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February 13th 2014 SNOW!!!
Another snow storm!!! Wow, this one was quite a good one. I think I read that it was way back in 1996 since we've had this much snow!! It was very pretty and we really had a blast as you'll see in the pictures here. It was a family snow/play day. I really enjoyed it and it brought back many memories from years gone by playing around in the snow, sledding and having a blast!! Ahhh this just might be cause to go and try to dig out all the pictures taken from back in the day of years/snow days gone by and scan them into the computer to have digitally as well. Check out the gallery, leave a comment, let me know what you think.
Snow was falling in the mountains.... Cades Cove Nov 2013
During the week of Thanksgiving 2013 we had a little dusting/minor accumulation of snow here in the valley. However, I knew (thanks to social medium etc...) that there was a good amount of snow coming down in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Sooo with the upcoming holiday and off from work that Wednesday morning I checked to see if the roads were open and then headed over to Cades Cove to get some winter shots. Sherissa had mentioned a few times in the past about wanting to go when there was snow on the ground/falling. Sooo after a phone call or two, myself, Brent and Sherissa all headed over there to see if we could get any good shots. Here is the gallery of what I was able to capture. I love the mountains as it is so peaceful and beautiful (seems even more so with the winter scene all around). There were few critters stirring during the day. Then we DID stumble upon one of the better bucks I have witnessed in some time. Here's a link to the gallery of shots Sherissa got with quite a few excellent shots of that said buck.
They were moving/running/chasing each other quick and on a mission as the rut was going on (that's the time romance is in the air/mating season for those folks who are not familiar with the jargon). It was a great time but was cold... and time to leave came sooner than I wanted it to. So here's to next time and if you can I'd for sure recommend visiting during the winter.
A Relaxing time on the "Peaceful side of the Smokys" - Wears Valley Oct 2013
Another trip from our fall vacation was to a cabin in Wears Valley for some R&R, ummm, that's rest and relaxing, or Running and romping….??!?? Hehe we did some minor shopping around the area and for sure ate VERY well!!! Hehe had planned to go to the Glades Rd area and shop but instead managed to hang out closer to our cabin and hit the shops around that area. We had a beautiful view of the mountains and most all of the family came with us. My parents even came up for a night as well. That time with family is so much fun and it's important also. In my younger years I never realized how important it is. Umm, did I just call myself old? Hehe Oh yeah HERE is the gallery link in case you can't locate it. Enjoy… and hey there's more galleys to come!! Here's a little hint…. SNOW!!!! Hahahahaha
A Surprise for Amy!!! (Virginia Creeper Trail just to give it away!)
I planned a little weekend getaway at the start of our fall vacation to go to Damascus, VA for a few days and more so to ride the Virginia Creeper trail.
I'd recommend ANYONE who has never been there to make plans and GO DO IT!!! It is a very nice half day or can be an all day ride (not to worry it's ALL downhill… well there are SOME level places but nothing anyone can't handle). I am ready to go back. Wow… it was probably the busiest weekend they've had if not then for sure the second busiest (according the the nice folks at the Bike shuttle/rental place). I took some photos along the way of us and of the scenery. FOr sure worth it and a great family outing as well. I'd like to stay longer next time well, by longer I mean a day or two more. Damascus isn't a vacation town to spend a week. Then again that's all relevant to what you want to do and how disconnected you wanna get I suppose. Here is the gallery to go check out of the many pictures I got along the way. Feel free to look comment and hey let me know if you've been and what your thoughts/experience was on the trail.
New Bern, North Carolina - July vacation!!
Wow! Just to be soooo cliche I'm gonna say this again, like I do every single time. Where does the time go?? Hmm, well it seems to go by so fast and so much to do and just never enough time to do it. Ok, enough of my whining now. Amy and I took a much needed (aren't they ALL?) vacation back in July and went on a little trip to
New Bern, North Carolina. Then over to the Southern Outer Banks. We loved it, and I wanna go back to the Outer Banks sometime, it is just a rather lengthy drive. I even went as far as to post a picture of one of the wild horses on my facebook page when we got back.
Yet, I never did manage to upload the pictures and post any info on the blog here about it. Well, with all this nice warm weather (it's snowing as I type this) I figure now is a great time to go back there and share all this with you folks. Yep, it's supposed to be near 6-8 degrees tonight so these beach shots look rather nice if I say so myself. I'll update info in the pics as I can, but for now here is the gallery for you to check out and enjoy! Here's to that next summer vacation!!!