We left Thursday morning for a road trip among the fall scenery of the national forests and parks in the western North Carolina Mountains. We returned home two days and hundreds of miles later, tired but having had a great time.
We’d purposefully chosen to do most of the trip on weekdays with a goal … Read More
After taking all of the photos from our Europe trip with a Olympus E-P2 or Canon S90, I went out this past weekend to do some photography related to my job using my Nikon D700. The D700 felt more natural in my hands but at the same time really BIG and HEAVY. For carrying on … Read More
First of all, I like flying, I just don’t like the process we have to go through to do it these days. This led me to an early decision I wanted to travel light for our recent vacation/business trip — no Nikon D700 with multiple lens, no Apple MacBook Pro and all with a bag … Read More
It was fun and interesting to visit Amsterdam but I don’t feel I ever need to go back. Perhaps it was the timing of our visit, it was crowded with thousands of young people coming in for weekend partying and there were heavy rain showers much of our time there. In truth, we also spent … Read More
I’m not certain what our initial expectations were of Bucharest, Romania, but what we found during our visit was definitely more then expected. Bonnie and I both reacted similarly to it, both liked it a great deal and felt attractions to the place, to the people and to the lifestyle. It’s hard to define one … Read More
Not only did I bring home wonderful experiences and photos from Europe but I brought some type of “bug” that has been kicking my butt since Sunday night with a sore throat, cough, and perhaps a low grade fever. The worse is I can’t sleep well with my head stuffed up, making it harder to … Read More
This will be my last post while on this journey. We begin our flight home tomorrow, Sunday, morning.
We arrived in Amsterdam early enough yesterday, Friday, to have much of the day to explore the city under fair weather, which is good because they are calling for rain today, Saturday.
The city is crowded with … Read More
A quick post. Awoke early this morning to capture a sunrise over Bucharest, Romania, and while there also shot this and other photos of the city from the 18 floor of our hotel.
The iPad posting workflow is working better than I imagined it would so I’m posting more often then initially planned…plus today I … Read More
As with most trips to interesting places there’s so much to do and see and so little time for it all. Plus, I still seem to be making up for sleep I lost on the flight over to Munich, Germany. I actually napped for a couple of hours yesterday afternoon for the first time in … Read More
I’m giving the Blogsy App a try on my iPad for doing blog posts while traveling…different often seems hard, because it is not the familiar, and can be initially judged bad because it is hard, so I’m trying to keep my mind open on this method/means.
An 11 hour over-night flight with no sleep, miles … Read More
I’ll be mostly off the grid for a couple of weeks. I may manage to follow some of my favorite blogs and add a comment once in a while but posts here may be few and far between.
If you can’t bring the mill to the water you have to bring the water to the mill and that’s just what this early mill race does. It channels water from an uphill source down to a mill eventually driving a waterwheel. The cross members along the top keep the side boards vertical under the … Read More
I’ve worked in IT support and management a long time, and often its involved working remotely from home doing everything from user support, application installation/upgrades, programming and web design. Even recently, working part-time for a non-profit organization, it’s often from home I offer support or work on projects. In addition, my wife sometimes works from … Read More
The Mabry Mill was originally built about 1910 by Edwin B. Mabry who operated the mill with his wife until 1936. It was restored in 1945 by the National Park Service and is today the most photographed feature on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Mill is located in Virginia and seldom do you find it … Read More
This past Saturday was a blustery day with winds from the outer edge of Hurricane Irene, but Sunday was a beautiful day of clear skies and mild temperatures. A beautiful day that begged to be enjoyed touring on the on the Blue Ridge Parkway in the mountains of Virginia and North Carolina. We had a … Read More
