Comments on: Quehanna Wild Area

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:59:27 +0000

Not sure I know what an alligator juniper looks like. I hope you find an excuse to post a picture at some point.

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:19:38 +0000

Speaking of ETs, we passed near the site of one of the reputed 1950ish flying saucer sightings in New Mexico earlier this month. Hell, it’s even marked on the state highway map. A trip highlight, though, was the chance to see and photograph alligator juniper trees.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:07:44 +0000

Hi, Larry – Glad this struck a chord with you!

Karen – Actually, I was talking to myself there. That Jimminy Cricket-as-environmentalist voice.

Not crop circles, but possibly the work of the same, sinister-yet-puzzling extraterrestrial forces.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:25:06 +0000

“We didn’t just drive two hours to look at ice on a mud puddle, did we?” People say things like that to me all the time.

At first glance I thought the first photo was one of those high-altitude crop-circle type pictures. It’s nice either way.

By: Larry Ayers

Larry Ayers — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:01:34 +0000

I liked that solitary white birch, and your image of America’s “Nutrasweet core”! A very thoughtful essay, Dave!

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:20:47 +0000

Thanks, marja-leena.

I’d wager they had their own version of Nutrasweet!
Well, I guess you could call the yearly sacrifice of tens of thousands of human hearts a sentimental gesture…

By: Brett

Brett — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 02:10:53 +0000

You’re probably too kind to the Nahuas –I’d wager they had their own version of Nutrasweet!

By: marja-leena

marja-leena — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:58:08 +0000

Stunning photos, especially the ice one! I love what you say about civilizations, rotting trees and metamorphosis.