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<h3><a href="/2010/jul/25/endless-crowds-yellowstone/" title="The Endless Crowds of Yellowstone">The Endless Crowds of Yellowstone</a></h3>
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<span class="location">Yellowstone National Park, <a href="/writing/united-states/1/" title="travel writing from the United States">Wyoming</a></span>
<time datetime="2010-07-25 13:00:00">07/25/10</time>
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<p class="intro hyphenate">There is wilderness in Yellowstone, even if it's just inches from the boardwalks that transport thousands around the geothermal pools. It may not be wilderness on a grand scale — the sweeping mountain peaks or wild rivers of other parks &mdash but in some ways that makes it more enticing. As one Ranger told me, Yellowstone isn't about the big picture, the grand scenery, it's about the tiny details within each pool. To really see Yellowstone, he said, you have to take your time, move slowly and look closely. </p>
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<h3><a href="/2010/jul/22/backpacking-grand-tetons/" title="Backpacking in the Grand Tetons">Backpacking in the Grand Tetons</a></h3>
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<span class="location">Grand Teton National Park, <a href="/writing/united-states/1/" title="travel writing from the United States">Wyoming</a></span>
<time datetime="2010-07-22 16:00:00">07/22/10</time>
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<p class="intro hyphenate">Hiking into the wilderness empties your mind. You fall into the silence of the mountains and you can relax in a way that's very difficult to do in the midst of civilization. The white noise that surrounds us in our everyday lives, that noise we don't even notice as it adds thin layers of stress that build up over days, weeks, years, does not seem capable of following us into the mountains. </p>
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<h3><a href="/2010/jul/17/great-sand-dunes-national-park/" title="Great Sand Dunes National Park">Great Sand Dunes National Park</a></h3>
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<span class="location">Great Sand Dunes National Park, <a href="/writing/united-states/1/" title="travel writing from the United States">Colorado</a></span>
<time datetime="2010-07-17 08:00:00">07/17/10</time>
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<p class="intro hyphenate">Something about the desert inspires me to get up early and watch the sunrise. The cool mornings seem worth getting up for out here in the high plains of Colorado, especially when there's the chance to watch the sunrise from the largest sand dunes in North America, here in Great Sand Dune National Park.</p>
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