Tag: mountains

• Sunday Rock

  It was raining as I drove along the western edge of the Adirondack Park recently.  It was around the time when my thoughts turned to how much weight the Yankee pitcher, C. C. Sabathia, had lost during the off-season.  Or, perhaps I was reflecting on Colbert replacing Letterman on the Late Show.  More than likely, however,…

  patrickjegan

  May 1, 2014

  Everyday Events, Holding onto the Past, Memories, Mountains and Memories, North Country Life, Travels

  Adirondacks, Colton NY, glacial erratic, Ice Ages, lakes, loggers, miners, mountains, native americans, pioneers, Sunday Rock, trails, woodsmen

• Travels 14: Advice

  One should always follow good advice.  The following four passages were taken from posters that were for sale at the Visitor Center of the Crater Lake National Park Headquarters.  The writer is Ilan Shamir. Advice to the Mountains Reach for new heights.  Rise above it all. There is beauty as far as the eye can…

  patrickjegan

  October 21, 2013

  The RV Life, Travels

  Crater Lake National Park, mountains, night sky, poems, rivers, trees

• I Am Ice

  I was one of the uncountable snow flakes that fell that day.  Time was the same, it snowed, it rained, drizzle fell, fog burned off and the sunshine broke through the clouds.  Before I fell to earth I had my last glimpse of the sun.  Then all darkened with clouds and more snow. The sun…

  patrickjegan

  July 12, 2013

  Mountains and Memories

  climate, glaciers, ice, Juneau Icefield Alaska, mountains, nature, pacific northwest coast, sky, snow, sun, time