Category Archives: Travel Photography

Arizona Travels – Part 2

Once we arrived in Tuscon, Arizona it was off to the national park I hadn’t been to since I was a little girl. I didn’t remember much about it other than it was the first time I had ever seen … Continue reading

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Arizona Travels – part 1

The main reason we visited Arizona was to visit family – especially DH’s mom who is still adjusting to life without her DH. We pretty much know our way around parts of the area now (Mesa, Gilbert, Scotsdale, Apace Junction) … Continue reading

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I’ve been…

Busy! Very busy. There was travel to a place that was familiar, a place that I hadn’t been to since I was a child and to a place I’d never been before…but want to go back! And of course, after … Continue reading

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Feathery Friday – Portrait of a Western Gull

These gull are EVERYWHERE along the water in California and aren’t really afraid of people. That’s not to say that they won’t fly away from you if you venture too close but unlike some other birds that will take flight … Continue reading

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Memories

This image of a Cactus Wren was taken November, 2011. We were in Phoenix, Arizona to have Thanksgiving with DH’s family. It was my first family holiday with the new in-laws, and I was anxious…for no reason at all! They … Continue reading

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A brief stop on the Skyline Drive and the Shenandoah National Park

After leaving Mabry Mills in Virginia we got back on the Blue Ridge Parkway and headed for the next national park on our road trip, the Skyline Drive and Shenandoah National Park. By this time I was a bit burned … Continue reading

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Just made it! Mabry Mills

We had one more stop to make on our Blue Ridge Parkway road trip and time was running out on us but as it turned out that was a good thing. After we left the falls we hit the Blue … Continue reading

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Finally the Falls

After the snowy detour that cut into our time on the Blue Ridge Parkway, we finally made it to one of my must see stops – Linville Falls – located off the Blue Ridge Parkway in Marion, North Carolina. Trails … Continue reading

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Picking up where we left off…change in scenery and weather

I hope your holidays were good ones and here’s to 2023 being a kind year to us all! When I last posted we were still on the Blue Ridge Parkway and guess what? We’re STILL on the Blue Ridge Parkway … Continue reading

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Blue Ridge Parkway – I developed a thing about trees

By this time on the drive the views – while still spectacular – were becoming a bit redundant. I mean, mountains and clouds and the trees on the mountains of many colors; a bit similar. So I began to look … Continue reading

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