Written in Stone But not the Smiley’s Lake

But not the Smiley’s Lake Mohonk Mountain House

“see” an ancient Manhattan high and dry with the Atlantic shoreline 100 miles to the southeast

the Lower Esopus flows through steep gorges

Fascinated

as I tuck you in for sleep

Written in Stone But not the Smiley’s LakeBy Chet Raymo and Maureen E. Raymo In vivid, non technical prose, Written in Stone traces the geological changes in the American northeast since the continent perched on the equator and dinosaurs were young. Grand events unfold as continents collide, oceans disappear, mountain ranges rise and fall, and mass extinctions decimate entire species. The events are grand, but the features of the landscape created by these events are as familiar as the hill