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February 24, 2016 by Deborah W. Trotter
Although I have spent quite a bit of time in and around Santa Fe, New Mexico, until earlier this month …
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Category: National Monuments, National Parks
| Tags: 360 degree views, body contortions, Canyon Trail, Cave Loop Trail, climbing, English majors, geologist's paradise, hike, Kasha-Katuwe, natural landscape, nature, outdoors, Pueblo de Cochiti, scrambling, strenuous, Tent Rocks, trail
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June 10, 2014 by Deborah W. Trotter
Hiking to one, or two, or all three of the Emerald Pools is a very popular way to get off …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: Emerald Pools, frogs, hike, hiking, nature, outdoors, prickly pear cactus, shuttle buses, trail, Zion Lodge, Zion National Park
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December 23, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
In my final post of 2012 I laid out my goal for this year of hiking at least 60 miles …
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Category: National Monuments, National Parks, National Recreation Areas, National Seashores
| Tags: 60 miles, Coast Trail, Coastal Trail, extreme pleasure, goal, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, High Peaks Loop Trail, hike, Kings Canyon National Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Mount Rainier National Park, National Parks, National Parks year, nature, Olympic National Park, Oregon Caves National Monument, outdoors, Pinnacles National Park, Pt. Reyes National Seashore, Sequoia National Park, trails, Upper Yosemite Fall, Yosemite National Park
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December 2, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
On our first visit to Sequoia National Park last month, we of course checked out the big trees, and I …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: America's Best Idea, awe, big trees, California, dome, endless landscape, General Highway, giant trees, high Sierra peaks, hike, hiking, Little Baldy, Little Baldy Saddle, National Parks, poor air quality, San Joaquin Valley, Sequoia National Park, Sierra Nevada Mountains, switchbacks, trail, trailhead
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November 18, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
Back in December of 2012, I challenged myself with the 2013 goal of hiking (at least) 60 miles on National …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: 60 miles, autumn, Bubbs Creek, closed during the winter, cubs, December of 2012, footbridge, Grant Grove Village, Grizzly Falls, hike, hikers, Kanawyer Loop Trail, Kings Canyon National Park, Kings Canyon Scenic Byway, Kings River, mother bear, National Park, National Park trails, nature, open year round, outdoors, Paradise Valley Trail, photographs, Roads End, Roaring River Falls, Sequoia National Park, trail
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October 21, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
It’s not what you think. Or maybe it absolutely is. I’m referring to our hike to Gaylor Lakes that started …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: 57 new National Park miles, 60-mile goal, 9900 feet, Cathedral group, Cathedral Peak, east entrance station, Gaylor Lakes, Granite Lake, hike, hiking, Lower Gaylor Lake, Middle Gaylor Lake, Mount Dana, Mount Gibbs, mountains, nature, outdoors, recent snowfall, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, serendipitous flavoring, surrounding peaks, switchbacking, trail, tree line, Tuolumne Meadows, Unicorn Peak, Upper Gaylor Lake, well over 10000 feet, white frosting, Yosemite
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October 14, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
Looking for a hike in Lassen Park that I had never before taken (there are not many), I decided that …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: 60 miles in 2013, Big Bear Lake, blackened, burn area, campground, Cluster Lakes, destruction, devastating, fairly strenuous, hike, Lassen Park, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Little Bear Lake, manzanita, Mt. Lassen, nature, outdoors, Reading Fire, summit lake, trail, trailhead, wildfire
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October 7, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
Back in August before our own government shut down our National Parks, we were lucky to spend three nights and …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: "invisibility cloak, 320 feet high, chill drizzle, Christine Falls, Comet Falls, good workout, hike, impenetrable fog, Mount Rainier, Mount Rainier National Park, nature, outdoors, Paradise, Park Rangers, popular trailhead, shutdown, side canyon, single log bridge, tall blue bonnet, thunderous flows, trail, Van Trump Creek, Visitor Center, waterfalls, white roiling water, whitewater, Wiggins lily, wildflowers, wooden bridge
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September 30, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
Two weekends ago, we in the San Francisco Bay Area were shocked by the unseasonable deluge that poured down from …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: early snowfall, first day of autumn, glorious afternoon, gorgeous views, high country, higher elevations, Highway 120, hike, human footprints, National Park experience, once-in-a-lifetime, photographs, snow, snow and icy conditions, spectacular scene, Tenaya Lake, Tioga Road, trail, unseasonable deluge, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park
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September 16, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
If you’re a regular reader here, you’ll remember that several weeks ago, I posted a photograph of a fire lookout …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: 360 degree view, blazes, Brokeoff, butterflies, Chester, clear day, Coast Range, fire lookout, fire season, forest, hike, Juniper Lake, Juniper Lake campground, Juniper Lake Loop, Lassen National Park, Lassen Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, lupine, manzanita, meadows, mid-July, mountain, Mt. Ashland, Mt. Diablo, Mt. Harkness, Mt. Shasta, nature, Oregon, outdoors, Sierras, smoky skies, swimming, switchbacks, timber line, trail, trail junction
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