Top strange facts learned in Miami

Top strange facts learned in Miami

by | Oct 23, 2011 | Get This

Chris, hatless in red shirt, slogs with journalists through the Everglades Low water flows—from Everglades National Park interpretor Alan Scott: Water flow in the Everglades is only one-sixth what it used to be 100 years ago. Development has halted water flow south of...

Solving the Mysteries of a Rising Sea

by | Oct 17, 2011 | Newspaper Articles

The New York Times, September 13, 1998 THE sea level is rising 2 millimeters a year, too little to notice year to year but enough to send the waves toward beach houses and sea walls over the next two generations. The tidal marshes that once covered most of the...
Rest stops close and cars clog mountain lots

Rest stops close and cars clog mountain lots

by | Oct 11, 2011 | Get This

This greets anyone trying to go inside at the Chelmsford, Massachusetts, rest stop on I-495 northbound. I drove up to New Hampshire’s White Mountains on Saturday of Columbus Day weekend. At the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Highland Center in Crawford Notch,...
Nipmuck Trail Marathon

Nipmuck Trail Marathon

by | Oct 2, 2011 | Get This

The rain pants came off an hour or so later. This shows me near the Nipmuck Trail crossing in Ashford, Connecticut, working at an aid station for runners. The race was the Nip Muck Marathon, as they call it. Inspiring as always. I did not get onto the trails as much...