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Petrified Wood

April 16, 2024

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It’s been several years since Betsy and I visited Petrified Forest National Park, but I have been recently going through some of the pictures I took during that visit.  The petrified wood in the Jasper Forest section of the park was absolutely amazing.  I couldn’t get over the detail of the wood that was captured in the stone.  It was beautiful, especially when the afternoon sun hit the landscape at a perfect angle.

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Down Memory Lane: Petrified Forest National Park

March 19, 2024

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Betsy and I made our first trip out west in 2011.  Among the national parks we visited was Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona.  We found the badlands in the Blue Mesa portion of the park to be both forbidding and beautiful.

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Return to Mt. Nebo

February 20, 2024

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My Beautiful Bride and I have been going to Mt. Nebo State Park in Arkansas for almost 20 years.  We’ve missed going a time or two, but we try to get there in February so that we can enjoy the sunsets from ‘our’ cabin on top of the mountain.  This picture was taken in 2016, but it does a good job of showing why we keep going back.  It’s our little piece of heaven on earth.

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Down Memory Lane: The Teepees

January 30, 2024

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Betsy and I took our first trip out west in 2011.  It was a new experience for both of us, and the landscape was completely different from the forested mountains we enjoy here in Tennessee.

We visited several national parks on that trip, including Petrified Forest/Painted Desert National Park in Arizona.  The colors in the rock formations were almost incredible, especially in the Teepees area of the park.  There layers of blue, purples and grays were created by iron, carbon, manganese and other minerals in the rock formations.

When viewed under a clear blue sky, the scene was one of incredible beauty.

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Down Memory Lane: Albuquerque Plaza

December 19, 2023

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During our first western trip in 2011, Betsy and I walked around an Albuquerque, New Mexico, square on a late afternoon in June.  Many of the sights reminded us of settings we’d seen in western movies and television shows.  I found the second floor balcony of a building in this plaza to be very pretty, so of course I took a picture.

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Above the Clouds

October 4, 2023

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Betsy and I have been celebrating our anniversary at Pisgah Inn on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. We keep going back because of the views of the mountains are amazing. We very much enjoy sitting on the balcony of our room and taking in the view.

We usually hope for clear, sunny days when we’re visiting the inn, but a cloudy, overcast day has a beauty of its own, as the picture above shows. In the early morning light we were able to look down on some of the clouds covering the valley and some of the mountain peaks.

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Down Memory Lane: Laguna, NM

September 21, 2023

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Betsy and I made our first trip out west back in 2011.  The scenery we enjoyed as we traveled was definitely different from the landscape we have in eastern Tennessee.  There were times when we felt we were driving through the set of a western movie or television show.  When we saw this town (our GPS said it was Laguna, New Mexico) in the distance we just had to pull over and get a picture.

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Down Memory Lane: Leeds Castle

January 31, 2023

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Back in 1993 I visited my daughter who was studying in London for a semester and took advantage of the opportunity to do some sight-seeing.

One of the places I visited was Leeds Castle in Kent between London and Dover. Leeds Castle has been called “the loveliest castle in the world” and is situated on two islands on a lake.

It is definitely beautiful.

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Sunrise

December 20, 2022

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Betsy and I enjoy the  beach at Ocean Isle, North Carolina, for many reasons, but the sunrises we can enjoy from our room definitely ranks high on the list.  I captured this image on our most recent trip to Ocean Isle Beach in early December.  Upon seeing sights like this the most appropriate response is “The heavens declare the glory of God”.

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A Canterbury Cathedral Tale

October 18, 2022

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I’m of a generation that had to read Canterbury Tales in high school, and I must confess that it was not my favorite reading assignment. But I had a chance to visit Canterbury Cathedral many years ago while visiting London. I recently came across this picture that I took of the cathedral interior and was once again impressed with the beauty of the place. The original image was a slide taken in 1993.

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