Friday morning I slept in a bit then set out with the camera for a couple of hours. It was fairly overcast, but there was some nice light coming through the cloudcover from time to time. I went to the flea market in Pigeon Forge, then headed North to Virginia. My first tentative plan was to … More Back home…
OK, so its not really Marc Alaimo Day, but it IS Marc Alaimo’s birthday and as he is my favorite villain from Star Trek, he gets a shout-out. Every night since coming down to the Smokies, the weather has been warm enough that I was more likely to kick my blankets off than huddle under them. … More Marc Alaimo Day!
This afternoon, as I paused while photographing a cascading creek to listen to the water, I realized I’d been neglecting to slow down and appreciate just being where I was. Too often I get wrapped up in the idea of making sure I’m taking advantage of every hour of the day; I forget that my … More Plans were made to be broken…
It started down-pouring yesterday afternoon and continued on at a steady pace through the rest of the day and night. I spent the afternoon taking care of things like picking up the accident report from the sheriff’s office and speaking with the car insurance company. Later I did the unthinkable and got a site at … More Soggy to foggy…
These posts are looking a little bland without photographs. But, you’ll have to make do with shoddy cell phone images, assuming I can figure out how to upload them, til I get home and can upload others.
Getting to sleep last night was a pain because the people in the next campsite had thier generator running past 11 pm. If I’m staying up that late, I’d much rather it be because I’m sitting around a campfire chatting with people, not because I’m smothering myself under a pillow trying to block out non-nature … More WiFi Moment.
When camping in Smoky Mountains there’s often this impressive winds that come through during the night. You can hear them coming from miles away, gusting and roaring through the mountains. I imagine if you went up a tree and had good night vision, you could see the tree tops sway all those miles away, the movement rippling … More Waterfalls and cubs and tourists, oh my.
After the previous day’s wanderings I had a destination in mind for sunrise. I reached the spot on the Foothills parkway I had made note of the day before, only to move on to find someplace less obstructed by the trees. I found a great view, but as the sun came up there was too … More Lazy Sunday…