23 June 2012
Walking to the mailbox
Posted by Callan Bentley
It’s a mile downhill from our new place to the mailbox on Fort Valley Road. It’s a nice little walk that my wife and I do. A neighbor has a mowed path along the edges of his property, and sometimes we take that route back up the hill. It allows my wife to visit with some horses along the way – she often brings them apples, so they really like seeing us approach. Here’s the view we saw on the summer solstice earlier this week as we emerged from the woods on the way downhill (click to enlarge):
View is to the northwest; morning light coming in from the east. Through Mud Hole Gap at center left in the distance, you can get a foggy peek into the Little Fort Valley.
Callan Bentley is Associate Professor of Geology at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. For his work on this blog, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers recognized him with the James Shea Award. He has also won the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council on Higher Education in Virginia, and the Biggs Award for Excellence in Geoscience Teaching from the Geoscience Education Division of the Geological Society of America. In previous years, Callan served as a contributing editor at EARTH magazine, President of the Geological Society of Washington and President the Geo2YC division of NAGT.