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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
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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
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November 28, 2018 by Deborah W. Trotter
As California finally gets some rainfall in November, helping to clear the smoky air and dampen the wildfires, the higher …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: Ahwahnee Hotel, Big Oak Flat Road, Bridalveil Creek, Bridalveil Fall, cascades, dogwood in bloom, El Capitan, ephemerals, flooded, flow, high country, huge winter snow pack, Lower Yosemite Fall, May of 2017, melt, Merced River, overflowed, pictures, Ribbon Fall, Royal Arch Cascade, Sentinel Falls, snow, Tamarack Creek, Upper Yosemite Fall, vapor clouds, waterfalls, Yosemite Creek, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Valley
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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
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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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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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| 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
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December 4, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
April 1994. A springtime weekend outing in Yosemite Valley with other families whose daughters belong to an organization our daughter …
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| Tags: adventures, April, California, climbing, Curry Village, daughters, families, foot bridge, freezing, granite, hiking, hypothermia, Merced River, Mist Trail, nature, outdoors, priceless gift, raccoons, rain, snow, sons, spray, springtime, tent cabin, trail, Vernal Falls, waterfalls, weather, weekend outing, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Valley
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