Restoration and Sunset Sat. Aug. 22, 2015

 

 

Saturday August 22, 2015

Restoration and Sunset

Opferkessel Teams With Life

 

The local who has been selling home made ginger ale has expanded his menu to include delicious peach smoothies

The NPS and partners (hopefully including you) have been trying to protect the fragile and unique micro-ecosystem found on Old Rag's summit these next two pictures document some areas behind the ropes that are showing remarkable progress from five years ago!

You need to be careful when skywalking.  ;-)

Late August and the sunflowers tell us Fall can not be far away.

 

This Opferkessel is teaming with life.      For more information on Old Rag erosion features check out this blog:    

 

http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2014/06/17/weathering-old-rag-mountain-2-opferkessel/