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October Surprise – Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA
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November 16, 2020 by Deborah W. Trotter

There is never a guarantee that the park road will still be open the last week of October. Snow could …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: Cliff Lake, elevation gain, golden autumn colors, hike, Lassen Park, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, October, October surprise, park road, Shadow Lake, Terrace Lake, trail, tranquil lakes, winter, winter white
The Mist Trail to Vernal Fall – Yosemite National Park, CA
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March 31, 2020 by Deborah W. Trotter

With National Parks closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, the virtual visit is now as real as we can get. Fortunately, …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: Ahwahnee Hotel, COVID-19 pandemic, Dogwood, Happy Isles, Illilouette Fall, lupine, May 2016, Mist Trail, photo library, trail, Vernal Fall, waterfalls, Yosemite National Park
Going Home – Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA
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September 30, 2019 by Deborah W. Trotter

“You can’t go home again” is a phrase that I have always understood to mean that home is not really …
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Category: National Parks, Western U.S. National Parks | Tags: butterflies, deer, difficult trail, geothermal area, hike, Home, Kohm Yah-mah-nee, Lassen National Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, lupine, Ridge Lakes, southwest entrance, steep and rocky, Sulphur Works, time warp, trail, Visitor Center
Snow Days (Part 2) – Bandelier National Monument, NM
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March 25, 2019 by Deborah W. Trotter

If you follow my blogging, you know that Bandelier is a place I can’t stay away from. This year’s visit …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: ancestral peoples, Bandelier National Monument, cavates, cliff dwellings, February, Frijoles Canyon, hike, Jemez Mountains, ladder, Long House, mesas, narrow ruts, New Mexico, petroglyphs, rock formations, ruins, Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Snow days, spiritual, trail, trail head, Tsankawi, Tyuonyi, views, vigas, Yosemite
Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA – On the Road Again
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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
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve, AK – Kennicott and Root Glaciers
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March 30, 2018 by Deborah W. Trotter

Meanwhile, back in Alaska . . . On the June day that we had our McCarthy Road adventure and toured …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: Alaska, creeks, Glacier, grizzly bear, hike, Jumbo Creek, June, Kennecott Mill, Kennicott Glacier, McCarthy Road, mine tailings, purple lupine, Root Glacier, trail, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve
Bandelier National Monument, NM – Good Timing
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February 28, 2018 by Deborah W. Trotter

It is a disappointment when a long-planned national park visit coincides with closure of a favorite trail or limitation of …
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Category: National Monuments, National Parks | Tags: "Alerts" tab, Alcove House, Ancestral Pueblo people, Bandelier, Bandelier National Monument, Cave Kiva, cave rooms, cliff dwellings, deer, fear of heights, Frijoles Canyon, Frijoles Creek, kiva, ladders, Long House, loop trail, National Park Service, New Mexico, peaceful walk, petroglyphs, roof beams, ruins, stone dwellings, trail, Tyuonyi, Visitor Center, volcanic tuff
Glacier National Park, MT – Wildflower Fest (Continued)
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August 27, 2017 by Deborah W. Trotter

My previous post took us back to the Garden Wall one morning last summer to experience the wildflowers along the …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: Bearhat Mountain, earth laughs in flowers, Garden Wall, Glacier National Park, Going-to-the-Sun Road, Hidden Lake, Highline Trail, Logan Pass, Logan Pass Visitor Center, meadows, Montana, mountain goats, rain, Ralph Waldo Emerson, trail, wildflowers
Glacier National Park, MT – The Garden Wall Revisited
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August 7, 2017 by Deborah W. Trotter

Last summer my husband and I had the time and the good fortune to visit both Grand Teton National Park …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: bighorn sheep, blooming, Clements Mountain, Garden Wall, Glacier National Park, Going-to-the-Sun Road, Grand Teton National Park, Granite Park Chalet, Highline Trail, hike, Logan Pass, marmot, meadows, Montana, mountain goat, nature, outdoors, popular, Rock Garden, stunning scenery, trail, wildflowers, wildlife, Wyoming, zoom lens
Grand Teton National Park, WY – Lunch Tree Hill
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July 30, 2017 by Deborah W. Trotter

If you have ever been to the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park, you know about the jaw-dropping …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: beauty, Grand Teton National Park, grandeur, Jackson Hole Valley, Jackson Lake, Jackson Lake Lodge, jaw-dropping view, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Lunch Tree HIll, moose, Mt. Moran, nature, Skillet Glacier, sunrise, sunset, Teton Range, trail, Willow Flats

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Going out is really going in.

Tag Archives: trail

October Surprise – Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA

The Mist Trail to Vernal Fall – Yosemite National Park, CA

Going Home – Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA

Snow Days (Part 2) – Bandelier National Monument, NM

Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA – On the Road Again

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve, AK – Kennicott and Root Glaciers

Bandelier National Monument, NM – Good Timing

Glacier National Park, MT – Wildflower Fest (Continued)

Glacier National Park, MT – The Garden Wall Revisited

Grand Teton National Park, WY – Lunch Tree Hill

“I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out ’til sundown, for going out, I found I was really going in.” John Muir

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