Tag: national park
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May 30, 2007 04:34 PM EDT --
The National Parks are great destinations for family vacations and friends getaways. Many of them offer a beautiful natural setting and offer great activities, such as hiking, fly fishing, backpacking, . . .
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August 29, 2008 07:35 PM EDT --
The reason we went back to the Big Meadows area was that I wanted to attend another ranger program, the "Big Meadows Campfire" at 8:30 PM. The topic for the night was the mating games of the . . .
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August 24, 2008 10:40 PM EDT --
We have always loved the nature and the mountains, and Shenandoah is one of our favorite places for hiking and camping in the summer time. Back in May this year, my husband had planned to introduce camping . . .
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August 25, 2008 12:41 AM EDT --
After leaving the Byrd Visitor Center, we headed to Lewis Mountain Campground, where we had the cabin for the night. The sky was beautiful along the outlooks.
We spotted the first buck next to . . .
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August 25, 2008 01:46 AM EDT --
In addition to the trees, there were a few cute little guys that deserved a special picture, too. I found some mushrooms along the trail.
And some kind of fungus next to the cabin.
Friday's . . .
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August 25, 2008 10:32 PM EDT --
We must have been really tired, or maybe the stress finally let out. We slept pretty well and didn't really wake up until nearly 9:30 AM Saturday morning. There was a "Live Birds of Pray" . . .
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August 29, 2008 05:50 PM EDT --
So we finally arrived at the famous Lewis Fall. It looked very different from what we remembered from 6 years ago. When we visited last time, it had recently rained. The Observation ground was covered . . .
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August 29, 2008 06:10 PM EDT --
The next couple of miles, we were just enjoying the beautiful scenery along the Apalachian Trail. We came to a gap where we were able to see the village at the bottom of the mountains.
Another . . .
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July 22, 2007 09:22 AM EDT --
This weekend my husband and I took our baby daughter Kyleigh to our favorite hiking place, the Great Falls National Park, for a picnic. We normally go to the Maryland side, but my husband only got the . . .
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July 26, 2007 12:19 AM EDT --
Last Saturday morning, we took Kyleigh to the Great Falls National Park in Virginia. On Sunday evening, we took her back to the Maryland side of Great Falls National Park (C&O Canal).
We were very . . .
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September 02, 2008 11:41 PM EDT --
After everyone left the campfire, we went and walked on the Big Meadows under the stars for a short moment. Then we went back to the cabin and called it a night.
Sunday morning we both woke up before . . .
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September 03, 2008 12:27 AM EDT --
I would have never knew that there were patches and patches of blueberries in the Big Meadows. These are food for the birds, deer, and even bears. Can you imagine how many blueberries the bears would . . .
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September 03, 2008 12:59 AM EDT --
After the ranger concluded the educational tour of the Big Meadows, we separated and I headed back to the blueberry patches. I saw this bright pink blueberry and took a picture of it, because I was in . . .
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November 12, 2007 12:15 PM EST --
Old Growth Forests are characterized by trees of all ages; wide spacing between the older trees, and a luxuriant and diverse understory of plants adapted to low levels of light. The stand I was . . .
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April 11, 2007 03:13 PM EDT --
For those who thought Mitt Romney was Utah’s best kept secret, think again. The real hidden gem is the Desert Pearl Inn, a charming hotel . . .
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March 16, 2007 04:43 PM EDT --
On our quest to visit all of the National Parks and Monuments in the United States, my husband and I are avid Road Trippers. . . .
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January 08, 2007 09:02 PM EST --
This article can now be found HERE at Gather Essential: Travel. Please check out the new Travel Channel on Gather!
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January 20, 2007 06:46 PM EST --
This article has been reposted to Gather Essentials: Travel. Please take a look at this and others in the series there!
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December 10, 2007 11:50 PM EST --
I'd like to congratulate Jennifer F for her winning entry in the National Parks of the United States Writing Contest. It was SO hard to choose and I had to enlist the help of my husband and . . .
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November 16, 2007 05:59 PM EST --
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
I managed to hit a tiny little corner of Tennessee on my way from . . .
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