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August 12, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
I have a hiking goal for the year, and I’m working on it, but mostly what I did at Hurricane …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: 100 mile per hour winds, British Columbia, Cirque Rim Trail, frigid weather, hiking goal, Hurricane Ridge, lupine, Olympic Mountains, Olympic National Park, Pacific Ocean, poma lift, Port Angeles, ski area, ski patrol chalet, Strait of Juan de Fuca, stunning panorama, trails, Victoria, Washington, wildflowers, winter
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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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February 4, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
On the day we hiked the Coast Trail to Alamere Falls (see last week’s post), we ended our outing in …
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Category: National Seashores
| Tags: Alamere Falls, Coast Trail, late afternoon, nature, outdoors, outing, Pacific Ocean, Point Reyes Lighthouse, shores, South Beach, surf
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January 28, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
If you’re seeking variety in your hiking experience, you will find it in abundance on the Coast Trail that runs …
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Category: National Seashores
| Tags: "unmaintained trail", Alamere Falls, Bass Lake, beach, breakers, California, California poppy, cliffs, Coast Trail, coastal, coastal soil, creeks, downhill, Drakes Bay, ducks, eroding fissures, eucalyptus, evergreens, Farallon Islands, ferns, fog, Golden Gate, H20, hairy scramble, highlands, hiking, impassable, iris, lighthouse, lily pads, muddy, nature, outdoors, Pacific Ocean, Palomarin, Pelican Lake, pine needles, Point Reyes, Point Reyes National Seashore, ponds, rock-strewn ruts, San Francisco Bay Area, Sixty in 2013, steep and rutted, sun-dappled, surf, trail, water cycle, waterfall, whitewater cascades, wildflowers, wooden bridges
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January 7, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
The word lagoon invites the imagination to conjure visions of clear blue water, abundant wildlife, gentle lapping waves, sandy beaches, …
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Category: National Seashores
| Tags: Abbotts Lagoon, birding sites, California, California quail, cattle, freeze tag, golden ealgle, hawks, hike, lagoon, Mother's Day, nature, onshore breeze, osprey, outdoors, Pacific Ocean, peacefulness, peregrine falcon, pirate ships, Point Reyes, Point Reyes National Seashore, salty curiosities, sandy beaches, seashore, shorebirds, springtime, surf, tide, trail, waterfowl, wildflowers, wildlife, winter, wise advice, yellow lupine
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November 27, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
Olympic National Park, in the far northwest corner of the continental United States, in a part of Washington State that …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: alpine forests, backpackers, beach, cave, children, driftwood, glaciers, Highway 101, hikes, Hoh Rain Forest, Hoh River, inches of rain, Kalaloch Beach, lakes, meadows, natural playground, nature, New Zealand, Olympic Mountains, Olympic National Park, outdoors, Pacific Ocean, Ruby Beach, sand, sea stacks, Seattle, Sitka spruce, southern Chile, temperate rain forest, Washington, western hemlock, wild coastline, Wilderness
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October 31, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
Looking for something to do in San Francisco? Want to step back into the 1800’s? Want to see the Golden …
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Category: National Historic Sites, National Parks, National Recreation Areas
| Tags: California, cannon, cannoneers, children, Civil War, Crissy Field, Fort Point, Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Joseph Strauss, lighthouse, October Birthdays, Pacific Ocean, Parade Ground, President Richard M. Nixon, San Francisco, soldiers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, urban
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October 24, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
Unless you’re from northern California, you may believe that our State’s coast is just a series of sandy beaches that …
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Category: National Seashores
| Tags: beaches, California, camping, dairy farms, Drakes Bay, earthquake, fog, Fresnel lens, hiking, Pacific Ocean, pastureland, Point Reyes Lighthouse, Point Reyes National Seashore, President John F. Kennedy, San Andreas fault, San Francisco, Sir Francis Drake, Tomales Bay, Tule Elk
Going out is really going in. 