

How I Spent My Summer Vacation - 2017
Dense and remote - at mile 114 a railroad bridge crosses the C&O Towpath - "It is a refuge, a place of retreat, a long stretch of quiet...
Aug 27, 2017


Giant Alternatives
Your schooling may be over, but remember that your education still continues. -Unknown - In high school, your teachers are giants. They...
Aug 12, 2017


"Uphill, Downhill, I Like That."
Photo by Jean Parker - “Uphill, downhill, I like that.” – Peter Sagan - I hope I never meet Peter Sagan. He cannot possibly live up to...
Jul 23, 2017


On Thesaurus
On mile 42 of C&O Canal - Monocacy Aqueduct - or channel, conduit, course, flume, or waterway. - I am still trying to figure out why...
Jun 24, 2017


The 1st Day of Summer Vacation - 2017
Great Blue Heron, photo by Trudy Snope - I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he...
Jun 10, 2017


Family Quest
"...it had apparently become a Ritter Family quest to visit all the parks he sang about." - Stuart Ritter - During a National Park visit...
May 20, 2017


Wash Your Spirit Clean
Keep close to Nature's heart ... break clear away once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit...
May 6, 2017


On Kilimanjaro: A Taste of Fear
Greg Conderacci a top Mt. Kilimanjaro. Greg is on the far left. - This is a story about how stories can help you climb to the top…or...
Apr 22, 2017


Community Map
View from the community pathway on Lake Kittamaqundi, Columbia, MD - “Think carefully about where you choose to live and work. Then...
Apr 15, 2017


Going Home
When asked what he was gonna do some days, my dad used to say "I'm just gonna watch the grass grow" & then he'd smile. - Dina Wasmer _ I...
Apr 1, 2017