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September 28, 2017 by Deborah W. Trotter
Hiking to Bumpass Hell this past weekend felt like a homecoming. I had hiked there many times in my youth, …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: boardwalks, boiling mudpots, Brokeoff Mountain, Bumpass Hell, Bumpass Mountain, children, fumaroles, hiking, homecoming, hydrothermal area, Kendall Bumpass, Lake Helen, Lassen Park, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, moderately strenuous, Mt. Diller, National Parks, National Public Lands Day, Pilot Pinnacle, rotten eggs, September snowfall, steaming pools, sulphuric odor, sweatshirt weather, trail head
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November 18, 2015 by Deborah W. Trotter
Two years ago we first climbed to the top of Little Baldy, a granite dome over 8,000 feet high with …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: dome, hiking, infinite horizons, Kings Canyon National Park, nature, outdoors, Sequoia National Park, snow, top of the world, young evergreens
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February 17, 2015 by Deborah W. Trotter
We didn’t really know what to expect on a winter visit to the Santa Fe area, but last week with …
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Category: National Monuments, National Parks
| Tags: Alcove House, Bandelier National Monument, cliff dwellings, deer, El Rito de los Frijoles, elevation, Frijoles Canyon, hiking, Little River of Beans, National Park Service, New Mexico, outdoors, Ponderosa pine forest, refried beans, Rio Grande, rock formations, Santa Fe, snow, tall wooden ladders, trail, Tyuonyi, Upper Frijoles Falls, winter
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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 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 4, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
We spent the past weekend among giants. Giant Sequoia trees, that is. From General Grant in Kings Canyon to General …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: General Grant, General Sherman, giant Sequoias, hiking, hundreds of feet tall, Kings Canyon National Park, mountains, nature, outdoors, rivers, Sequoia National Park, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, thousands of years old, trails, waterfalls
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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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September 9, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
Before we visited Olympic National Park this summer, we decided we wanted to hike to Sol Duc Falls because of …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: 1.6 miles round trip, backpackers, bug spray, Canyon Falls, climbed, deep forest, Deer Lake, hat trick, Highway 101, hiking, July afternoon, mosquitoes, mostly level, nature, Olympic National Park, outdoors, overlook, parking lot, popular, refreshing spray, Sol Duc Falls, Soleduck Falls, Soleduck Trail, Soleduck Valley, tent, trailhead, trails, Washington, water to drink, waterfall, wooden bridge
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July 15, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
This is my 48th blog post, and it’s about time I got to the Grand Canyon, don’t you think? Well, …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: 2014, accommodations and amenities, adventures, Bright Angel Trail, children, cloud shadows, El Tovar Hotel, four kids, Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, grand vistas, hiking, Indian Gardens, Kaibab Trail, kids, linger, marvelous memories, Mather Point, millions of years, mule trains, National Parks, North Rim, overlooks, Phantom Ranch, photos, rock formations, scenery, shifting natural hues, South Rim, stroller, sunlight, Teddy Roosevelt, Zion National Park
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June 24, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
It’s almost as if the National Park Service is in on it. As if they know I’m turning 60 this …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: back country, boots, challenging wilderness trail, closely packed rocks, Columbia Rock, destination, Glacier Point, handrail, hiker, hiking, juicy apple, light spray, manzanita scrub, Merced River, National Park trail, overlook, physically demanding hike, prudence, rainbow, relentlessly, rock stair steps, rock staircase, shadows, slippery, snowmelt, steep, strenuous, switchbacks, trail, treacherous, unforeseen benefit, Upper Yosemite Fall, Valley, Yosemite National Park, zigzags
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