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June 10, 2014 by Deborah W. Trotter
Hiking to one, or two, or all three of the Emerald Pools is a very popular way to get off …
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Category: National Parks
| Tags: Emerald Pools, frogs, hike, hiking, nature, outdoors, prickly pear cactus, shuttle buses, trail, Zion Lodge, Zion National Park
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May 19, 2014 by Deborah W. Trotter
To start the month of May this year, I made it for the second time to the top of Angels …
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| Tags: Angels Landing, chains, climb, fear of heights, Half Dome, narrow spine, National Park Service, outdoors, permit, photographs, scrambling, sheer dropoffs, trail, Virgin River, Yosemite National Park, Zion Canyon, Zion National Park
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July 15, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
This is my 48th blog post, and it’s about time I got to the Grand Canyon, don’t you think? Well, …
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| Tags: 2014, accommodations and amenities, adventures, Bright Angel Trail, children, cloud shadows, El Tovar Hotel, four kids, Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, grand vistas, hiking, Indian Gardens, Kaibab Trail, kids, linger, marvelous memories, Mather Point, millions of years, mule trains, National Parks, North Rim, overlooks, Phantom Ranch, photos, rock formations, scenery, shifting natural hues, South Rim, stroller, sunlight, Teddy Roosevelt, Zion National Park
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March 18, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter
You probably don’t think of solid rock when you hear the word “delicate.” Neither do I. But when you see …
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| Tags: Arches National Park, auto license plates, cairns, climbing, cloudless sky, crowded, delicate, Delicate Arch, family photos, four teenagers, free standing, full moon, hike, natural arch, nature, open year round, outdoors, photograph, precarious, slickrock, trail, Utah, Zion National Park
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December 31, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
While I am not a triskaidekaphobe, I confess I do not love the number 13. So the prospect of that …
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| Tags: ascent, challenge, Death Valley National Park, Grand Canyon, hiking, National Parks System, nature, north rim of the grand canyon, Olympic National Park, outdoors, Pinnacles National Park, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Sixty in 2013, trails, triskaidekaphobe, Yosemite Falls, Zion Canyon, Zion National Park
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December 13, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
I realize that as wild weather, the short, dark days of December and winter chill surround us, it can be …
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| Tags: afternoons, Angels Landing, apples, colors and strata, domes, east rim, Echo Canyon, Hidden Canyon, hiking, Indian Paintbrush, June, monolithic walls, mornings, nature, nature-sculpted rock formations, Observation Point, outdoors, prickly pear cactus, red rock, rich hues, shade, shuttle, slippery scramble, Springdale, sun, sweating, switchbacks, teenagers, Temple of Sinawava, tortoises and hares, trail, Utah, views from the top, Virgin River, west rim, wildflowers, yucca, Zion Canyon, Zion National Park
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November 7, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
What does it mean when someone keeps National Park brochures in her car long after her most recent visit? That …
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| Tags: Angels Landing, Arches National Park, Balanced Rock, Dark Angel, Delicate Arch, Devil's Garden, Double O Arch, evening, full moon, hiking, La Sal Mountains, Landscape Arch, Miguel's Baja Grill, Moab, Navajo Arch, Partition Arch, Pine Tree Arch, rock fins, summer, teenagers, trail, Tunnel Arch, Utah, Wall Arch, Zion National Park
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August 22, 2012 by Deborah W. Trotter
If you could hover a thousand feet or so above the Virgin River in Zion National Park, with unobstructed views …
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| Tags: Angels Landing, climbing, hiking, Lombard Street, Observation Point, Refrigerator Canyon, teenagers, Utah, Walter's Wiggles, Zion National Park
Going out is really going in. 