Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Category: National Parks
Most Popular US National Park – Surprised?
I know you can google it but why don’t you guess? Of the 59 US National Parks, which one is the most popular based on number of annual visitors? My guess was Yellowstone National Park. Established in 1872 and considered to be the world’s… Continue Reading “Most Popular US National Park – Surprised?”
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Canadian Rockies Adventure 2016 – through Glacier to Banff and Jasper
Rocky Mountains. Craggy peaks. Lakes and rivers and waterfalls. Scenic Highways. Glaciers. Bears! This was the 4th time we made the journey from the Pacific Northwest to the Canadian Rockies and this time we went east through Glacier National Park and north to Banff… Continue Reading “Canadian Rockies Adventure 2016 – through Glacier to Banff and Jasper”
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Canadian Rockies here we come! Again!
Apparently every 10 years or so we hear the call to go north. So for the past few weeks I’ve been putting together our next road trip to the Canadian Rockies. This got me going through my old scrap books (I used to do… Continue Reading “Canadian Rockies here we come! Again!”
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Mt Rainier on a summer day…
We don’t usually make the drive to Mt. Rainier on a sunny Saturday in the middle of summer. But this past weekend that is exactly what we decided to do, heading from Renton through Enumclaw to the Sunrise side of the mountain. We didn’t… Continue Reading “Mt Rainier on a summer day…”
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Olympic National Park and Sequim Lavender Festival
Olympic National Park. Almost a million acres of preserved wilderness, old-growth temperate rain forests, glacier capped mountains and glacier carved lakes, wild rivers, the longest undeveloped coast in the contiguous United States. Nearby Sequim, in the rain shadow of the Olympics. Self proclaimed “Lavender… Continue Reading “Olympic National Park and Sequim Lavender Festival”
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Coast Redwoods
Off we go on another road trip down the beautiful West Coast (and best coast) of the USA, headed toward the majestic Coast Redwoods! We leave Seattle and after three days cross the border into California on Highway 101 enjoying the same awesome… Continue Reading “Coast Redwoods”
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