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Northern Cascades unveil a magic act
A Valley Like This Sometimes you look at an empty valley like this, and suddenly the air is filled with snow. That is the way the whole world happened – there was nothing, and then. . . But maybe some time you will look out and even the mountains are gone, the world becomes…
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Sun Mountain Lodge Shines
Who doesn’t like a good deal? We sure do, so when our friend Teri brought the Sun Mountain Lodge mid-week special to our attention, Reg grabbed the phone to reserve our room. What a beautiful spot…far more luxurious than our usual accommodations, but well worth the trip into northern Washington. Just down the hill…
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Park City reunion leaves trail of fun memories
A perfect day and a four-mile trek at the Park City Mountain Resort marked the last day of our family reunion. Sue and I were sad to see the kids pack up and head for home, but we felt so grateful that we were able to get together. Sue and I drove to the eastern…
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Treetop Zip Trip (part one)
We packed up our courage Saturday morning, and set off for Canyons in Park City, Utah. We had 11:30 reservations for the ride of our lives. During our lift ride up the mountain, our instructor Matt spoke enthusiastically about his job and all the improvements that are currently under construction around the Park City…
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Park City brings out the child in us all
The brochure promised “It's more fun at Park City,” so we got an early start today to determine if it was true. Our first stop was the Alpine Coaster, an elevated track that winds through more than a mile of twisting turns, racing beneath the trees at speeds of up to 30 mph. After a…
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Fun takes flight during Park City family retreat
The first act of our family retreat in Park City, Utah was a round of disc golf. The gondola and chair lift took us to the high-mountain course where we spent most of the time hunting for lost discs. We lost just one, but found two others for a net gain. Many other mountainside activities…
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Sawtooth Mountain Scenery at its Peak
What a beautiful surprise today has been. We're on the road again, driving towards our Park City, Utah destination where we will meet all our kids for a family reunion. In an effort to avoid the endless Nevada landscape, we chose the scenic route…through Idaho. On day two we headed north out of Boise following…
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Pull up a chair and let a lake blow your mind
Mount Mazama could be planning a comeback. Its eruption 7,700 years ago emptied the magma chamber below and the mountain collapsed, creating a caldera six miles across. Centuries later, it had filled, becoming Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the now-United States at 1,943 feet. Mazama is still active and an eruption could fill Crater…
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A geologic wrinkle in time
Capitol Reef National Park was established to preserve the geologic features of an area created 65 million years ago. Known as the Waterpocket Fold, this giant wrinkle in the Earth’s crust extends almost 100 miles. Ongoing erosion has created the park as we know it today. The wind picked up and the landscape began…
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