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November 18, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
Back in December of 2012, I challenged myself with the 2013 goal of hiking (at least) 60 miles on National …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: 60 miles, autumn, Bubbs Creek, closed during the winter, cubs, December of 2012, footbridge, Grant Grove Village, Grizzly Falls, hike, hikers, Kanawyer Loop Trail, Kings Canyon National Park, Kings Canyon Scenic Byway, Kings River, mother bear, National Park, National Park trails, nature, open year round, outdoors, Paradise Valley Trail, photographs, Roads End, Roaring River Falls, Sequoia National Park, trail
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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 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 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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Category: National Parks
| 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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October 14, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
Looking for a hike in Lassen Park that I had never before taken (there are not many), I decided that …
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| Tags: 60 miles in 2013, Big Bear Lake, blackened, burn area, campground, Cluster Lakes, destruction, devastating, fairly strenuous, hike, Lassen Park, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Little Bear Lake, manzanita, Mt. Lassen, nature, outdoors, Reading Fire, summit lake, trail, trailhead, wildfire
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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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| 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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September 16, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
If you’re a regular reader here, you’ll remember that several weeks ago, I posted a photograph of a fire lookout …
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| Tags: 360 degree view, blazes, Brokeoff, butterflies, Chester, clear day, Coast Range, fire lookout, fire season, forest, hike, Juniper Lake, Juniper Lake campground, Juniper Lake Loop, Lassen National Park, Lassen Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, lupine, manzanita, meadows, mid-July, mountain, Mt. Ashland, Mt. Diablo, Mt. Harkness, Mt. Shasta, nature, Oregon, outdoors, Sierras, smoky skies, swimming, switchbacks, timber line, trail, trail junction
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September 9, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
Before we visited Olympic National Park this summer, we decided we wanted to hike to Sol Duc Falls because of …
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| Tags: 1.6 miles round trip, backpackers, bug spray, Canyon Falls, climbed, deep forest, Deer Lake, hat trick, Highway 101, hiking, July afternoon, mosquitoes, mostly level, nature, Olympic National Park, outdoors, overlook, parking lot, popular, refreshing spray, Sol Duc Falls, Soleduck Falls, Soleduck Trail, Soleduck Valley, tent, trailhead, trails, Washington, water to drink, waterfall, wooden bridge
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August 26, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
When we visited Olympic National Park a few weeks ago, our home base for the three days was the lovely, …
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| Tags: 90-foot cascade, active community, alder, ancient forest, barbed spines, Barnes Creek, cottonwood, deep forest, Devils Club, evergreen canopy, evergreens, fallen trees, Falls Creek, ferns, fir, forest floor, gorgeous natural lake, gurgling, hemlock, hidden attractions, Highway 101, hike, Lake Crescent, Lake Crescent Lodge, madrone, maples, Marymere Falls, mostly shaded, nature, Olympic National Park, outdoors, overlook, red cedar, refreshing dip, shrubs, spruce, trail, trailhead, waterfall, wildflowers, willow, wooden bridge, wooden steps, yew
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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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| 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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