Organ Mountain Crest from upper Aguirre Springs Trail – New Mexico Continuing to document my adventures in New Mexico, I will describe a great trip I made into the Organ Mountains of Southern New Mexico. This range is incredible when viewed from the White Sands area in the east and especially from the city of [...]
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Treking off the trail in the Organ Mountains – New Mexico
Thursday, July 14th, 2011A night out in the Wilderness – Capitan Mountain, New Mexico
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011Showy Daisy – Capitan Mountain Wilderness – New Mexico 10 October 2009 – Capitan Mountain Wilderness, New Mexico I was bored one evening in El Paso so I decided that I wanted to go and spend the night out in the mountains. I looked at my maps and determined that the Capitan Mountain Wilderness would [...]
Santa Fe, New Mexico – 400 years of the History of our Nation
Monday, July 11th, 2011Santa Fe, New Mexico I visited Santa Fe, New Mexico once upon a time and took some notes in my journal. Here is the transcript of my visit in the fall of 2009 – Sitting on a bench in the Santa Fe city cathedral park. It is a beautiful place with shady trees, old lamp [...]
Old Stock Pond – Pole Canyon; Oquirrh Mountains of Utah
Saturday, June 11th, 2011Un expected old stock pond – Pole Canyon – Oquirrh Mountains, Utah Went for a hike of about 5 miles the other day up what we thought was a dry canyon – Pole Canyon to be exact on the west slope of the northern Oquirrh Mountains. It was a pretty day in early June and [...]
NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORY MUSEUM – Concord, New Hampshire
Sunday, May 1st, 2011Concord Stage – New Hampshire Historical Museum; Concord New Hampshire In Concord, the charming Capitol city of New Hampshire, there is a most interesting point of interest that should not be missed if you ever find yourself in the Granite State. This point of interest is the Museum of New Hampshire History. It is difficult [...]
City of Rocks State Park – A stargazer’s dream; New Mexico
Saturday, April 23rd, 2011Way out in the middle of nowhere New Mexico is a very interesting little State Park called “City of Rocks”. This State Park is basically a group of impressive stone extrusions that were created 35 million years ago when volcanic ash or “tuff” was fused together. Over the eons these towers and buttresses have [...]
Red Pine Lake & The Little Matterhorn – Little Cottonwood Canyon; Wasatch Mountains, Utah – by Jaromy Jessop
Saturday, March 26th, 2011Red Pine Lake – Little Cottonwood Canyon; Wasatch Mountains, Utah As Spring and Summer approach, even though there is still 400 inches of snowpack on the Wasatch, I start to plan my summer excursions. We usually go out once a week and without a doubt, several of those weekends will be spent in the high [...]
GEORGE WASHINGTON MONUMENT – Eakins Oval – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; by Jaromy Jessop
Saturday, March 19th, 2011George Washington forever gazes from his perch down Benjamin Franklin Parkway – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania It is always raining or snowing when I visit Philadelphia, nevertheless, inside Eakins Oval in front of the Philadelphia art museum is my favorite statue anywhere. While it is probably well known to the citizens of Philadelphia, many people who have [...]
My Summer Paradise………..The La-Sal Mountains of Utah; by Jaromy Jessop
Friday, March 18th, 2011South Mountain, La Sal Mountains – Utah I’m looking forward to Summer this year because that is when we make our annual pilgrimage to Moab. Most people know of Moab for the red rock color country of Arches and Canyonlands National Park. Others are drawn there for the world class white water rafting. My favorite [...]
Fort Gorges – Interesting old place that was never quite completed; Casco Bay – Portland, Maine
Sunday, March 13th, 2011Fort Gorges as seen from from Bug Lighthouse – Portland Harbor, Maine While visiting old Bug Light on the edge of Portland Harbor breakwater, which is a remarkable spot itself, I noticed an old abadoned redoubt out in the middle of the harbor. It looked like some of the old Civil War forts I had [...]