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July 22, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
With the hike to this active fire lookout in one of our National Parks, I have completed 29.6 miles of …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: 360 degree views, fire lookout, future blog, hike, nature, outdoors, Sixty in 2013
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June 10, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
My car was one of the first to go into Lassen Park at the Sulphur Works on Highway 89, just …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: emerald lake, familiar landmark, forest, Hat Creek, heart and soul, higher elevations, highway's summit, hiking, hydrothermal activity, Kings Creek Meadow, Kohm Yah-mah-nee, Lassen Park, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Memorial Day weekend, muscle memory, nature, old friend, outdoors, Paradise Meadow, photos, pine needles, plowed drifts, snow, sounds of mountain water, Sulphur Works, summit lake, trail, trailheads, unseasonably warm, Visitor Center
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June 3, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
We have all heard it said that you never get a second chance to make a first impression. But does …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: alpine Paradise, bug repellent, bugs, dams, Diablo Lake, disappointed, first impressions, forest, fresh meat, glacial blue, hiking, motor court, National Park, nature, Newhalem, North Cascades National Park, outdoors, power poles, Pyramid Lake, Pyramid Peak, Rainy Lake, resident felines, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, second chance to make a first impression, Skagit River, thick evergreens, trail, Visitor Center
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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 …
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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
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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 …
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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
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April 29, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
As a kid in 1968, again with our own kids in 2000, and again with just my husband last fall, …
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Category: National Monuments
| Tags: Alcove House, ancestors, ancestral homelands, Ancestral Pueblo people, archaeological sites, Bandelier, Bandelier National Monument, caves, Ceremonial Cave, ceremonial Kiva, children, cliff dwellings, Cochiti, ecosystems, fear of heights, flash flooding, Frijoles Canyon, Frijoles Creek, hiking, ladders, Long House, loop trail, mid-1200's, mid-1500's, Nature Trail, New Mexico, outdoors, Pueblos, roof beams, San Felipe, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara, Santa Domingo, shuttles, spirits, talus cliffs, trail, trailside information displays, Tyuonyi, viga holes, Visitor Center, White Rock, wildfires, Zuni
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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. …
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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
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April 15, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
St. Mary Lake (home of tiny Wild Goose Island) stretches for miles along Going-to-the-Sun Road from the east entrance to …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: easy, footbridge, Glacier National Park, Going-to-the-Sun Road, hike, inhaling, kid-friendly, Montana, mountain air, mountain water, nature, outdoors, St. Mary Falls, St. Mary Lake, St. Mary River, trail, Virginia Falls, Wild Goose Island
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April 8, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
With water on three sides, the views alone make a visit to Cabrillo National Monument in San Diego, California, worth …
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Category: National Monuments
| Tags: 12000-mile roundtrip migration, Arctic, Baja California, beaches, birds and wildlife, Cabrillo National Monument, California, continental United States, France, Fresnel lens, gray whales, James P. Keating, January and February, Juan Cabrillo, lighthouse lovers, lighthouses, mariners, most southwesterly land, National Park Service, nature, navigational aid, Old Point Loma Lighthouse, outdoors, Pacific Ocean, plants, Point Loma, Robert Israel, sailors, San Diego, San Diego Bay, thick fog, waves, West Coast lighthouse keeper
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April 1, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
We were there. We were fit. We were eager. And we did it! End of story? Well. Not exactly. It …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: after sundown, bears, blackened stumps, blistering pace, box lunches, breathtaking scenery, Cascade Canyon, children, climb, deepening shadows, deer and elk, energized and inspired, family, foot bridge, go the distance, Grand Teton, Grand Teton National Park, grandeur, hanging valley, high altitude, hiking, hindsight, Idaho, Indian Paintbrush, Inspiration Point, Jackson Lake Lodge, Jenny Lake, Lake Solitude, Leigh Lake, lessons learned, massive mountains, monkey flower, most memorable hiking experience, nature, nocturnal birds, outdoors, Paintbrush Canyon, Paintbrush Divide, spectacular views, String Lake, Teton Range, tinkling streams, trail, twelve hour day, wildflowers, Wyoming
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