and inspired, family, foot bridge, go the distance, Grand Teton, Grand Teton National Park, grandeur, hanging valley, high altitude, hiking, hindsight, Idaho, Indian Paintbrush, Inspiration Point, Jackson Lake Lodge, Jenny Lake, Lake Solitude, Leigh Lake, lessons learned, massive mountains, monkey flower, most memorable hiking experience, nature, nocturnal birds, outdoors, Paintbrush Canyon, Paintbrush Divide, spectacular views, String Lake, Teton Range, tinkling streams, trail, twelve hour day, wildflowers, Wyoming
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September 18, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
The dawn of the day in 2007 that we found the bison was also the dawn of the day of …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: Air Force Two, bison, buzz cuts, Cascade Canyon, Grand Teton National Park, hike, Paintbrush Canyon, Paintbrush Divide, Park Rangers, Snake River, Visitor Center, Wyoming
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September 11, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
If you’ve never been to the Tetons, magnificence awaits you. The mountains of the Teton Range rise abruptly from the …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: bald eagles, bison, Cascade Canyon, elk, float trip, Grand Teton National Park, Gros Ventre River, hike, homesteaders, Jackson Lake Lodge, Jenny Lake, moose, Oxbow Bend, pronghorn antelope, Snake River, Tetons, Wyoming
Going out is really going in. 