After four days of rain, the water was high, brown, and running fast.

Don’t forget to go to the Three Views page to see the same views in from earlier this year.  The month-to-month changes are dramatic.  I expect they’ll be less so as summer arrives.

June 6, 2015 
67 F at 8:30 am; high overcast

8:39 am EDT  18mm  f/8.0  1/200sec  ISO 200

Billy Goat B trail, east end, looking southeast across a narrow channel toward Vaso Island

9:23 am EDT  18mm  f/8.0  1/200 sec  ISO 200

Billy Goat B, mid-way between trailheads, looking upstream (more or less northwest) with Hermit Island on the left.

10:04 am EDT  18mm  f/8.0  1/640 sec  ISO 200

boat launch ramp near Old Angers Inn, looking downstream and more or less south

The weather is finally getting warmer and the soft springtime green of new leaves is everywhere.  The river is running high, not quite flood stage, but close.

Don’t forget to go to the Three Views page to see the same views over the past four months.  The progression is nifty.

April 29, 2015 
49 degrees F (later 70), perfectly clear

7:57 am EDT  18mm  f/9.0  1/200sec  ISO 200

Billy Goat B trail, east end, looking southeast across a narrow channel toward Vaso Island

8:46 am EDT  18mm  f/8.0  1/6400 sec  ISO 200

Billy Goat B, mid-way between trailheads, looking upstream (more or less northwest) with Hermit Island on the left.

9:40 am EDT  18mm  f/8.0  1/6400 sec  ISO 200

boat launch ramp near Old Angers Inn, looking downstream and more or less south

What a difference a month makes!  Note the buds on the overhanging trees: Acer negundo (I think) in the first photo, and Acer rubrum (I think) in the third photo.  And of course, the snow and ice are gone.

Go to the Three Views page to compare with the scenes in February, January, and December.

April 1, 2015 
48 degrees F, clear

11:00 am EDT  18mm  f/10.0  1/160sec  ISO 200

Billy Goat B trail, east end, looking southeast across a narrow channel toward Vaso Island

12:01pm EDT  20mm  f/10  1/250 sec  ISO 200

Billy Goat B, mid-way between trailheads, looking upstream (more or less northwest) with Hermit Island on the left.

1:27pm EDT  18mm  f/8.0  1/250 sec  ISO 200

boat launch ramp near Old Angers Inn, looking downstream and more or less south

This February has been one of the coldest on record, with temperatures in the DC region about 5 degrees F below average.  It’s been snowing more often, too, but without much accumulation.  Makes for some pretty pictures.

Don’t forget to go to the Three Views page to see the same views in January and December.

February 27, 2015 
30 degrees F, mostly clear

12:33 pm EST  18mm  f/10.0  1/200sec  ISO 100

Billy Goat B trail, east end, looking southeast across a narrow channel toward Vaso Island

1:01pm EST  18mm  f/8.0  1/250 sec  ISO 100

Billy Goat B, mid-way between trailheads, looking upstream (more or less northwest) with Hermit Island on the left.

1:54pm EST  18mm  f/8.0  1/250 sec  ISO 100

boat launch ramp near Old Angers Inn, looking downstream and more or less south