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Glacier National Park, MT – The Garden Wall Revisited
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August 7, 2017 by Deborah W. Trotter

Last summer my husband and I had the time and the good fortune to visit both Grand Teton National Park …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: bighorn sheep, blooming, Clements Mountain, Garden Wall, Glacier National Park, Going-to-the-Sun Road, Grand Teton National Park, Granite Park Chalet, Highline Trail, hike, Logan Pass, marmot, meadows, Montana, mountain goat, nature, outdoors, popular, Rock Garden, stunning scenery, trail, wildflowers, wildlife, Wyoming, zoom lens
Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA – A Peak Experience
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July 22, 2017 by Deborah W. Trotter

If you were thinking about climbing Lassen Peak this weekend, go directly to Plan B. Because of the record amounts …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: birds' eye views, Coast Range, elevation, hike, Kings Creek Meadow, Lake Helen, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Manzanita Lake, Mt. Shasta, nature, outdoors, photos, Sacramento Valley, September, trail
Carrizo Plain National Monument, CA -The Bloom Was Super Enough!
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July 17, 2016 by Deborah W. Trotter

All the talk this spring was of the “super bloom” in Death Valley National Park. After several years of drought …
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Category: National Monuments, National Parks | Tags: California, Carrizo Plain National Monument, Death Valley National Park, drought, late March, Los Angeles, nature, outdoors, San Luis Obispo County, super bloom, wildflowers
Pinnacles National Park, CA – C is for Condors
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March 29, 2016 by Deborah W. Trotter

Earlier this month we made our second visit to Pinnacles National Park. California was being drenched by much-needed rainstorms, but …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: California, clouds, Condor Gulch, condors, creeks, High Peaks, hike, Indian Paintbrush, nature, outdoors, Pinnacles National Park, rainstorms, trail, waterfall, wildflowers
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, NM – It’s About Time
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February 24, 2016 by Deborah W. Trotter

Although I have spent quite a bit of time in and around Santa Fe, New Mexico, until earlier this month …
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Category: National Monuments, National Parks | Tags: 360 degree views, body contortions, Canyon Trail, Cave Loop Trail, climbing, English majors, geologist's paradise, hike, Kasha-Katuwe, natural landscape, nature, outdoors, Pueblo de Cochiti, scrambling, strenuous, Tent Rocks, trail
Sequoia National Park, CA – Little Baldy, Take Two
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November 18, 2015 by Deborah W. Trotter

Two years ago we first climbed to the top of Little Baldy, a granite dome over 8,000 feet high with …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: dome, hiking, infinite horizons, Kings Canyon National Park, nature, outdoors, Sequoia National Park, snow, top of the world, young evergreens
Bandelier National Monument, NM – Little River of Beans Falls
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February 17, 2015 by Deborah W. Trotter

We didn’t really know what to expect on a winter visit to the Santa Fe area, but last week with …
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Category: National Monuments, National Parks | Tags: Alcove House, Bandelier National Monument, cliff dwellings, deer, El Rito de los Frijoles, elevation, Frijoles Canyon, hiking, Little River of Beans, National Park Service, New Mexico, outdoors, Ponderosa pine forest, refried beans, Rio Grande, rock formations, Santa Fe, snow, tall wooden ladders, trail, Tyuonyi, Upper Frijoles Falls, winter
Zion National Park, UT – The Emerald Pools
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June 10, 2014 by Deborah W. Trotter

Hiking to one, or two, or all three of the Emerald Pools is a very popular way to get off …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: Emerald Pools, frogs, hike, hiking, nature, outdoors, prickly pear cactus, shuttle buses, trail, Zion Lodge, Zion National Park
Zion National Park, UT – Oops I Did It Again!!
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May 19, 2014 by Deborah W. Trotter

To start the month of May this year, I made it for the second time to the top of Angels …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: Angels Landing, chains, climb, fear of heights, Half Dome, narrow spine, National Park Service, outdoors, permit, photographs, scrambling, sheer dropoffs, trail, Virgin River, Yosemite National Park, Zion Canyon, Zion National Park
Ten National Parks Share My Sixty (Plus) in 2013
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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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Going out is really going in.

Tag Archives: outdoors

Glacier National Park, MT – The Garden Wall Revisited

Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA – A Peak Experience

Carrizo Plain National Monument, CA -The Bloom Was Super Enough!

Pinnacles National Park, CA – C is for Condors

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, NM – It’s About Time

Sequoia National Park, CA – Little Baldy, Take Two

Bandelier National Monument, NM – Little River of Beans Falls

Zion National Park, UT – The Emerald Pools

Zion National Park, UT – Oops I Did It Again!!

Ten National Parks Share My Sixty (Plus) in 2013

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