What would Jack think? It's the summer of 1956 and he gets up in the middle of the night and ends up writing about composting technology rather than the looming darkness of Hozomeen. It would have altered the course of an entire generation!
I've wanted to visit Desolation since reading that essay in high school - now I've got another reason to go.
Dan McShane is an engineering geologist with Stratum Group, a geology and environmental consulting company based in Bellingham, Washington. Dan has been reading Washington State landscapes since driving across the Horse Heaven Hills with his father and brother in 1970. Dan's wife has started painting Washington landscapes. The intent of this blog is to help all Washington travelers better understand the landscapes we see and share field observations.
Building a city in the bed of a river
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Most of Greater Downtown (Albuquerque) sits below the level of the Rio
Grande, like a sort of high-desert New Orleans. Any rain that falls between
the rive...
The Cooleys of Montana
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I don't pay very close attention to my family tree. I haven't done any
research to speak of. I do Google my last name every few years to...
A Restless Region on the Colorado Plateau
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Castle Valley, 20 miles east of Moab, UT; Round Mountain rises from the
valley floor on the right.
The Colorado Plateau is a thick block of crust in the F...
Statement on ISW Methodology
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*Statement on ISW Methodology*
*May 4, 2023*
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) welcomes robust and rigorous
debate on the issues ISW covers and i...
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What would Jack think? It's the summer of 1956 and he gets up in the middle of the night and ends up writing about composting technology rather than the looming darkness of Hozomeen. It would have altered the course of an entire generation!
I've wanted to visit Desolation since reading that essay in high school - now I've got another reason to go.
Gravel Beach:
There are also lots of shoreline features you could check out on the way to the trail up Desolation.
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Sam: Maintained by the Daniel, the fire look out at Desolation and a National Park employee.
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