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September 30, 2018 by Deborah W. Trotter
As September ends, welcome fall. My favorite time of year.
Category: National Parks
| Tags: autumn, fall, fall colors, foliage, photographs, river, September, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, sunset, trees
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May 24, 2018 by Deborah W. Trotter
The day after tomorrow, Saturday, May 26, is the official day to walk or ride your bike on a 19-mile …
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Category: National Parks, Western U.S. National Parks
| Tags: awakening, boots, Devastated Area, embrace, entrance station, evergreens, Hat Creek, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Manzanita Lake, mountain water, nature, photographs, snow melt, trail, Wilderness, winter slumber
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December 29, 2017 by Deborah W. Trotter
Unlike Kenai Fjords in Alaska (see previous post), no one would ever suggest that Grand Teton National Park is best …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: Alaska, bald eagles, cry of a wolf, Grand Teton, guide, herd of bison, inflatable rubber raft, Jackson Lake Lodge, Kenai Fjords, life preservers, morning chill, Mount Moran, photographs, raft, raft float trips, Snake River, sunrise, Tetons, unwinding, water birds, wildlife
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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
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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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September 30, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
Two weekends ago, we in the San Francisco Bay Area were shocked by the unseasonable deluge that poured down from …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: early snowfall, first day of autumn, glorious afternoon, gorgeous views, high country, higher elevations, Highway 120, hike, human footprints, National Park experience, once-in-a-lifetime, photographs, snow, snow and icy conditions, spectacular scene, Tenaya Lake, Tioga Road, trail, unseasonable deluge, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park
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March 25, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
According to the calendar, spring arrives in California in March. But what that means in the real world depends on …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: 1998, Brokeoff Mountain, Bumpass Hell, California, closed to traffic, entrance station, foot traffic, frozen, higher elevations, Highway 89, hike, July, Lake Helen, Lassen Park, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, light snow year, Manzanita Lake, March, May, mischief, mountains, nature, northwest entrance, opportunities, outdoors, Park Service, photographs, real world, Reflection Lake, road closed, road cut, road opening, snow, snowballs, snowplows, southwest entrance, spring snow storms, springtime, storms, summer, through Lassen Park, trailhead, unexpected treat, unpredictable, updates, vehicles, video, winter
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