St. Mary’s falls

Well we made it home in time to prep for hurricane Irma.  The boats are all tide down and all the outdoor furniture is put away.  We left the island yesterday and we are in Greensboro waiting out the storm.  Hope for the best.  I hope to have time to edit the pics this week…

We have been rained out for the last two days.  Yesterday we spent some time in Waynesville.  It is a nice downtown with a number of restaurants and plenty of places to get something for the mantel.  Today we drove all the way to the trail thinking that it would stop raining at any moment. …

We stuck close to home today and we hiked the Cataloochee Divide trail.  This is a trail that runs on the Cataloochee Divide which is the eastern boundry for the Smokey Mountian Park.  The Trail head is only about 1.5 miles up the mountian from the cabin as the crow flies, however it is 8…

Well we have been stuck on the train about two hours from Portland in Rosevelt WA. Due to a broken track. We had our first night in a sleeper car last night. It was a lot better than slleping in a coach seat. We had a great time in Glacier Park. The Road to the…

Today we headed south on the Blue Ridge Parkway.  Wow very nice.  We went to an area in the Great Smokey Mountain Park called Smokemont.  We hiked the Tow String Trial.  It was not a difficult day, 4.7 miles and 725 ft of elevation.  However it was a horse trail and it rained a few…

Another great day on the train.  We are just entering Calorado.  We are following the river and the sceenary has been spectacular.  I will have a lot of new pics in the train section of the gallery later.