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December 23, 2007
We hiked two miles to Avalanche Lake in West Glacier National Park, in Montana, to see this magnificent sight. It was early June, and you can see the three large waterfalls flowing down the mountains. We also saw seven smaller waterfalls with our binoculars. What a great time of year to visit! It was a great spot for our picnic lunch that day. Theresa Garrett Baltimore The Sun welcomes submissions for "My Best Shot." Photos should be accompanied by a description of when and where you took the picture and your name, address and phone number.
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By John Woestendiek and John Woestendiek,[Sun reporter] | October 15, 2006
MAYBE IT'S THE wannabe rugged outdoorsman in me; maybe it's the penny pincher; or maybe I've just spent one too many nights flipping the remote while at one too many Days Inn; but when an opportunity arises to break out the old tent and get back to nature -- in moderation, of course -- I will leap at it, or at least give it some thought. Take last month. I had an obligation in North Carolina, another a few days later in Alabama. Between the two lay the Great Smoky Mountains, an area whose green and misty beauty -- while I had passed through several times -- I had never truly explored.
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By Phil Marty and Phil Marty,CHICAGO TRIBUNE | June 12, 2005
It wasn't love at first sight. But here in Iceland, midway through a nine-day drive around this island country, this was the clincher: To my right, a 25-foot-high waterfall thundered, dumping its icy waters into a stream that frothed from rock to rock on its way to the fjord below. To my left, at the bottom of a switchbacky two-lane asphalt road, a tiny village rested in the mist at the end of the fjord that runs 10 miles east to the North Atlantic. Turning in a slow circle, I saw freshet after freshet springing from cloud-draped, green mountain ridges.
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By James H. Bready and James H. Bready,Special to the Sun | June 27, 2004
Anyone for waterfalls? During a summer Sunday's family drive, the stream that goes over a cliff -- cool, sparkling, photogenic -- is more than worth a stop-off. And if Pennsylvania has 184 spread-out falls, and New Jersey 30-plus, Maryland's seven are nonetheless among the best. This on the authority of Gary Letcher of Ashton, in his book Waterfalls of the Mid-Atlantic States (Countryman, 245 pages, $17.95). An outdoorsman and an environmentalist, Letcher writes for beginners and experts alike.
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By Cindy Ross and Cindy Ross,Special to the Sun | February 1, 2004
DANGER! People have died on this trail!" My two young children stare open-mouthed at the huge orange sign that marks the trailhead to Glen Onoko Falls. "Make sure you're wearing the proper footgear." They glance at their hiking boots, and I reassure them that we're covered. We are in Lehigh Gorge State Park, outside Jim Thorpe, in northeastern Pennsylvania. The park is famous with boating enthusiasts for its whitewater and with cyclists for its 20-mile-long converted rail-trail. But after you've gone under the active railroad track and up the trail, you are on state game lands.
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By Paul West and Paul West,SUN NATIONAL STAFF | December 15, 2002
After kayaking 17 miles down Kauai's stunning Na Pali coast, every one of Cindy Chase's muscles hurt -- in her face. She and her paddling partner, Jamie Klein, had spent the entire day grinning. "We couldn't wipe the smiles off," she said. Cindy and Jamie are seasoned whitewater boaters. A death-defying plunge down experts-only rivers, like the upper Youghiogheny in Western Maryland, is routine to the Morgantown, W.Va., couple. But sea-kayaking the waters off Hawaii's oldest, wettest and most beautiful island was an entirely new thrill for them.