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Final Post - My Stay in Wayensville and Visit to Lake Junaluska

October 29, 2023 - We made it! This is the last post of my epic 2023 fall foliage trip. Here is the link to all of the photos from my trip.
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Cataloochee Valley - Great Smoky Mountains

October 29, 2023 - My final day started with an early morning at Cataloochee Valley. I've been here a few times over the years and it never...
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Blueridge Parkway Scenic Overlooks & Waterrock Knob Trail Hike

October 29, 2023 - One of the things I do when planning my itinerary, is to create a loop in order to end up back at the hotel at the end o...
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8 Waterfalls in 3 Days!

October 27, 2023 - I must say, I'm pretty proud of myself! I mostly stuck to my itinerary, but I did avoid going north to Clingman's Dome a...
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Pretty Place Chapel Sunrise (Fred W. Symmes Chapel at YMCA Camp Greenville)

October 25, 2023 - Although my base camp was in Waynesville, I had enough points to stay 1 free night closer to SC to do sunrise at Pretty...
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Biltmore Estate (all cell phone photos)

October 22, 2023 - To start my fall vacation, I woke at 2:30 am to get to the airport for a 6:30 am flight. Recently got TSA Pre ✔️ and sti...
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Fall 2023 - A Few Days in the Western NC Mountains

October 22, 2023 - Happy fall! I’m going to start off this first blog post with a little disclaimer of sorts. Photography is and has always...
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New Hampshire and Maine Fall Trip 2022 - Bar Harbor, Acadia National Park & Lighthouses

October 10, 2022 - After driving the Kancamagus Highway and stopping at the Rocky Gorge, we continued our 5 hour drive into Maine. About 3...
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New Hampshire and Maine Fall Trip 2022 - Covered Bridges

October 10, 2022 - When I do my fall trips, I spend months planning my routes and what there is to see and do along the way. My daughter, o...
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New Hampshire and Maine Fall Trip 2022 - Day 1 and 2 White Mountains

October 09, 2022 - My daughter and I just returned from a week long trip to New Hampshire and Maine. We had spectacular weather and plenty...
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November Sunrise at Deering

November 14, 2021 - After getting only 5 hours of sleep last night, I somehow got myself up to go shoot the sunrise at the Deering Estate. I...
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Fall in the Smoky Mountains 2019

December 07, 2019 - Well hello strangers! It is very hard to believe that the last time I shared any photos or a blog post was way back in M...
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NYC Day Tour, Dinner and a Broadway Show - FINAL POST

November 03, 2017 - Well, we've come to the last day of my fall vacation and the final blog post for the trip! With limited time in the cit...
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NYC Here We Come! - Post 7

November 02, 2017 - On Day 5 of our fall trip, we boarded an Amtrak train at 10:05 am in Harrisburg, PA and headed to Penn Station in NYC! T...
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The Survivor Tree - Post 6

November 01, 2017 - I'm skipping ahead for this next post, only because I just received this picture and it has a special story. On our 2nd...
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Kinzua Bridge & Leonard Harrison Sate Parks - Post 5

November 01, 2017 - Continuing on our giant day 4 driving loop, we continued north. After the Hassenplug Covered Bridge, we drove a little o...
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Three Covered Bridges - Post 4

October 31, 2017 - Skipping right over our Saturday at Hersheypark (day 3 in PA), our last full day in PA was on Sunday and we headed north...
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Pennsylvania State Capitol and Downtown Harrisburg - Post 3

October 30, 2017 - After returning from lunch in Frederick, Maryland, we went to downtown Harrisburg and visited the State Capitol. The Pen...
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Gettysburg National Park - Post 2

October 29, 2017 - The first thing we did on the second day of our trip was Gettysburg National Park. I was there once before, but it was K...
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Pennsylvania & New York City Fall Trip 2017 - Post 1

October 29, 2017 - My daughter and I just returned from a 6 day fall trip to Pennsylvania and New York City. Originally, our trip consisted...
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Fall in the Smokies - Day 4

October 27, 2016 - Here we are...it's our 4th and final day. Today our itinerary took us on a giant loop through North Carolina to see 5 wa...
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Fall in the Smokies - Day 3

October 26, 2016 - It's Cades Cove day! I so wish my daughter had been feeling better. We left the hotel at 5:45 am to get to the cove befo...
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Fall in the Smokies - Day 2

October 25, 2016 - Day 2 started early at Emerts Cove Covered Bridge. The bridge is located just outside of Gatlinburg and across from the...
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Fall in the Smokies - Day 1

October 24, 2016 - Well, another fall trip is in the books. If you remember, I made this trip alone last year. Well, this year my daughter...
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Fall in the Smokies Part 5 - NC Waterfalls & Bryson City Deep Creek Hike

October 29, 2015 - It is now the last part of my final day for this fall trip. I finally made it over to Highlands, NC sometime early Frida...
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Fall in the Smokies Part 4 - Sunrise at Oconaluftee Overlook, Elk Herd and Newfound Gap Road

October 28, 2015 - My final day in the Smoky Mountains started with a sunrise at Oconaluftee Overlook. It was totally unplanned, as I was h...
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Fall in the Smokies Part 3 - Tremont & Morton Overlook

October 27, 2015 - So it is still Day 2 and I have now headed from Cades Cove over to the Tremont area of the park. The T remon t Institute...
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Fall in the Smokies Part 2 - Cades Cove

October 27, 2015 - Cades Cove is so special to me that it deserves its own post. Part of the reason that it's my most favorite part of the...
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Fall in the Smokies Part 1 - Greenbrier, Emert Cove Bridge, Roaring Fork & Clingmans Dome

October 26, 2015 - I just spent 3 glorious fall days in the Smoky Mountains! My rental car took me nearly 500 miles seeing the sites. The w...
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Fall in the Smoky Mountains...Unplugged

October 28, 2014 - Unplugged? Yes, unplugged. A few days before my fall trip, I had installed the latest update to my one month old iPhone...
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Kaley's View of the Smoky Mountains

November 05, 2013 - Well, Kaley had so many terrific photos from our Smoky Mountains Fall trip, that I created a special gallery just for he...
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Fall in the Great Smoky Mountains

October 29, 2013 - As many of you already know, Kaley and I spent 4 days in Gatlinburg, Tennessee this past weekend. During the day our wea...
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Fall in Virginia Part 3 - Fall Color Tour

October 27, 2012 - The last full day in Virginia was spent driving around Loudoun County, where the annual Fall Color Tour was taking place...
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Fall in Virginia Part 2 - Humpback Bridge & Falling Spring Falls

October 27, 2012 - On day 2 we set out to find Virginia's oldest covered bridge! Those of you who follow my photography, know my passion fo...
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Fall in Virginia Part 1 - Plantations

October 26, 2012 - As many of you already know, I recently spent a long weekend up in Ashburn, VA visiting my Aunt Debbie. I arrived on a T...
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Virginia Fall Weekend Getaway

October 29, 2011 - No, I didn’t take my usual fall trip this year. No, I didn’t drive the usual hundreds of miles or hike thousands of feet...
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Fall Reminiscing

September 16, 2011 - I don’t typically go back in time and re-post images from past trips. However, I’m not doing my “typical ” fall trip thi...
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Maine & Boston Fall Trip 2010

October 18, 2010 - One thousand two hundred and forty miles! What a way to start the story. Kristin and I just returned from 6 wonderful da...
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Olympic Peninsula Fall Trip 2009

October 15, 2009 - LINK TO PHOTO GALLERIES Kristin and I had an amazing time in Washington and Canada. The Olympic Peninsula is somethin...
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