The Basin, Franconia Notch - The Basin is a 20-foot-wide (some say 30 feet), 15 feet deep, glacial pothole along the Pemigewasset River in Franconia Notch, New Hampshire. It was formed by melting glaciers at the end of the last ice age; the combination of the melting glacier water and swirling sand and stones eroded and smoothed the bedrock. Nineteenth-century writers, such as Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), were fascinated with this natural wonder...[Continue reading] ...

Cable Car, Wilderness Trail - During the mid-1900s, the Wilderness Trail in New Hampshire's Pemigewasset Wilderness began on the southern side of trestle No. 17, along the East Branch & Lincoln Railroad, near logging Camp 17. The Cedar Brook Branch of the railroad also began at this location. With the exception of the Cedar Brook Branch operation, which ended in 1946, the railroad track along the Upper East Branch of the railroad, above trestle No. 17, was removed by 1940...[Continue ...

2022 Year in Review, White Mountains - Wow, another year is almost in the books; when you are constantly busy, the years just seem to fly by. Like most years, around this time, I don’t have much to say, and like many of you, I am ready for the new year. It's been a long, roller-coaster year. Included here are a few of my favorite photos from 2022....[Continue reading] ...

East Branch of the Pemigewasset River, New Hampshire - Like most photographers, I have a long list of locations in the White Mountains I return to over and over to create imagery. One of my favorite locations is along the 15 mile +/- East Branch of the Pemigewasset River in Lincoln, New Hampshire. The East Branch of the Pemi begins deep in the Pemigewasset Wilderness in the area of Stillwater Junction. I find this river fascinating and love exploring it!...[Continue ...

August 2011, Tropical Storm Irene - From 6PM Saturday August 27, 2011 through midnight Monday August 29, 2011 the White Mountain National Forest was closed because of Tropical Storm Irene. This tropical storm caused massive damage along the East Coast of the United States and the White Mountain National Forest was officially closed during the storm....[Continue reading] ...