We just returned from two weeks in Minnesota. Most of the time was spent in the northern part of the state where there are a lot of lakes and a lot of corn and grain fields. I didn’t do too much photography on this trip, but did take a few […]
Tag: travel
Oldies, but goodies
The photos tonight are from my first trip to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park as a photographer. This was 6 years and 2 cameras ago. I spent about a week there on my first trip and had a little more time to explore and look for wildlife than we […]
Asheville Hot Air Balloons
Since I have been revisiting our trip to the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Smokies I figured it was time for a couple more shots from our hot air balloon trip. One of the main things that I was trying to do in most of my photos during the flight […]
Castaway Cay Waterslide and Heads Up Bar
Castaway Cay is Disney’s private island that it’s Caribbean cruises stop at. There was a lot of stuff to do there. Of course it is all decorated in the very detailed Disney style. The waterslide was pretty cool looking although we did not get time to do that. The Heads […]
Smoky Mountains Historic Cabins
I figured it was time for a little break from the Disney Christmas pictures so I’m putting up a few from our trip to the Smokies last fall. One of the best subjects for photography in the Smokies are the historic cabins. There are a lot of different angles to […]
Hot Air Balloon Launch Site and Balloons Inflating
While waiting for the decision on if we would be able to take off for our hot air balloon ride I took a few pictures around the area. The two main things that caught my eye were the barn that I have already posted a picture of and this interesting […]
Fall in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
We timed our trip this year to try to catch the fall colors in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway. Although it had been windy and that had taken down a lot of leaves we still found a lot of spots with good color. The carpet […]
Asheville Hot Air Balloons
One of the most fun things that we did on our recent vacation was a hot air balloon ride with Asheville Hot Air Balloons. At first it was a little questionable on whether we were going to get to go, but after waiting for a little while they decided that […]
Birds in Africa
The two shots tonight go back a few years when I was on a trip in Africa with my sister who had just finished her two year stint in the Peace Corps. The first shot is a pair of White Storks that were nesting on a wall in Marrakesh, Morocco. […]
Great Smoky Mountain National Park Architecture
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is known for its scenery, but it also has a lot of historic and beautiful architecture. The first shot is an old barn in Cades Cove at the Tipton Place. This style of barn is called a cantilever barn. They have a cantilever, or overhang, […]