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Alpine Scenery to Stun You at Mt. Baker’s Twin Lakes
A beautiful location to visit if you’re anywhere near the Mt. Baker Highway is the Twin Lakes, located near the…
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Walk Barefoot in the “Snow” at White Sands
So often I write about places that aren’t very well known. That’s because I want others to be able to…
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How to Visit the Golden Gate for Less
For several years I’ve wanted to go to San Francisco, just so we could walk across the great Golden Gate…
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Prettiest Little Falls in Olympic: Marymere Falls
One of our favorite hikes in Olympic National Park is the trail to Marymere Falls. For some reason, we always…
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Cooper Spur: Highest Trail on Mt. Hood
Have you ever seen Mt. Hood? It is a well-known landmark, especially in its home state of Oregon. Many people…
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Nevada’s Only Glacier & Bristlecone Pine Forest
Nevada has only one glacier. I’ll admit that I didn’t think it had any, although the state does have a…
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Walk Through Lava Caves at Lava Beds
For a class I took, the students were told that they’d just met a space alien who told us that…
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Owl Point…or Not
In late September of this year, I found a description of Owl Point in northern Oregon that looked like a…
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St. Mary’s Glacier: Southernmost Glacier in the US
Not far from I-70 near Idaho Springs in Colorado lies a small lake. That’s nothing terrifically exciting, as Colorado has…
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Experience Volcanic Remains Up Close at Newberry
There is one terrific thing about Newberry National Volcanic Monument: the volcanic features here are really cool, and you can…
