by Don McGowan | Jun 13, 2020 | June 2020
The Paria (Pahreah) River is not long; ninety-three miles from the base of the Paunsaugunt Plateau northeast of Tropic, Utah to the Colorado River just a bit south of Lee’s Ferry, Arizona. For nearly that entire distance it is cutting through and draining a...
by Don McGowan | Jun 6, 2020 | June 2020
Cromwell Brook is a wonderful watershed on Mount Desert Island. It flows south from the edge of downtown Bar Harbor, under the Park Loop Road, along the eastern edge of Great Meadow and Sieur de Monts Spring before slipping into the Tarn. For much of its short...
by Don McGowan | May 30, 2020 | May 2020
Kodachrome Basin is a land of many colors, and textures; and though not large, it is filled with geological treasures. You are welcome to count them, but the state park folks will assure you that there are 67 monolithic stone spires called sedimentary pipes to be...
by Don McGowan | May 23, 2020 | May 2020
One of the most beautiful transition zones I have ever come across in my wanderings is found in Southeastern Utah where the slickrock eastern edge of Cedar Mesa transitions to the wide, flat cottonwood-covered expanse of Comb Wash, before running head on into the...
by Don McGowan | May 16, 2020 | May 2020
Because they are some of the very oldest of their kind on Earth, the Southern Appalachians have had more practice being mountains than just about all of the others. One of the decisions they made a very long time ago was that they would excel in the production of...
