Wednesday, March 10, 2010

The Mountains are still full of snow

From Trees and Landscapes in Michaux Forest (primarily)
You'd think that after so much nice sunny weather in the east that more snow would have melted in the mountains.  There's almost no snow left in our yard, but when you get up to South Mountain there is still more than a foot in most places.  This photo is on the Appalachian Trail going south from Big Flat to Birch Run.  Since it was 50 degrees there wasn't any ice, but the snow was soft enough that if was difficult going. I got hooked on shooting creek pictures again.  I have a number of photos posted of Birch Run, Mountain Creek at Pine Grove, and the Conococheague at Caledonia.

I did see a few sign of Spring at Pine Grove Furnace yesterday.  A few buds were on trees and the tips of some water plants were poking up out of the soil.  Hopefully the freezing weather is over for the year.

Doug

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