by Don McGowan | Feb 20, 2021 | February 2021, Uncategorized
From knowledge that rime ice forms in a fog or cloud and hoar frost forms in clear air, we might suspect that the scene Bonnie and I encountered earlier this past week in the Smokies would be descriptive of rime ice formed where a band of low cloud had settled along...
by Don McGowan | Feb 13, 2021 | February 2021, Uncategorized
In Acadia National Park one of the most heralded signs of spring comes along when spring has almost disappeared into summer. If you must, you can blame it all on Miss Alice Rumphius, who in her passionate wish to leave the world more beautiful than she found it chose...
by Don McGowan | Feb 5, 2021 | February 2021, Uncategorized
There are few places in Great Smoky Mountains National Park where the elements of design and the quality of the light combine to produce more amazing sunrises than at Purchase Knob. The 530+ acre gift of Voit Gilmore and Kathy McNeil to the Park Service in 2000 is a...
by Don McGowan | Jan 30, 2021 | January 2021, Uncategorized
Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge boasts the only undeveloped salt pond on the Rhode Island Coast. A “salt pond” is the local folks term for a coastal lagoon, a small inclosed body of saline water. In addition to the salt pond, there is a diminuitive...
by Don McGowan | Jan 23, 2021 | January 2021, Uncategorized
Seen from around the edge of Freya Castle, the Unkar Creek watershed shines in the late afternoon light. A thousand years ago a Pueblo People spent their winters along the delta of Unkar Creek’s confluence with the great Colorado and their summers along the...
by Don McGowan | Jan 16, 2021 | January 2021
Ocean Drive is the iconic route for those who wish to see the great geologic features of Acadia National Park. As much as I tend to eschew icons, I must admit that the Park Loop Road, as it is known, is certainly worth some of your time. As the visitor literature is...
