High in the Oregon Cascade Mountains, south of Crater Lake National Park is Sky Lakes Wilderness. There are many beautiful high mountain lakes in the Wilderness, thus the name. Here are panoramic photos of four of them:
Looking for a great place to hike, but don’t have a clue? Here are four ways to discover your new favorite trail.
Glacier National Park recently released a reminder to those that have decided its OK to drop trash around our National Parks.
In 1851, William Nobles founded a new route to California through lands of the Northern Paiute Tribe. The new trail left the Applegate Trail at Black Rock Springs in Nevada, crossed the Black Rock Playa, passed near what is now Susanville, California and ended at Shasta City, California. It was generally considered the easiest route […]
National Park Shutdown National Parks in the U.S.A. are usually open 365 days a year. When legislators and the President fail to fund the operations of government, the Park Service furloughs non-essential workers. Usually these periods are short and the parks are open after a few days. This year’s long shutdown left the parks […]
Sometimes I answer questions posed by members of Quora. Here is one question and my answer:
What are the most common, likely dangers facing hikers in North America?
The history of the Lava Beds National Monument is rough, with a bloody history of the Modoc Indian War. Many people died there during the war under horrible circumstances. Do their spirits live on? Frank Bagges was quite certain they do. He related his first person report to the The Morning Call, a San Francisco newspaper. The story was […]
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As I wrote in a past blog post, fossil hunting can be a great way to explore. Perhaps you haven’t heard, there is a special day for it – National Fossil Day. This year it is, October 11, 2017. The first Fossil Day was created in 2010 by the American Geological Institute and the National […]
There are many motivations that move explorers forward. One way to discover some of them is to study the greatest voyages of exploration.