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November 30, 2019 by Deborah W. Trotter
If you ever find yourself in Sitka, Alaska – unlikely, given its remoteness, unless it is your destination – you …
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Category: National Historic Sites, National Parks
| Tags: Alaska, bald eagles, bears, cultures, eagles, frogs, Haida, hemlock and spruce, Indian River, Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Missouri, Oregon, Portland, ravens, San Francisco, seagulls, seaside, Sitka, Sitka National Historic Park, Southeast Alaska, St. Louis, symbols, Tlingit, totem poles, trails
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May 27, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
There’s nothing like discovering treasure under your nose, right? That’s what I did last weekend when I had a few …
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Category: National Parks, National Recreation Areas
| Tags: 2013 goal, 32nd Avenue, cliffs, Coastal Trail, El Camino del Mar, electric streetcar line, eucalyptus grove, fog, Fort Point, Golden Gate, Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, hike, Lands End, landslides, lighthouses, Marin Headlands, National Park, on street parking, One Mile Rock, Point Bonita, Point Reyes National Seashore, poppies, remote and desolate, sailboats, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay, series of stair steps, shipping traffic, spectacular views, stiff ocean wind, Sutro Baths, three-mile roundtrip, treasure, trolley, Visitor Center, wildflowers, yellow lupine
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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
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September 4, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
I have a confession to make. I love lighthouses. So when there is a lighthouse within the National Park System …
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Category: National Parks, National Recreation Areas
| Tags: Alcatraz Island, blue moon, California, fog, full moon, GGNPC, GGNRA, Gold Rush, Golden Gate, Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, hike, lighthouse, Point Bonita, San Francisco, trail
Going out is really going in. 