Eileen's Random Travels

..A Photoblog post of my random travels.

"The purpose of life is to live it,  to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer richer experience." Eleanor Roosevelt.

I am sharing some of my random travel photos, this is not only for my followers but more of a reminder for me and my hubby of where we have been and what we have seen over the years. All good memories for us, I hope you enjoy too.

Hello, I am sharing some scene from around Leavenworth Washington. The whole town is modeled after a Bavarian village.

 I like the Bavarian style architecture.

In the distance, the Cascades Mountains.

The Wenatchee River.

Leavenworth national Fish Hatchery, gorgeous view of the mountains.


I hope you enjoyed! Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day!

" We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone." unknown

Eileen's Random Travels

..A Photoblog post of my random travels.

"The mountain is calling and I must go." John Muir

I am sharing some of my random travel photos, this is not only for my followers but more of a reminder for me and my hubby of where we have been and what we have seen over the years. All good memories for us, I hope you enjoy too.

"Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So..get on your way." Dr Seuss

Guadalupe Peak and mountains, Texas

I hope you enjoyed! Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day!

" We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone." unknown

Eileen's Random Travels

..A Photoblog post of my random travels.

"You do not need magic to disappear, all you need is a destination." unknown

I am sharing some of my random travel photos, this is not only for my followers but more of a reminder for me and my hubby of where we have been and what we have seen over the years. All good memories for us, I hope you enjoy too.

Views of the California Redwood Nat'l Park, Sequoia Nat'l Park, the California coastline.

I hope you enjoyed! Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day!

" We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone." unknown

Tennesse Road trip 2016

 Hello, I am sharing some scenes from our visit to Tennessee Feb 17-20th. It was an action packed trip from sunrise to sunset each day. We did some sightseeing beside birding, I know you are surprised about that. It is not always about the birds. I hope you enjoy the photos. The first and last days were taken up just for the drive to Tennessee and back home.

During our Tennessee trip we visited the Cherokee Indian Removal Memorial and Museum. The park was built as a memorial to the Cherokee Indians who were removed from their homeland and forced on the journey west known as the Trail of Tears. This area had 9 encampments of thousands of Cherokees that waited weeks to be sent across the river at Blythe Ferry. In 1838 around 9,000 Cherokees were forced to leave their homes and march west toward Oklahoma.

Our shadows at the Blythe Ferry crossing..the start of the Trail of Tears.

"How do we ever prevent the greed and lust for power from causing another Trail of Tears?" The memorial wall on the left side memorializes the 1835 census of the Cherokee. The map shows the actual trails showing the different routes taken by the Cherokees on their journey west.

A look at the memorial. 

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. " Jimi Hendrix

A message above is from Chief Chadwick Smith of the Cherokee Nation.

Yes, here are some of the birds seen around the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge and the memorial park. The Sandhill Cranes, Eastern Bluebirds, Mockingbird and  a Yellow-rumped Warbler. I hope you enjoyed my post. As always, I appreciate the visits and your nice comments.  Have a happy new week ahead!

Eileen's Random Travels

..A Photoblog post of my random travels.

"Don't be a tourist, be a traveller." unknown


I am sharing some of my random travel photos, this is not only for my followers but more of a reminder for me and my hubby of where we have been and what we have seen over the years. All good memories for us, I hope you enjoy too.

The 360 degree views of Lake Tahoe, California from our Mt Tallac hike.

 I hope you enjoyed! Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day!

" We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone." unknown

Thanks to Cath @ Home for hosting Sunday, Short & Sweet.

Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge

 If you have been following my blog for sometime you know hubby and I love to travel. Now that we are both retired we can up and leave whenever the weather is nice. This trip to Tennessee was planned just the night before we left, we wanted to take advantage of some mild weather for our drive to Tennessee. I had been watching  EBIRD the site to see if any Sandhill Cranes were still being seen at the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge. 

We arrived at the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge on the morning of  Feb 18th. The cranes fly into and out of the wildlife refuge daily. Numbers of  Sandhill Cranes and an occasional Whooping Crane can be seen at the wildlife refuge from November to February. We met some wonderful nice birders at the refuge, I believe the  local birders were looking for the elusive Whooping Crane. All the people and birders we met in Tennessee were super friendly and helpful.

We stayed in a nearby town Dayton, located just miles away from the refuge and not too far of a drive to the Falls Creek Falls State Park. The Hiwassee Wildlife refuge 6,000 acres is located where the Hiwassee River and the Tennessee River meet.

There were a lot of white-tailed deer in the area of the wildlife refuge. I am sharing one photo of the deer with this fence shot.

The observation deck is a good distance from where we saw the Sandhill Cranes. You know me by now, I still had to take photos even with the great distance.

A pretty blue sky with the Sandhill Cranes in flight.

In four days we drove more like 1,700 miles after sightseeing around the parks and Tennessee. We had a total of four days traveling, 2 of the days were taken up on the drive down to Tennessee and the drive back home. So we had just 2 days to see everything we wanted to see in Tennessee, not a lot of time.

A pretty view from the overlook of the Tennessee River and the Hiwassee Island.

Another favorite image was the moon over the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge.

I will have a lot more from our trip to Tennessee and of the Cranes coming soon.
As always I hope you liked my photos. Thank so much for stopping by.