Exploring the Past to Improve the Future
By Eilene Lyon Some of you may have heard about our record high river flows, especially in La Plata and Archuleta Counties. On October 23rd, the Animas River in Durango crested at 11,200 cubic feet per second (cfs). It starts overflowing its banks at less than half that amount. The rains came back this weekend.... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon Though I spent years of my childhood in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, I had never been to Harpers Ferry before our September biking trip. Knowing a small bit of its history (particularly John Brown’s Raid), I planned for a day off and an extra night spent there before our last day of... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon Many Cumberland restaurants are closed on Sundays, but we found a place to get a burger that even had some live music out on the sidewalk. I took a stroll along the Potomac River later in the evening. A gaggle of Canada geese grazed on the grass near the towpath. Across the... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon What eventually became the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) rail trail was conceived in the 1970s. The trail partly replaces the route of the Western Maryland Railroad. The entire 149-mile distance between Pittsburg, Penn. and Cumberland, Md. was not completed until 2013. In conjunction with the C & O Canal towpath (a National... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon In late April, I spent a week on Maui with a friend I’ve known since high school. We rented a two-bedroom condo about a quarter-mile from the beach north of Lahaina in the Kaanapali area. You may recall the devastating fires that hit Lahaina in 2023, killing over 100 people. I confess... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon I've been slow to restart the blog this month. It seems the yard is constantly calling me to do something...anything but sit at my computer. Watering, weeding, dead-heading, feeding hummers, sitting on my butt with an iced chai latte. You get the idea. Let's begin with the birds and the bees. The... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon My niece came for a visit in late February. I suggested a possible trip to Santa Fe. She countered with a visit to the Meow Wolf art installation there. I booked us into a Fort Marcy Compound condo for two nights. On our first afternoon, after getting settled into our rooms, we... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon Last winter in southwestern Colorado was not great. I spent much more time riding my mountain bike than I did on skis. That was a problem here, but not widespread. This winter has been something different entirely. The Rocky Mountain West, and all the way to California has seen a dearth of... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon For this issue of art along the River Trail through Durango, I'll be focusing on pieces in and near Santa Rita Park, just south of downtown. I previously featured a couple works in the park itself: a metal sculpture by Mick Reber and a bronze of two miners. Everything in this post... Continue Reading →
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