Bear Heaven
Last week’s head cold prevented me from going through my slides from the previous weekend’s trip to West Virginia as soon as I would have liked. I’ve now done so, and liked the results well enough to...
View ArticleMountaintop removal
From ilovemountains.org. I decided to include this brief documentary here as a kind of quick course for those who might be unfamiliar with the phenomenon of mountaintop removal, since I’ve made...
View ArticleEcotourist Photography 101
UK blogger and photographer Rachel Rawlins has been visiting the USA, including Plummer’s Hollow (whence this photo)… …and the wilds of West Virginia, where she joined me and my hiking buddy Lucy for...
View ArticleReturn to Otter Creek Wilderness
This was, I believe, our fourth hike in the Monongahela National Forest’s Otter Creek Wilderness Area since we first ventured down that way in 2005. Back then, my camera was primitive, so I had to...
View ArticleYellow Creek
Watch on Vimeo. Yes, I know it should be called “Red Creek,” but that’s a different stream, over at Dolly Sods. This is a tributary to Otter Creek which one fords when following the main trail through...
View ArticleReturn to Bear Heaven
I last blogged about Bear Heaven in October 2006. This was my fourth visit to the highly scenic, ridgetop campground in the Monongahela National Forest. It rained much of the time we were there,...
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