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Golden Gate National Recreation Area, CA – Sixty in 2013: Coastal Trail to Lands End
2May 27, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
There’s nothing like discovering treasure under your nose, right? That’s what I did last weekend when I had a few …
Continue readingCategory: National Parks, National Recreation Areas | Tags: 2013 goal, 32nd Avenue, cliffs, Coastal Trail, El Camino del Mar, electric streetcar line, eucalyptus grove, fog, Fort Point, Golden Gate, Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, hike, Lands End, landslides, lighthouses, Marin Headlands, National Park, on street parking, One Mile Rock, Point Bonita, Point Reyes National Seashore, poppies, remote and desolate, sailboats, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay, series of stair steps, shipping traffic, spectacular views, stiff ocean wind, Sutro Baths, three-mile roundtrip, treasure, trolley, Visitor Center, wildflowers, yellow lupine
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Cabrillo National Monument, CA – Two for the Price of One
Leave a commentApril 8, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
With water on three sides, the views alone make a visit to Cabrillo National Monument in San Diego, California, worth …
Continue readingCategory: National Monuments | Tags: 12000-mile roundtrip migration, Arctic, Baja California, beaches, birds and wildlife, Cabrillo National Monument, California, continental United States, France, Fresnel lens, gray whales, James P. Keating, January and February, Juan Cabrillo, lighthouse lovers, lighthouses, mariners, most southwesterly land, National Park Service, nature, navigational aid, Old Point Loma Lighthouse, outdoors, Pacific Ocean, plants, Point Loma, Robert Israel, sailors, San Diego, San Diego Bay, thick fog, waves, West Coast lighthouse keeper