by Don McGowan | May 28, 2021 | May 2021, Monthly Archives, Uncategorized
Cowee Mountains Overlook sits astride MM430.7 about one-half mile from and, at 5950′ in elevation a mere sixty feet lower than Richland Balsam Overlook, the highest point on the entire run of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Many of the cross-stitch ridges off the...
by Don McGowan | May 23, 2021 | May 2021, Monthly Archives, Uncategorized
As I wandered along the confluenceof Middle Prong of Little Pigeon and Porter’s Creek in Greenbrier, it occurred to me that the spindly, downward reaching limbs of an old red maple (Acer rubrum) had come to form a curtain of lacy green through which I could peek...
by Don McGowan | May 14, 2021 | May 2021, Uncategorized
The geology of the Windows Section of Arches National Park is very much the story of the action of wind and water on Navajo Sandstone. This section of the park is home to many well-known features, none more so than Double Arch, which when seen from the appropriate...
by Don McGowan | May 7, 2021 | May 2021, Monthly Archives, Uncategorized
The ancient Greek, pre-Socratic philosopher, Heraclitus said, “No man steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” For me this has always been good enough reason to return time and again to the places...
