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...
by Don McGowan | May 1, 2021 | Monthly Archives, Uncategorized
La Sal, Utah boasted the presence of 339 intrepid souls in the 2000 census. It sits astride Utah Highway 46 a few miles east of US 191 (South of Moab) and a few miles west of the Colorado state line where the road designation changes to Colorado Highway 90. Just...
by Don McGowan | Apr 24, 2021 | April 2021, Uncategorized
Although the Foothills Parkway West is not technically within the boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, it is a unit of the Department of the Interior and is administered by the National Park Service. From the Miller’s Cove Overlook along this road...
by Don McGowan | Apr 16, 2021 | April 2021, Uncategorized
Mid-April in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is about the flowering of the shrubs and small trees, especially the dogwoods (Cornus florida) and redbuds (Cercis canadensis). While the dogwoods bloom throughout the forest understory below 4000′, redbuds seem...
