Garden Of The Gods : A State Park

Masked behind the aging oak trees covered in moss, and past the emerald waters of the panhandle, stands a white mansion that reveals the history of the local of Point Washington area. A large, white, almost plantation-style home is the focal point of Eden Gardens State Park, and a symbol of the legacy of the family. Large centuries-old oak trees embellish the land surrounding the house, making it a pivotal icon of the nature left untouched. The house itself contains hundreds of years of memories, and the land that occupies the area encompasses an even larger spectrum of Florida history. Once the site of a family lumber mill business in the late 1880’s, today it stands unnoticed as a legacy in the South Walton area of Florida.

My high school used to have a camping trip to the place called big bend national park; that was a memorable journey.We used to hike over there; we spent like two or three hours to attend the highest mountain of big bend national park; you can't imagine how was the beautiful view, it was like you are standing the highest point of this national park, you can see everything you want see of this national park, there don't have anything can impede your sight line, you can see those river as very clearly, and the river is like endless, it keep extend over and over, there also have some cliff, those cliff may have different shape, they cover all the

The Grand Canyon is one of the greatest natural creations our planet has to offer. Have you ever been mesmerized by the giant cliffs, massive ridges, or the wide array of beautiful colors? If you answered yes, this paper is just for you! After reading this, you will be well educated about the Grand Canyon.

Corn, potatoes, tomatoes, these are all foods that are located and purchased from our local grocery stores on a daily basis but what we don’t know when we purchase these foods is if it’s just a regular vegetable or a genetically modified frankenfood. In “Playing God in the Garden” by Michael Pollan, Pollan heavily researches genetically altered food more specifically genetically modified potatoes. He focuses on what it is how it's grown what the F.D.A thinks of it, how it looks and compares and contrast it too other non-genetically modified potatoes. Pollan was growing his own genetically modified potatoes while researching the subject and at the end of his essay after doing all the research he decided against eating his genetically modified

The Monkey Garden by Sandra Cisneros tells the story of a young girl’s loss of childhood innocence. The story is narrated by a mature woman remembering her initiation into adolescence through the images and events that occurred in an unused neighborhood lot. She is not ready to mature into adolescence and uses her imagination to transform the lot into a fantasy garden--a place where she can hide from the adult world.

From Trajan’s Column, completed in 113 AD, to the statue of Christopher Columbus in Easton, Pennsylvania, monuments and memorials have been a significant element of celebration and honor throughout history (Source B). Though monuments are typically meant as a symbol of honor, recent controversy over statues dedicated to Confederate leaders and generals has sparked the debate over how to choose subjects to memorialize, and the actual development of these memorials. When considering what or who to honor, one must also consider the subjects impact on history, ensuring that it is positive. In creating memorials and monuments, groups and agencies should examine the historical significance of the events or persons they wish to memorialize, and the

An inspirational sight for holiday travelers, they'll be awesomely impressed with the prominent craggy peaks towering like signposts to Heaven far above the immediate surrounding terrain. Open forest areas with wide walking tracks and panoramic views from lookout

Mesa Verde National Park on the Colorado Plateau contains many geological aspects of interest, including its sedimentary rock layers, its canyons, its alcoves utilized by ancient people and how these alcoves were formed. Mesa Verde National Park is located in the southwest corner of Colorado, close to the Four Corners area, on top of a high mesa overlooking the Mancos River (Harris et al. 2004). The park, covering 81 square miles, consists of several main sedimentary formations that are characteristic to the park (Encyclopedia Britannica 2015). Canyons are carved into the sedimentary rock, with the cave dwellings found high on their steep walls. These dwellings are an especially unique aspect to the Mesa Verde National Park, and are built out of large alcoves. The alcoves were produced by weathering and erosion of the sedimentary rock type. To better understand how these alcoves formed, we must understand the geology of Mesa Verde National Park and how it has developed over history.

The staff at Red Rock had provided cute rock stair steps on some part of the trail as well as a wooden bridge next to a small creek. On this wooden bridge there were small plaques that gave information about the plants, animals, and area around you. They were very easy to read, understand and well maintained. It is the perfect outdoor school trip for young kids to explore, learn, and exercise. Now that I am older, I go on the more difficult hikes that include free hand rock climbing. One of these trails is called “Calico I.” This trail includes a lot of free exploration. It starts off with a steep dirt trail going down to the base of the rocks where you choose your path. There are no real trails once you have reached the rocks but you follow your feet and look for the path that leads up, around, or maybe even under the rocks. It is almost like a video game where it is easy to crawl and jump around at first at the smaller rocks, but as you get higher, the larger rocks come into play. It becomes harder to find foot holds and places to grab and climb up. Some parts require the team work of 5 people to just to get

The Colorado National Monument Association was founded in 1964 and is a non-profit organization who operates the recreation and tourism mecca of the Western slope. The whole park consisting of the two fee collecting booths and the visitor center/ book store is ran by a whopping thirteen people including three employees and ten volunteers. These thirteen people receive roughly seven hundred and twenty thousand people each year. All these people visit the park for numerous reasons. Locals visit the park to often recreate by means of hiking and biking or to show their family our beautiful national monument. Schools in the valley from elementary to college visit the monument to have fun while learning about the geology and wild life of our local

Located in the southwestern part of Colorado, Mesa Verde National Park was the home of Ancestral Puebloans from AD 600 to 1300. Located within the park are thousands of archaeological sites and hundreds of cliff dwellings. Whether you have half of a day or a week at the park, there are many opportunities to see not only the cliff homes that were built so long ago, but also to enjoying some truly amazing geographically features in and around the park. When the Ancestral Pueblo first inhabited this area, they lived on the mesa tops, close to their farmlands, but during the 1190s, they “began living in pueblos they built beneath the overhanging cliffs” (Cliff Dwelling). Numerous cliff dwellings have their own names and can be visited while at the park, along with hiking, and sites on the top of the mesas.

On the south rim of the Grand Canyon there is many different points to stop at. The one that stood out the most was the Desert View Watchtower, or as I call it “The Castle”. The watchtower is four stories high, and you are to climb 85 steps to get up to the top.  When you make your way to the top you see these beautiful pictures a Hopi artist drew on to the walls of the tower. Climbing those narrow staircases up to the top you get this breath-taking view when you finally get there. Looking out at the Grand Canyon you get to see the Colorado River and its beauty, the millions of years of rock erosion that once used to be covered in water, and the little greenery that lines the top of the Canyon. As I was there and looking out at the canyon I

I am going to Arches National Park for my summer vacation. I know that the location of Arches National Park is located in Grand County, Utah. President Herbert Hoover officially in April 12, 1929. Arches got its name by containing over 2,000 arches. This national park has over a 10,000 years of history. I heard that a lot of people go to this national park for the wonderful trails that they can hike on, see all of the beautiful views, and spent some time with their friends and families.

I found myself five miles outside of Zion National Park in Utah early last summer. Pure energy coursed through my veins at 5:30am to hit the trail as I shook my dad awake. I fantasized of sitting on the top of the landing and looking down at the valley distant and peaceful below. The knife’s edge ridge stands nearly 1,500 feet above the valley, only accessible via miles of trail and dozens of switchbacks. Sandstone rock crawls up both sides and suddenly creates a narrow top, to which only the bravest travellers to this Mormon “place of peace” may tread.

Audience Hook: Increasing community gardens and green spaces in urban areas can help decrease crime in some neighborhoods, revitalize neglected industrial areas and create healthy, livable neighborhoods (Kuo & Sullivan, 2001). Increasing trees in urban areas has been shown to lower asthma rates in resident