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May 31, 2019 by Deborah W. Trotter
I started the month of May with a visit to Lassen, walking on the road that is still closed to …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: Bridal Veil Fall, Clouds Rest, Devastated Area, Diamond Peak, Glacier Point, Half Dome, Kohm Yah-mah-nee, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, lupine, Manzanita Lake, Merced River, mud pots, Nevada Fall, Sulphur Works, Vernal Fall, Yosemite, Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Valley
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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
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September 24, 2015 by Deborah W. Trotter
Starting an 8.8 mile round trip hike at 1:30 in the afternoon might seem ill-advised. But it was almost the …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: back country, California, Clouds Rest, Half Dome, Lassen National Park, mountain lion, North Dome, snow plants, summer solstice, Yosemite
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December 9, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
Last week we went to Yosemite for three days to partake of fine wines and food at one of the …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: Ahwahnee Hotel, fine wines, freezing, frosty conditions, granite valley walls, meadows, snowstorm, trees, Vintners Holidays, white fluff, winter postcard, Yosemite
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October 21, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
It’s not what you think. Or maybe it absolutely is. I’m referring to our hike to Gaylor Lakes that started …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: 57 new National Park miles, 60-mile goal, 9900 feet, Cathedral group, Cathedral Peak, east entrance station, Gaylor Lakes, Granite Lake, hike, hiking, Lower Gaylor Lake, Middle Gaylor Lake, Mount Dana, Mount Gibbs, mountains, nature, outdoors, recent snowfall, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, serendipitous flavoring, surrounding peaks, switchbacking, trail, tree line, Tuolumne Meadows, Unicorn Peak, Upper Gaylor Lake, well over 10000 feet, white frosting, Yosemite
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September 30, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
Two weekends ago, we in the San Francisco Bay Area were shocked by the unseasonable deluge that poured down from …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: early snowfall, first day of autumn, glorious afternoon, gorgeous views, high country, higher elevations, Highway 120, hike, human footprints, National Park experience, once-in-a-lifetime, photographs, snow, snow and icy conditions, spectacular scene, Tenaya Lake, Tioga Road, trail, unseasonable deluge, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park
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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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July 31, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
Have you ever thought about climbing to the top of Half Dome in California’s Yosemite National Park? Up the Mist …
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| Tags: cables, California, Clouds Rest, Half Dome, Nevada Falls, permits, strenuous hike, Vernal Falls, Yosemite
Going out is really going in. 