Saturday, October 31, 2009

Scenic Sunday..Beartooth Highway

During our last trip to Yellowstone we made our way to the Beartooth Highway just to say we did it and to enjoy the scenery.  The road out of Yellowstone was one long traffic jam due to roadwork but I think it was worth extra drive and time. I considered the Beartooth Hwy  a great scenic ride as much as the Going to the Sun Road in Glacier, but the Road to Hana will always be my favorite for scenery.




Beartooth Highway has some gorgeous scenery, there are little lakes along the way and the mountains in the distance and a waterfall next to the road. There were beautiful wildflowers all along the road. If you have the chance to do this drive I would say do it.








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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Watery Wednesday. I like to call it my lake







For this Watery Wednesday I thought I would post some photos of the lake down the street from our house. It is a reservoir for the local city and I am lucky to have it within walking distance.




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Saturday, October 24, 2009

Scenic Sunday.. Bryce National Park







Following my Skywatch of Arches National Park I thought I would  continue with my theme of national parks for Scenic Sunday. These are photos from my visit to Bryce National park and another of my favorite parks.



The rock formations remind me of being in a fairyland. There are rock formation  shaped like castles. Hubby, son and I walked the trail checking out the rock and all the awesome colors.









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Friday, October 23, 2009

Chincoteague Island, Virginia

 Several times a year my husband and I spend a weekend at  Chincoteague Island, Va. The biggest attraction here is at the Chincoteague National Wildlife refuge. During our May visit this year we passed a couple of the ponies and two foals walking down the road.

 







The ponies can been seen all around the refuge. I do not know many places where you can sit on a beach in the company of wild ponies. Sometimes we see them walking down the road or off in the fields, they are just so cute. There is a legend that the Chincoteague ponies are descendants from two Arabians that survived a shipwreck and swam ashore back in the 1600's.









Once a year to keep the herd size down , the local volunteer fire dept holds a pony auction. When I was a just a kid my favorite book was Misty of Chincoteague, I think I read it over and over. Besides seeing the horses Chincoteague is one of my favorite places to go birding. One of my photos shows Cattle Egrets sitting on the ponies.






Thanks for the visit, enjoy your day!



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

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Skywatch.... Arches National Park



This is a Skywatch photo from Arches National Park. My header photo is my actual entry for skywatch. My hubby son and I enjoyed walking the trails at Arches. The rock color and formations were wonderful. These are a few pictures I took during our trip there.











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Monday, October 19, 2009

That's my World.. a Maryland waterfront walk




Being a birder I am always looking for new places to do some birding. The waterfront walk at HavreDeGrace, Md is one of those places.

Ducks and Geese





Great Blue Heron








There is a nice boardwalk to view where the Susquehanna meets the Chesapeake Bay. It also has a few of our favorite restaurants for Maryland crabcakes and seafood.




This HavreDeGrace walk has become one of our favorite walks and part of our world. For more great That's my World photos,please click on my link. Also thanks to the team of Klaus, Sandy, Wren, Fishing Guy,  Louise and Sylvia for hosting.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Scenic Sunday...Glacier National Park in Montana

Glacier National Park is a beautiful park. The mountains, waterfalls and the famous Going to the Sun road is just amazing.






The road can be scary at times, I had to let my hubby do some of the driving. I usually drive on our all our vacations and road trips, but there were times I couldn't look over the side. There were times a waterfall went under the road.



The views from this Going to the sun road is stunning. We split the park up into two parts staying first at the Lake McDonald and the other was on the opposite side of the park.




We took some hikes that led to waterfalls such as this one. Notice the water coming out of a hole near the middle, it looks neat.



We covered most of this park even the part of the park going into Waterton, Canada.


The wildlife viewing in this park was great too we saw mountain goats, black bears, and moose.





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Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

 Shenandoah National Park, Virginia Oct 21-22 hubby and I enjoyed a short getaway to Shenandoah Nat'l Park staying for the night in Harr...