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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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October 28, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
On the morning we left the Park, Mount Rainier shed its invisibility cloak, dropping it down into the valleys below. …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: Alta Vista, Mount Rainier, Mount Rainier National Park, nature, outdoors, Washington, wildflowers
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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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August 19, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
Anyone who has trouble believing just how massive Mount Rainier is should consider these Wonderland Trail stats: it circles the …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: 93 miles, Box Canyon, fog and mist, foggy summer day, gorge, green and lush, group camping area, healthy forest, log bridge, Mount Rainier, Mount Rainier National Park, nature, Nickel Creek, Nickel Creek Camp, outdoors, private campsites, soft dirt and forest duff, trek, wildflowers, Wonderland Trail, wooden bridge
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August 9, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
Category: National Parks
| Tags: Fireweed, glaciers, heather, Indian Paintbrush, lupine, Mount Rainier National Park, splendor, summer, Washington, wildflowers
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October 16, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
What’s the biggest challenge in long range planning of a visit to a distant National Park? Of course there are …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: cascades, children, glaciers, hiking, marmots, meadows, Mount Adams, Mount Rainier, Mount Rainier National Park, Myrtle Falls, Panorama Point, Paradise, Phlox, Skyline Loop, snow, snowmelt, streams, summit, technical climbs, trail, Washington, waterfalls, Western anemone, wildflowers
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