-
February 28, 2021 by Deborah W. Trotter
There it was, beckoning to us in Anchorage, a 20,000-foot, snow-covered invitation on the the northern horizon. Two hundred sixty-five …
Continue reading
Category: National Parks
| Tags: 30% Club, Anchorage, brown bear, caribou, Denali, Denali National Park and Preserve, Denali Park Road, Eielson Visitor Center, fox, Mile 66, mountain goats, Mt. McKinley, National Parks, Polychrome Overlook, Savage River Rest Stop, Teklanika River, Toklat River, wild, wildlife, wolves
-
December 29, 2019 by Deborah W. Trotter
Going out is really going in, and my hope for all of you and my goal for myself in 2020 …
Continue reading
Category: National Parks
| Tags: 2020, Aspiration, experience, Exploration, goal, Happy New Year!, Inspiration, National Parks, Perspiration
-
January 30, 2018 by Deborah W. Trotter
It is not unusual to find historic buildings protected within national parks. But the 14-story remains of the early 20th …
Continue reading
Category: National Parks
| Tags: 14-story remains, Alaska, beaver, braided Chitina River, Chitina, dilapidated structure, footbridge, glaciers, historic buildings, inaccessible, Kennecott copper mill, Kennicott River, McCarthy Road, memorable tour, mountain peaks, National Park Service, National Parks, natural majesty, railroad, railroad spikes, remote, road hazard, Root Glacier, steep climb, trails, wild, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve, Yellowstone
-
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, …
Continue reading
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
-
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 …
Continue reading
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
-
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 …
Continue reading
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
-
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, …
Continue reading
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
-
May 13, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
Lassen Peak still dozes under its winter white sheet, but springtime is waking up the rest of the Park. There …
Continue reading
Category: National Parks
| Tags: California, hike, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Manzanita Lake, Memorial Day weekend, National Parks, nature, open for the season, outdoors, Park, snow, spring, trail, winter
-
May 6, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
You return to a lake you’ve hiked to before, and you’re sure there’s something different about it. Very different. But …
Continue reading
Category: National Parks
| Tags: Avalanche Creek, Avalanche Lake, bear scat, cascades, cedar forest, gift, glacial cirque, Glacier National Park, hike, lake, Lake McDonald, magic, memories, Montana, National Parks, nature, outdoors, philosophical/existential, special places, thundering, trailhead, water, whitewater festival, wooden boardwalk, woodsy
-
April 22, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
Today, April 22, through this Friday, April 26, entry fees will be waived at National Parks throughout the United States. …
Continue reading
Category: National Parks
| Tags: California, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Lassen Volcanic National Park, National Park Foundation, National Park System, National Parks, National Parks Week, natural treasure, nature, outdoors, Pinnacles National Park, Point Reyes National Seashore, San Francisco Bay Area, transportation, United States, Yosemite National Park
Going out is really going in. 