12-6-2015 What is it called when the mountains smoke dew? It funnels upward rapidly in heavy concentration condensation. The Appalachian mountain range smokes of a smell that does not endanger the plant, wild life or humans that live or are visiting in the area. Appalachian Mountains are not the mountains constantly holding snow caps all year long. If you travel the Chesapeake and Ohio canal (C&O canal) along the Potomac River taking the toe path traveled by hikers and bikers camping out you’ll experience 90% of the time in the morning the best examples in science by natural nature, not of renovation, God preservation of thermal heat reaction between the earth and sun with a body of water. It is evaporation not commonly seen with your eyes. Most often it’s an unnoticeable exchange that elevates encircles that has results of heavy rain clouds. Outside Harpers Ferry and Shepherd, WV the visual sight is very prominent and noticeable visually that it billows in funnels going in an upward sweep. The chimney mast never accumulates the soot that needs to be cleaned. Santa’s chimney is the surrounding trees that hold it shape so that the movement of the funnels of dew has a smoking effect in an upward sweep natural by God’s hands. The right kind of smoke of H2O clear clean science. Amazing! As west of the state of West Virginia, a native of Illinois the examples are of fog without noticeable separation the thermal is noticed only in the clouds of the atmosphere and not from the ground to the sky atmosphere in an outside observation- from a distance with a perception usually seen on a TV screen but not in present noticeable.

 

Of Holiday tradition the December smokes with dew that has been not been collecting the powdered frozen flakes of snow for the traveler on a bike or a hiker. They will notice the landscape is beautifully decorated with autumns fall colors in addition to God’s science example of thermodynamics that take them on an intake of visual stimulation beheld by those that will walk the foot bridges of Harpers Ferry and Shepherd, WV. From the toe path the view, Harpers Ferry, WV is a town put in a 90 degree high top walk with shops held into the mountain on an angle with an over look of the Potomac River and train station below. A stop at ‘Wildflowers Consignment Boutique’ brought about a comfort of warmth in new coat and a couple sweaters that were replaced for the original sweaters may have found themselves somewhere else.

 

North of Harpers Ferry on the toe path about 10 miles, the holiday season arrived in Shepherd’s town with the Civil War Christmas theme at the top of a mountain taken on from a different path. Known for a teacher’s college, Shepherd’s small town intermingled with the campus buildings and life is of coolness of a crisp only in the air to bring about a delightful holiday atmosphere.

 

Service with a smile. Vegetarian egg rolls and wonton soup warmed me from head to toe especially the heart from ‘China Kitchen’. They smell good!

 

Dessert directly across the street, with a donut that brought about the freshness of freshly baked from the ‘Shepherdstown Sweet Shop Bakery’ a taste of a delight of a winning cream (for myself) that keeps the light of cream named rightly as cream filled- not heavy but filling with the taste of a melt to the palate upon taste. In addition to donuts other bakery products are baked.  Around Christmas and Easter holiday’s the German stollen is sold with holiday cheer!

 

Sweetly enticing upon the arriving! The town events filled the days of the holiday that included a holiday bazar inside several buildings. Holiday cheer spread from handmade pottery, to bird houses from ‘Limekiln Rd Wood Works Creations by Robert & Kyle Gallienne’ located in Sharpsburg, MD that included a displayed Noah’s bird house with no waiting for a potential bird in the trees- nice holiday housing. Tweet! Tweet!

 

The Grinch only in character costume arrived one Friday night before the reading of the ‘Night before Christmas’ read out loud boomed through the air. The children this time showed up in the streets displayed of Christmas theme clothing shopping with relatives, friends and visitors that prepared for the holiday.

 

Of travels in renting, buying or repairing bikes for the year round toe path (C&O Canal that also is the bike path) ‘Shepherdstown Pedal & Paddle’ located in just a step up in the middle of the small shops on German Street.

 

If you take the time to look for the holidays within small towns in the Appalachian Mountains, a traveler that looks for something fresh, something different, something you never experienced before or visually seen, consider a trip close to December where you can watch a mountain smoke dew in the morning, arrive in a small educated town full of holiday cheer that looks good, smells good and feels good in life, consider a visit to Harpers Ferry and Shepherds, WV