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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
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November 28, 2018 by Deborah W. Trotter
As California finally gets some rainfall in November, helping to clear the smoky air and dampen the wildfires, the higher …
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| Tags: Ahwahnee Hotel, Big Oak Flat Road, Bridalveil Creek, Bridalveil Fall, cascades, dogwood in bloom, El Capitan, ephemerals, flooded, flow, high country, huge winter snow pack, Lower Yosemite Fall, May of 2017, melt, Merced River, overflowed, pictures, Ribbon Fall, Royal Arch Cascade, Sentinel Falls, snow, Tamarack Creek, Upper Yosemite Fall, vapor clouds, waterfalls, Yosemite Creek, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Valley
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November 4, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
We spent the past weekend among giants. Giant Sequoia trees, that is. From General Grant in Kings Canyon to General …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: General Grant, General Sherman, giant Sequoias, hiking, hundreds of feet tall, Kings Canyon National Park, mountains, nature, outdoors, rivers, Sequoia National Park, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, thousands of years old, trails, waterfalls
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October 7, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
Back in August before our own government shut down our National Parks, we were lucky to spend three nights and …
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| Tags: "invisibility cloak, 320 feet high, chill drizzle, Christine Falls, Comet Falls, good workout, hike, impenetrable fog, Mount Rainier, Mount Rainier National Park, nature, outdoors, Paradise, Park Rangers, popular trailhead, shutdown, side canyon, single log bridge, tall blue bonnet, thunderous flows, trail, Van Trump Creek, Visitor Center, waterfalls, white roiling water, whitewater, Wiggins lily, wildflowers, wooden bridge
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February 18, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
What do you think of first when you think of Yosemite Valley in the springtime? Half Dome? El Capitan? The …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: "nature's firefall", Ahwahnee Hotel, audible gusto, beauteous, bounteous, Bridalveil Fall, car, Curry Village, El Capitan, ephemerals, Glacier Point, granite, granite sentries, Half Dome, Happy Isles, hiking, Horsetail Fall, iconic landmarks, Illilouette Fall, Merced River, Mist Trail, nature's artistry, Nevada Fall, outdoors, Panorama Trail, roars over the brink, Royal Arch Cascade, Staircase Falls, thunderous, trail, trail conditions, trek, Upper and lower falls, Vernal Fall, waterfalls, Yosemite, Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Valley
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December 4, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
April 1994. A springtime weekend outing in Yosemite Valley with other families whose daughters belong to an organization our daughter …
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| Tags: adventures, April, California, climbing, Curry Village, daughters, families, foot bridge, freezing, granite, hiking, hypothermia, Merced River, Mist Trail, nature, outdoors, priceless gift, raccoons, rain, snow, sons, spray, springtime, tent cabin, trail, Vernal Falls, waterfalls, weather, weekend outing, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Valley
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November 13, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
Last week I made an unexpected trip to northern California. When it was time to return home to the San …
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| Tags: autumn, Brokeoff, California, creeks, Diamond Peak, geothermal, hiking, Lassen, Lassen Volcanic National Park, meadows, Mount Diller, Mount Lassen, mountain mule ears, mud pot, nature, November, outdoors, rabbitbrush, Ridge Lakes, rotten eggs, silent invitation, snow, Sulphur Works, summer, trailhead, Visitor Center, waterfalls, wildflowers, winter
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October 16, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
What’s the biggest challenge in long range planning of a visit to a distant National Park? Of course there are …
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| Tags: cascades, children, glaciers, hiking, marmots, meadows, Mount Adams, Mount Rainier, Mount Rainier National Park, Myrtle Falls, Panorama Point, Paradise, Phlox, Skyline Loop, snow, snowmelt, streams, summit, technical climbs, trail, Washington, waterfalls, Western anemone, wildflowers
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August 28, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
This week I’d like to introduce you to my all-time favorite National Park. The Park that is a part of …
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| Tags: Bumpass Hell, California, campsites, Cascade Mountains, children, climbing, geothermal, grandparents, hiking, Lake Helen, lakes, Lassen Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Manzanita Lake, snow, trails, volcano, waterfalls, wildflowers, Yellowstone
Going out is really going in. 