50-foot diameter, perfect circular shape. Circumference dotted with large granite boulders. Surrounding our circle is a range of the bluest waters imaginable. Deep royals, rich navys, distant cornflowers, and endless azures. Our circle rises with only slight symmetrical convexity from which sprout dozens of fragrant evergreen trees. A padded pine leaf surface provides our [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Backcountry’
Our Private Island (For A Few Days)
Posted in National Parks, tagged Backcountry, Boating, Canoeing, Island, Minnesota, Voyaguers, Water-Based Park on July 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Mount Rainier National Park
Posted in National Parks, tagged Backcountry, Hiking, Volcano, Washington State, Wildflowers on July 26, 2005 | 1 Comment »
near Enumclaw, Wash.
Visited: July 26, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 223 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Standing 14,410 feet, Mount Rainier is the tallest and most imposing of the Cascade Range’s volcanic peaks.
BEAUTY (10/10)
On a clear Seattle day, she hovers omnipresent in the background like a lurking flying saucer. Her base is broad, her dome a [...]
Zion National Park
Posted in National Parks, tagged Arches, Backcountry, Canyons, Grand Circle, great campsites, Hiking, Shuttle Bus, Utah on April 21, 2005 | 5 Comments »
near Springdale, Utah
Visited: September 25, 2004
Second Visit: April 21, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 102 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
229 square miles of beautiful scenery centered around the profound steep gorges shaped by the Virgin River and its tributaries with a little help from geological uplift.
BEAUTY (10/10)
Zion NP shares the same breathtaking landscape as its [...]
Everglades National Park – Gulf Coast
Posted in National Parks, tagged Alligator, Backcountry, Bald Eagle, Boating, Camping, Canoeing, Endangered, Everglades, Florida, great campsites, Kayaking, Mangroves, Porpoises, Water-Based Park, Wildnerness on January 4, 2005 | 2 Comments »
near Everglades City, Fla.
Visited: January 4, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 133 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
At 1.5 million acres, Everglades National Park is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. This review covers the northwestern portion of the Park; the area serviced by the Gulf Coast Visitor Center.
BEAUTY (8/10)
There are two routes through [...]
Grand Teton National Park
Posted in National Parks, tagged Backcountry, Bald Eagle, Glacial Lakes, Hiking, Wildflowers, Wyoming on September 17, 2004 | 3 Comments »
near Jackson, Wyo.
Visited: September 17, 2004
NPS Site Visited: 96 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
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WHAT IS IT?
A thin spine of magnificent mountains, twelve rising over 12,000 feet, which stand, unobstructed by foothills, over glacial lakes and rippling meadows.
BEAUTY (10/10)
When we easterners imagine the splendor and the romance [...]
Glacier National Park
Posted in National Parks, tagged Backcountry, Glacial Lakes, Glaciers, Hiking, Montana, Rocky Mountains, Wilderness, Wildlife on August 29, 2004 | 2 Comments »
northwest Montana
Visited: August 29, 2004
NPS Site Visited: 85 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
1,000,000 acres of Montana wilderness. The numerous ruggedly steep U-shaped canyons that the Park is famous for were created by centuries of glacial erosion. Glacier NP lies at an ecological crossroads and boasts a dazzling diversity of plant life, birds and [...]
Voyageurs National Park
Posted in National Parks, tagged Backcountry, Bald Eagle, Birdwatching, Boating, Canoeing, Fishing, great campsites, Minnesota, National Park, Private Island, Voyageurs, Water-Based Park on June 4, 2004 | 2 Comments »
near International Falls, Minn.
Visited: June 4, 2004
NPS Site Visited: 51 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
A boreal forest ecosystem carved by Ice Age glacial action consisting of dozens of lakes and hundreds if not thousands of islands. Voyageurs NP is a water-based park. 84,000 acres of water, in fact. Hiking trails exist, but their [...]
Isle Royale National Park
Posted in National Parks, tagged Backcountry, Canoeing, great campsites, Hiking, Isle Royale, Isolation, Lake Superior, Michigan, Moose, National Park on May 26, 2004 | 2 Comments »
in Lake Superior
Visited: May 26, 2004
NPS Site Visited: 49 of 353
Local Website
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WHAT IS IT?
The largest Island in the world’s largest freshwater lake. Isle Royale NP is a World Heritage Biosphere. Isle Royale is an incredible 99% wilderness. The 1% includes only the Rangers’ living quarters, a [...]
