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Biking to Point Reyes Lighthouse at Point Reyes National Seashore
We did just a short ride, 8.5 miles each way, from Point Reyes Beach North to the Point Reyes Lighthouse. But along the round trip we made 2,400 feet of elevation gain, with slow pedaling uphill. Thank goodness for an … Continue reading
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Tagged biking, California, elk, ice plant, national park, Point Reyes National Seashore, wildlife
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From a very deep hole to very tall trees October 28 to 30 (Days 57 to 59)
Another day, another national park. (But nothing ho-hum about it.) Here we are at Crater Lake in Oregon. Snow and volcanoes don’t seem to go together, but this park has both. There are more than 40 volcanic cones here! The one … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Crater Lake, elk, national park, Oregon, Redwood National Park, snow, volcano
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Elk-rick Woods at the Banff Springs Golf Course – October 11
We watched some interesting action at the Banff Springs Golf Course, one of the world’s best courses in one of the world’s most beautiful settings. (Any similarity to the great golfer, Eldrick Woods, aka Tiger, is totally unintentional.)
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Tagged Banff, Banff Springs, Canada, elk, golf, Rockies, Tiger Woods
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More Yellowstone, more wildlife – October 7 (Day 36)
Day 2 of Yellowstone and we have a bit of a traffic jam. Not only are cars stopping on both sides of the road to allow wildlife photography, but the animals oblige by stepping right up to the roadside to … Continue reading
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Tagged bison, Boiling River, elk, geysers, Montana, national park, Old Faithful, river, wildfire, wildlife, Wyoming, Yellowstone
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Yellowstone, October 5, Day 34
Wyoming is like one giant national park. No sooner do you leave the Tetons going north than you land in Yellowstone, America’s very first (and some would say best) national park, established in 1872. This is where we expected to … Continue reading
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Tagged buffalo, elk, geysers, national park, wildlife, Wyoming, Yellowstone
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Finger Lakes to Lavender Fields 