Set 2 of Rocks Photographs ---
Bob Jensen at Trinity University
Normally in February I would be featuring photographs of snow and ice.
But the Winter of 2016 has been so mild thus far I must dig deeper into my
collection of photographs.
It's especially appropriate in New Hampshire to feature rock and stone since New
Hampshire is known as The Granite State
This is from Set 2 of my rock photographs
The cap of Mt. Lafayette that we see from our living room is solid rock that
endured through millions of years
It often has its summit above the clouds
This is a view of Lafayette from the pond garden on
the north side of our cottage
The Appalachian Trail runs along Lafayette's summit
on onwards toward Mt. Washington in these White Mountains
At higher elevations where the trees disappear the
trail is marked by large piles of stones
Sometimes the trail itself requires scampering over rocks
Hike the 2,000-mile trail that most people never finish ---
http://www.businessinsider.com/appalachian-trail-facts
New Hampshire is especially known for the rock
fences that outline farm fields
These rocks were mostly picked up and carried to the edges of the clearings
Sometimes they are dug from ledge beneath the surface
Slate is often preferred because it splits into flat stones that are easily
stacked
Dorthy is an amazing single mom in these White
Mountains
She has a summer landscaping business in the summer and a pinting and wall
papering business in the winter
She's done both types of jobs at at our cottage as well as being a dear friend
Her specialty is building stone walls for which she has a helper named Jeff
Jeff is actually an engineer who loves to build stone walls
Over the past two summers Dorothy and Jeff built
thousands of feet of stone walls around a farm rescently purchased by a wealthy
man
Most of the rock for all these particular fences was
excavated from ledge beneath the surface
Dorothy built this flat table arrangement from
excavated slate
Most of the White Mountain Rivers in the White
Mountains are strewn with rocks
Here's the Saco River in Crawford Notch
These are some other photographs from Cawford Notch
New Hampshire Missing Places: Ben
Franklin Profile Rock ---
http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2007/01/25/new-hampshire-missing-places-ben-franklin-profile-rock/
Thank you Wes Lavin for the heads up.
Rock Fences in New Hampshire ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/RockFences/RockFenceBeneathFoxRidge/FoxRidgeRockFence.htm
Mountains
Set 1 --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/Mountains/Set01/MountainsSet01.htm
Set 2 --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/Mountains/Set02/MountainsSet02.htm
This set includes White Mountain hiking trail photographsPhotographs of the Mittersill Alpine Resort, New Hampshire ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/Hotels/Mittersill/Mittersill.htmBob Jensen's photographs from the tram and along the rim trail atop Cannon Mountain
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/HikingTrails/Set01/HikingTrailsSet01.htmBob Jensen's Favorite Pictures of Mt. Lafayette 10 Miles Distant
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/Mountains/Layfayette01/Lafayette01.htm
With nine pages quoted from Bill Bryson's traumatic climb up Mt. Lafayette
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (Anchor Books, 2007)Photographs of the Scenic Mountain Village of Jackson, New Hampshire ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/Hotels/Jackson/Jackson01.htmHistory of The White Mountains --- Set 01
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/Mountains/HistoryWhiteMountains/01/HistoryWhiteMoutains01.htmHistory of The White Mountains --- Set 02
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/Mountains/HistoryWhiteMountains/02/HistoryWhiteMoutains02.htmHistory of The White Mountains --- Set 03 (Franconia Notch)
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/Mountains/HistoryWhiteMountains/03/WhiteMountains03-FranconiaNotch.htmHistory of The White Mountains --- Set 04 (Crawford Notch)
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/Mountains/HistoryWhiteMountains/04/WhiteMountains04-CrawfordNotch.htmHistory of The White Mountains --- Set 05 (Pinkham Notch)
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/Mountains/HistoryWhiteMountains/05/WhiteMountains05-PinkhamNotch.htmHistory of The White Mountains --- Set 06 (Kinsman Notch)
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/Mountains/HistoryWhiteMountains/06/WhiteMountains06-Kinsman.htm
Bob Jensen's Photographs of Lake Champlain --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/Lakes/Set02/LakesSet02.htm
Bob Jensen's Photographs of Moosehead Lake --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/Lakes/Set03/LakesSet03.htm
Bob Jensen's Photographs of Maine --- www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/States/Maine/Set01/Maine01.htm
Bob Jensen's Photographs of Vermont --- www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/States/Vermont/Set01/Vermont01.htm
Lakes in New Hampshire --- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakes_in_New_Hampshire
Oceans in My Life (Including My Navy Days)
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Tidbits/Ocean/Set01/OceanSet01.htm
More of Bob Jensen's Pictures and
Stories
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Pictures.htm
On May 14,
2006 I retired from
Trinity University after a long and
wonderful career as an accounting professor in four universities. I was
generously granted "Emeritus" status by the Trustees of Trinity University. My
wife and I now live in a cottage in the White Mountains of New Hampshire ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/NHcottage/NHcottage.htm
Bob
Jensen's Blogs ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/JensenBlogs.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called New
Bookmarks ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookurl.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called
Tidbits ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/TidbitsDirectory.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called
Fraud Updates ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudUpdates.htm
Bob Jensen's past presentations and lectures
---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/resume.htm#Presentations
Our
address is 190 Sunset Hill Road, Sugar Hill, New Hampshire
Our cottage was known as the Brayton Cottage in the early 1900s
Sunset Hill is a ridge overlooking with
New Hampshire's White Mountains to the East
and Vermont's
Green Mountains to the West
Bob Jensen's Threads --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/threads.htm
Bob Jensen's Home Page --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/