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Magical Carpets – Carrizo Plain National Monument, CA
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April 23, 2019 by Deborah W. Trotter

During the first week of April we returned to another of our favorite places in California, the Carrizo Plain National …
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Category: National Monuments, National Parks | Tags: Carrizo Plain, Carrizo Plain National Monument, flower fields, hillsides, magical carpets, National Park Week, nature's displays, super blooms, wildflowers
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
Carrizo Plain National Monument, CA -The Bloom Was Super Enough!
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July 17, 2016 by Deborah W. Trotter

All the talk this spring was of the “super bloom” in Death Valley National Park. After several years of drought …
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Category: National Monuments, National Parks | Tags: California, Carrizo Plain National Monument, Death Valley National Park, drought, late March, Los Angeles, nature, outdoors, San Luis Obispo County, super bloom, wildflowers
Pinnacles National Park, CA – C is for Condors
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March 29, 2016 by Deborah W. Trotter

Earlier this month we made our second visit to Pinnacles National Park. California was being drenched by much-needed rainstorms, but …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: California, clouds, Condor Gulch, condors, creeks, High Peaks, hike, Indian Paintbrush, nature, outdoors, Pinnacles National Park, rainstorms, trail, waterfall, wildflowers
Mount Rainier National Park, WA – Here Comes the Sun
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October 28, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

On the morning we left the Park, Mount Rainier shed its invisibility cloak, dropping it down into the valleys below. …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: Alta Vista, Mount Rainier, Mount Rainier National Park, nature, outdoors, Washington, wildflowers
Mount Rainier National Park, WA – Sixty in 2013: Now You See It . . .
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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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Category: National Parks | 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
Sixty in 2013: Olympic National Park, WA – Marymere Falls
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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
Sixty in 2013: Mount Rainier National Park, WA – Wonderland Trail
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August 19, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

Anyone who has trouble believing just how massive Mount Rainier is should consider these Wonderland Trail stats: it circles the …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: 93 miles, Box Canyon, fog and mist, foggy summer day, gorge, green and lush, group camping area, healthy forest, log bridge, Mount Rainier, Mount Rainier National Park, nature, Nickel Creek, Nickel Creek Camp, outdoors, private campsites, soft dirt and forest duff, trek, wildflowers, Wonderland Trail, wooden bridge
Sixty in 2013: Olympic National Park, WA – Hurricane Ridge
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August 12, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

I have a hiking goal for the year, and I’m working on it, but mostly what I did at Hurricane …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: 100 mile per hour winds, British Columbia, Cirque Rim Trail, frigid weather, hiking goal, Hurricane Ridge, lupine, Olympic Mountains, Olympic National Park, Pacific Ocean, poma lift, Port Angeles, ski area, ski patrol chalet, Strait of Juan de Fuca, stunning panorama, trails, Victoria, Washington, wildflowers, winter

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Going out is really going in.

Tag Archives: wildflowers

Magical Carpets – Carrizo Plain National Monument, CA

Glacier National Park, MT – Wildflower Fest (Continued)

Glacier National Park, MT – The Garden Wall Revisited

Carrizo Plain National Monument, CA -The Bloom Was Super Enough!

Pinnacles National Park, CA – C is for Condors

Mount Rainier National Park, WA – Here Comes the Sun

Mount Rainier National Park, WA – Sixty in 2013: Now You See It . . .

Sixty in 2013: Olympic National Park, WA – Marymere Falls

Sixty in 2013: Olympic National Park, WA – Hurricane Ridge

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