By Walter Simon – CUSTER, S.D. – Fortuitous Mojo granted us the luck of landing in Custer, South Dakota, where we planned a stop-over on the way to Yellowstone. We had no idea until yesterday that today, Sunday, would be one of only two times a year the public are allowed to scale the mountain…
Photo Essays
Follow An ‘Expedition of Rediscovery’ on the Way to Cannonball North Dakota
“Art at its highest and nature at its truest are one.” — Knute E. Westerlind, the architect of Municipal Auditorium in Sioux City, Iowa, designed in 1938 and finished in 1950 By Glynn Wilson – CHAMBERLAIN, S.D. — From this vantage point looking out from the American Creek Campground, the Missouri River looks as blue…
What the National Press and the Park Service Won’t Tell You on the 100th Anniversary of NPS
By Glynn Wilson – Reading the national press coverage on the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, even listening to the reporting on National Public Radio, you would think the biggest problem the parks face is a lack of visitors. The entire story is framed as if the parks were just another capitalist tourist…
Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks Migrating in Spring
Protesters Crash the Super Dome and Shut Down Gulf Oil Lease Sale
Watch police clash with protesters in this original video. – By Glynn Wilson – NEW ORLEANS, La. — About 200 environmental activists from across the county marched from City Hall to the Super Dome here Wednesday and crashed an oil lease sale meeting trying to open up another 43 million acres to drilling in the…
My Year as a Volunteer VIP Campground Host Comes to an End
Marine One Drops President at the White House on Fourteenth Anniversary of September 11, 2001
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – After realizing it was the 14th anniversary of 9/11 on Friday, I rode the mountain bike to the College Park Metro station and took the train downtown. I decided to ride around the White House and see what new vantage points I could find to photograph. After hanging…
Escape the City, Summer Heat and Bad News: Visit Shenandoah
Legendary Peregrine Falcons Make Slow Comeback from DDT
By Glynn Wilson – HOGBACK MOUNTAIN, Va. – It’s officially summer now in the Shenandoah National Park, although you wouldn’t know it from the cool nighttime temperatures in the mountains, compared to the rest of the South. But it’s true. The summer solstice occurred Sunday, the longest day of the year. For a few weeks…
Herbert Hoover’s Camp Rapidan Tour, Shenandoah National Park
Secret Vistas – By Glynn Wilson – Who knew Herbert Hoover was such a great guy? About the only thing most Americans know about former President Hoover is that he was in office when the stock market crashed in 1929, leading to the worst Great Depression in U.S. history. He was defeated when seeking reelection…
Shenandoah: Daughter of the Stars
Photos by Jane Cappe – There’s an ancient Native American legend of dubious history about a Great Spirit which allegedly made the world and gathered the morning stars together on the shores of a quiet, silver lake bordered with blue mountains, the most beautiful place on Earth. Hovering above the quiet waters and lighting the…
Oh Shenandoah in Spring: How the Fawns Escape the Bears
Yearling Bear Named ‘Boo Boo’ Chooses Awkward Glade at Big Meadows in Shenandoah National Park
An Awesome Responsibility: Respect and Protect Shenandoah
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK, Virg. — It’s an incredible feeling sitting here at 3,500 feet above sea level on the hill looking out over the Big Meadows campground, watching a spring shower roll through the mountains. I can’t think of a spot east of the Mississippi where I…
Patapsco Valley State Park: An Urban Oasis
Secret Vistas by Glynn Wilson PATAPSCO VALLEY STATE PARK, Md. — America is rich in secret vistas â little-known places that touch the heart and stir the spirit. Like quiet Gulf of Mexico beaches in the off season. Deserted Appalachian hiking trails and glistening streams thick with trout. Hidden forests with trees dating back to…
Plans Move Forward for Removing Bloede’s Dam from the Patapsco River
Full Corn Planting Moon in Maryland
It’s National Park Week: Camp for Free
Washington Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom Framing the Jefferson Memorial
U.S.S. Alabama Battleship Memorial Park Enshrouded in Fog
MOBILE, Ala. — A strange fog converged on the Mobile County side of Mobile Bay on Monday even into the afternoon, creating an interesting lighting situation at the U.S.S. Alabama Battleship Memorial Park. It was not the “fog of war” created by smoke from exploding shell from the weapons of war, but I suspect an…