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Heading home from camp, drove into a lovely wall of clouds atop a hillside. What a treat. Bart

Got in some good hikes and some time at camp over the weekend. My grandson and I took a long hike into the Siamese Ponds Wilderness area of the Adirondacks. A photo of him on the suspension bridge over the Sacandaga River And spent some time at our camp, 10 acres and a lean-to we built...

It's been a long, damp and cold spring, and only recently warmer conditions with new colors and growth arriving. Here's a couple. A bloom of Trillium An abandoned Cemetery road Saturday's Hike on the Northville to Placid Trail. A view straight down the trail -- note the...

Happy Mother's Day, a field of white Trillium just outside of town this morning: And for everyone else, spring in the Southern Adirondacks a 1/2 hour away, was interrupted yesterday by sudden snowstorm; I caught an early part of it, before it suppressed the spring color. And on the...

I'm late getting a report in from a great trip with Dean to Death Valley in early March; it's also crazy at work with the combination of restrictions at Court and the need to process emergencies; AND, breaking in a new computer. (Enough with the excuses) I was so lucky to have Dean as a tutor...

Happy New Year to all On New Year's Eve here in the Northeast, we got hit with a thunder and lightening storm that came with some wet, freezing rain and snow. So this morning I took a quick run to the higher elevations to see what was wrought: Lots of branches down, and a couple of rural...

A Christmas Card to my good friends at FW Bart Carrig

On the last morning at Acadia with Dean, we went to Cadillac Mtn Peak to the tune of some classic pea soup conditions. So in the beginning, THERE WAS NOTHING, just a tiny area in the eastern sky showing a patch of the Atlantic over the Mountain: Then, THERE WAS LITTLE, a slight view of a...

Got into the Adirondacks a with Dean in October and I have a few to share: First, Dean at an overlook at Owl's Head, a convenient peak in prime color near Keene Valley #2 Scene and Reflection at the Wilmington Bog: A reflection in the same bog: Another reflection in the...

I had the opportunity to hike the Enchantments, through the core with Dave Fantle on a blistering 1 day through hike all 20 miles on a "day" permit from 5 am - 9 pm, with camera, of course. I just read of a tragedy there last Thursday when a man from Dallas with his son camped (apparently at...

Another trip on the West Branch of the Sacandaga River, this time for early fall colors on the swamp maples. Fall is about to arrive in the Adirondacks. Bart

The nights are getting cooler, the swamp Maples are progressing in their transition. So here's more local teasers for fall: Bart

When I made a quick run to Escalante in May, I forgot to post an 11-24 capture of the view to the east off Rte 24 South of Boulder. (When you look west, you're above the canyon leading to lower Calf Creek, falls, but if you look East, the canyon on that side snakes along the foreground. So it...

Again from the Adirondacks, not far from home (about a marathon away) there's patch of swamp maples that "announce" the end of summer -- throwing just a few tentative reds and a few orange leaves amongt the otherwise luscious greens. I found such a batch on Sunday morning...

Made an early run to the 'dacks this morning, knowing there would be mist and found a nice bog near Speculator. So here's a couple from there: In the mist: As it began to lift: Two when it opened up for a short time, then got soaked in fog again: Bart

Two more Adk summer stream scenes. It's been pretty lush after heavy spring rains, and ample summer storms as well: #1 West Branch, Sacandaga River #2 Oxbow Outlet, Piseco Bart

Running some backups I ran across two from one of my favorite sites along the Burr Trail, along the Waterpocket Fold; near the Upper Muley Twist and Strike Valley Overlook. There are some great wanderings in that area. So here's a view "upstream" and "downstream": Bart

It's mid-July, the fans and AC are pretty much full throttle -- A few years back a friend called from Minn to say he was in Pennsylvania and wanted to make a fall run to the Adirondacks, could I line up some sites. It was late fall, the colors were mostly well-past prime, but in the valley of...

So when the excitement of spring is over; greens have fully taken over summer (as have the bugs); there are no grand formations to explore, and the window of comfortable temps ends by 9:30 -- what's a photographer to do? Get out the canoe, with camera (and tripod), and bugdope, and take a...

I found a nice stream while trail running a part of the NTP: good flows, moss covered rocks, and lush greens, so I had to go back and bushwhack the stream. #1 Near the trail crossing, this was pre-sunrise, so I needed a long exposure: #2 Further upstream, there's a wide falls: It...