Last weekend as the latest winter storm was waning, we went to the visitors' center at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. The visitors' center is free and educational. We wanted to study up on the Revolutionary War in anticipation of this weekend's reenactment. Dutifully, the park employees had cleared the sidewalks of snow and ice. As we were leaving, and the sun was setting, we were struck by how much the mounds of snow had the translucency of a glacier. Glaciers form where snow accumulates and due to its weight, melting, and sublimates,* crevasses and interesting contours form. The longer we looked at the mini- glacier, the more we felt more like we were at Glacier National Park in Montana than at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park in Greensboro. The only thing that would have made this little exercise in imagination more spectacular would have been to have had a group of Kindergarterners to share the magic with us!
Let's hope the mini-glaciers go the way of Frosty the Snowman for a good ten months and that the weather is warm and dry this weekend for the reenacters, who will be coming from all over the United States. However, the troops and military units will descend upon Greensboro this weekend and reenact, regardless of weather. While General Cornwalis and his men will defeat General Greene's troops, as they do every year, the weekend will be fun, educational, and FREE!
*learn more here... submimate; glacier; reenactment weekend.
Fabulous image!
Posted by: JM | Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 01:02 PM
Terrific shot!
I'd be inclined to want to see the battlefield.
Posted by: William Kendall | Friday, March 14, 2014 at 11:22 AM