Joshua Tree Geology
The rocks and hills that form the landscape of Joshua Tree has long fascinated visitors to this desert. How did the rocks take on such fantastic shapes? What forces sculpted them? Read More …
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The rocks and hills that form the landscape of Joshua Tree has long fascinated visitors to this desert. How did the rocks take on such fantastic shapes? What forces sculpted them? Read More …
The Joshua Tree (a member of the lily family) is native to the arid southwestern United States, where it is confined mostly to the Mojave Desert. Read More …
The New River Gorge Bridge is a steel arch bridge that carries US Rt. 19 over the New River Gorge, near Fayetteville, West Virginia. Completed in 1977, it is currently the third highest bridge in the USA. With an arch 1,700 feet long, it originally was the world’s longest single-span arch bridge; it is now the world’s fourth longest single-span arch bridge. Read More …
This is a panorama of the Main Overlook at Grandview in the New River Gorge National River. Read More …
Note: This post is one of a series about our visit to New River Gorge and Bridge in late October 2018. Unfortunately, there was not a lot of color in the trees then. For details of the New River National River and links to other posts, please see New River Gorge and Bridge (Overview). The Read More …
Note: This post is one of a series about our visit to New River Gorge and Bridge in late October 2018. Unfortunately, there was not a lot of color in the trees then. For details of the New River National River and links to other posts, please see New River Gorge and Bridge (Overview). The Read More …
The Main Overlook at Grandview was a perfect location to photograph the full moon rising over the river when we were there. Read More …
Sandstone Falls is the largest waterfalls in the New River, spanning the river where it is 1500 feet wide. Divided by a series of islands, the river drops 10 to 25 feet over the individual falls in the different channels. Read More …
The New River Gorge National River in West Virginia features gorgeous scenery and vistas overlooking the river more than 1000 feet below. Another highlight is the magnificent New River Bridge. Read More …
Beverly and I visited Niagara Falls in September 2016. I remember visiting Niagara Falls as a child but we only visited the American Falls and I don’t remember much except the fast moving water above the falls. Growing up in western New York, Beverly has visited the American Falls several times. My daughter had visited Read More …