by Don McGowan | Jun 27, 2020 | June 2020
Rising over 8,000′ in elevation, the North Rim of the Grand Canyon fronts the Kaibab National Forest. Within the North Rim’s footprint the Cape Royal Road and the Point Imperial Road will lead you through amazing forests of mixed conifer and aspen (Populus...
by Don McGowan | Jun 20, 2020 | June 2020
It is just a shade under thirty-six miles from the highest point on the Blue Ridge Parkway at Richland Balsam Mountain to the end of the Parkway at Oconaluftee in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is a route that passes through some of the most wonderful vistas...
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...
