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The Mountains Are Calling…
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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
Back to the Mountains – Lassen Volcanic and Yosemite National Parks, CA
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May 31, 2019 by Deborah W. Trotter

I started the month of May with a visit to Lassen, walking on the road that is still closed to …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: Bridal Veil Fall, Clouds Rest, Devastated Area, Diamond Peak, Glacier Point, Half Dome, Kohm Yah-mah-nee, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, lupine, Manzanita Lake, Merced River, mud pots, Nevada Fall, Sulphur Works, Vernal Fall, Yosemite, Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Valley
Snow Days (Part 1) – Yosemite National Park, CA
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March 7, 2019 by Deborah W. Trotter

Last month on a whim, my husband made plans for us to spend Valentine’s Day and the day following in …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: Ahwahnee Bridge, atmospheric river, Bear Creek, Half Dome, Highway 140, Majestic Yosemite Hotel, Merced River, Midpines, raven, Royal Arch Cascade, snow, Upper Yosemite Fall, Valentine's Day, wonderland, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Valley
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
Yosemite National Park, CA – Happy 150th Birthday!
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June 30, 2014 by Deborah W. Trotter

On June 30, 1864, 150 years ago today, while the American Civil War raged, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Yosemite …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: American Civil War, Bridalveil Fall, El Capitan, Half Dome, Merced River, Middle Gaylor Lake, President Abraham Lincoln, Tenaya Lake, Upper Yosemite Fall, Yosemite Grant Act, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Valley
Zion National Park, UT – Oops I Did It Again!!
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May 19, 2014 by Deborah W. Trotter

To start the month of May this year, I made it for the second time to the top of Angels …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: Angels Landing, chains, climb, fear of heights, Half Dome, narrow spine, National Park Service, outdoors, permit, photographs, scrambling, sheer dropoffs, trail, Virgin River, Yosemite National Park, Zion Canyon, Zion National Park
Yosemite National Park, CA – Waterfalls and Ephemerals
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February 18, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

What do you think of first when you think of Yosemite Valley in the springtime? Half Dome? El Capitan? The …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: "nature's firefall", Ahwahnee Hotel, audible gusto, beauteous, bounteous, Bridalveil Fall, car, Curry Village, El Capitan, ephemerals, Glacier Point, granite, granite sentries, Half Dome, Happy Isles, hiking, Horsetail Fall, iconic landmarks, Illilouette Fall, Merced River, Mist Trail, nature's artistry, Nevada Fall, outdoors, Panorama Trail, roars over the brink, Royal Arch Cascade, Staircase Falls, thunderous, trail, trail conditions, trek, Upper and lower falls, Vernal Fall, waterfalls, Yosemite, Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Valley
Half Dome Is Waiting
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July 31, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter

Have you ever thought about climbing to the top of Half Dome in California’s Yosemite National Park? Up the Mist …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: cables, California, Clouds Rest, Half Dome, Nevada Falls, permits, strenuous hike, Vernal Falls, Yosemite

Going out is really going in.

Tag Archives: Half Dome

The Mountains Are Calling…

Back to the Mountains – Lassen Volcanic and Yosemite National Parks, CA

Snow Days (Part 1) – Yosemite National Park, CA

Yosemite National Park, CA – Getting to North Dome

Yosemite National Park, CA – Happy 150th Birthday!

Zion National Park, UT – Oops I Did It Again!!

Yosemite National Park, CA – Waterfalls and Ephemerals

Half Dome Is Waiting

“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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