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August 31, 2018 by Deborah W. Trotter
In the southeastern portion of Lassen Park is a short, steep trail that you can follow up to a gem …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: Brokeoff Mountain, Chester, clear mountain lakes, Crystal Lake, hike, Juniper Lake, Lassen Park, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, manzanita, Mt. Harkness, pine and fir forest, southeastern, steep trail, swim, trailhead, unpaved road, views
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December 2, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
On our first visit to Sequoia National Park last month, we of course checked out the big trees, and I …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: America's Best Idea, awe, big trees, California, dome, endless landscape, General Highway, giant trees, high Sierra peaks, hike, hiking, Little Baldy, Little Baldy Saddle, National Parks, poor air quality, San Joaquin Valley, Sequoia National Park, Sierra Nevada Mountains, switchbacks, trail, trailhead
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October 14, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
Looking for a hike in Lassen Park that I had never before taken (there are not many), I decided that …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: 60 miles in 2013, Big Bear Lake, blackened, burn area, campground, Cluster Lakes, destruction, devastating, fairly strenuous, hike, Lassen Park, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Little Bear Lake, manzanita, Mt. Lassen, nature, outdoors, Reading Fire, summit lake, trail, trailhead, wildfire
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September 9, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
Before we visited Olympic National Park this summer, we decided we wanted to hike to Sol Duc Falls because of …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: 1.6 miles round trip, backpackers, bug spray, Canyon Falls, climbed, deep forest, Deer Lake, hat trick, Highway 101, hiking, July afternoon, mosquitoes, mostly level, nature, Olympic National Park, outdoors, overlook, parking lot, popular, refreshing spray, Sol Duc Falls, Soleduck Falls, Soleduck Trail, Soleduck Valley, tent, trailhead, trails, Washington, water to drink, waterfall, wooden bridge
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August 26, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
When we visited Olympic National Park a few weeks ago, our home base for the three days was the lovely, …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: 90-foot cascade, active community, alder, ancient forest, barbed spines, Barnes Creek, cottonwood, deep forest, Devils Club, evergreen canopy, evergreens, fallen trees, Falls Creek, ferns, fir, forest floor, gorgeous natural lake, gurgling, hemlock, hidden attractions, Highway 101, hike, Lake Crescent, Lake Crescent Lodge, madrone, maples, Marymere Falls, mostly shaded, nature, Olympic National Park, outdoors, overlook, red cedar, refreshing dip, shrubs, spruce, trail, trailhead, waterfall, wildflowers, willow, wooden bridge, wooden steps, yew
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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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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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February 25, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
Where I live in California, springtime is on approach. Many trees are no longer bare, sprouting pink or white blossoms …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: blooms, blossoms, Brown-eyed Susan, California, Englemann aster, Fireweed, Garden Wall, Glacier National Park, Going-to-the-Sun Road, Highline Trail, hike, Indian Paintbrush, Logan Pass, Montana, nature, outdoors, Rocky Mountains, Rosy spirea, trailhead, Visitor Center, wildflowers
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February 11, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
It was sometime in the 1960’s, early morning of a spring day in Arizona. Really cold outside, gray, threatening sky. …
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Category: National Monuments
| Tags: 1960's, 1995, A SUMMER'S TRADE, anazasi, Antelope House ruins, Arizona, barefoot ford, Canyon de Chelly, Canyon del Muerto, Chinle wash, cliff dwelling, family, farming, four young children, handmade jewelry, hiking, icy, Irving Toddy, July, livestock, Lodge House ruins, National Park memories, National Park Service, native art, Navajo Nation, Navajos, open-air buses, outdoors, overlooks, permit and guide, photos, priceless experiences, public trail, radiated heat, redrock canyon walls, ruins, Salina Bookshelf, seared southwestern blue, shade, spring morning, switchbacks, threatening sky, three-year-old, trail, trailhead, tunnel, vacation, White House ruin
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November 21, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
Okay, goats are probably not the first thing people think of when they think of Glacier National Park in Montana. …
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| Tags: auto routes, boardwalk, Continental Divide, engineering marvel, Glacier National Park, goats, Going-to-the-Sun Road, Hidden Lake, Highline Trail, hike, hiking, kids, Logan Pass, McDonald Lake, meadow, Montana, mountain goats, mountain sheep, outdoors, Rocky Mountains, scenic views, snow, spectacular drive, St. Mary Lake, trail, trailhead, Visitor Center, waterfall, wildflowers
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