by Don McGowan | Feb 4, 2022 | Monthly Archives, Uncategorized
In the game most of us played as children, “Rock Breaks Scissors” the winning sequences are Rock breaks Scissors; Scissors cut Paper; and Paper covers Rock. I was reminded of that old game several years ago as I stood on the rim of Black Canyon of the...
by Don McGowan | Jan 29, 2022 | Monthly Archives, Uncategorized
As the sun readies to slip below the western horizon it highlights the massive structure of Brahma Temple crowning the grand ditch above the junction of the main canyon and its auxilliary scar of Bright Angel Canyon cutting its way toward North Rim Lodge. As it does...
by Don McGowan | Jan 21, 2022 | Monthly Archives, Uncategorized
One of my new Very Favorite Places in the Red Rock Country is Snow Canyon State Park in Washington County, Utah. It is an amazing world of lava flows and eroded sandstone formations with an accompanying realm of petrified sand dunes to hold it all together. Looking...
by Don McGowan | Jan 15, 2022 | Monthly Archives, Uncategorized
Bull Creek Valley backs up to the Elk Mountains below Elk Pasture Gap and Craven Gap; but it actually refers to the last buffalo (eastern bison) bull seen in the area, which was hunted in 1799 by Joseph Rice. From Tanbark Ridge the view into the valley and eastward...
by Don McGowan | Jan 8, 2022 | Monthly Archives, Uncategorized
For all of the years I have been photographing the Colorado Plateau, there are two thoughts that come quickly to mind: I never, ever tire of seeing the land; and it’s almost always an matter of perspective. I am constantly surprised to top some hill or go around...
by Don McGowan | Jan 1, 2022 | Monthly Archives, Uncategorized
Once upon a time in the Appalachian Mountains the bark of certain tree species, particularly hemlock and a couple of the oaks, was valued for the process of tanning leather. Such bark was frequently known colloquially as tanbark and mountainsides rich in these...
