James Baughn was the webmaster of seMissourian.com and its sister newspapers for 20 years. On the side, he maintained even more sites, including Bridgehunter.com, LandmarkHunter.com, TheCapeRock.com, and Humorix. Baughn passed away in 2020 while doing one of the things he loved most: hiking in Southeast Missouri. Here is an archive of his writing about hiking and nature in our area.

Blog without words: Icicles at Cove Hollow Trail near Pomona, Illinois

Posted Thursday, December 23, 2010, at 10:16 AM

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Hey James, I don't see directions to this place. I may want to take my kids there soon. My camera needs something to shoot.

Dan

-- Posted by Daniel Buckenmyer on Thu, Dec 23, 2010, at 11:08 AM
Dan,

You can find the directions here:

http://www.semissourian.com/blogs/pavementends/entry/34279

This trail is just a few miles from Pomona Natural Bridge.

-- Posted by James Baughn on Thu, Dec 23, 2010, at 11:18 AM
When I was a student at Ohio University, I lived in a four-story dorm. Some of the more creative guys would "grow" icicles by hanging wire out the window and letting water drip down it.

They were told to knock it off when the dorm admin envisioned some passerby being skewered by a two-story icicle weighing several hundred pounds.

Darned spoilsports.

-- Posted by ksteinhoff on Fri, Dec 24, 2010, at 9:04 AM

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