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January 9, 2014 by Deborah W. Trotter
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: 2014, autumn leaves, energy, good tidings, Happy New Year, John Muir, mountains, nature, peace, storms, sunshine, Tenaya Lake, trees, Yosemite National Park
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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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| 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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March 25, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
According to the calendar, spring arrives in California in March. But what that means in the real world depends on …
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| Tags: 1998, Brokeoff Mountain, Bumpass Hell, California, closed to traffic, entrance station, foot traffic, frozen, higher elevations, Highway 89, hike, July, Lake Helen, Lassen Park, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, light snow year, Manzanita Lake, March, May, mischief, mountains, nature, northwest entrance, opportunities, outdoors, Park Service, photographs, real world, Reflection Lake, road closed, road cut, road opening, snow, snowballs, snowplows, southwest entrance, spring snow storms, springtime, storms, summer, through Lassen Park, trailhead, unexpected treat, unpredictable, updates, vehicles, video, winter
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December 24, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: autumn leaves, Brokeoff, cares, energy, freshness, good tidings, I-5, John Muir, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Mount Lassen, mountains, nature, Nature's peace, outdoors, storms, sunset, sunshine flows, winds
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