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Watery Wednesday # 37

May 27, 2009
Betsy on a bridge over the Little Pigeon River. March 28, 2009.

Betsy on a bridge over the Little Pigeon River. March 28, 2009.

This is my post for Watery Wednesday, a weekly meme created and hosted by 2sweeetnsaxy of Eyes, Mind, Heart.  To see more of our beautiful watery world, or to join and post your own pictures to share, click HERE.

The picture above is of my favorite hiking partner on a bridge over the Little Pigeon River in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.  The picture was taken in March, while we were staying in a cabin at Serenity Falls.  We had gone to the area of Greenbrier Campground to drive and hike along the river.  There had been several days of rain prior to our visit, so the water was rushing over the rocks and boulders.  The sight and sound of that rushing river in the forest/mountain setting is an experience that everyone should have at least once.

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Watery Wednesday # 36

May 20, 2009
Greenbrier Cascade, Great Smoky Mountains. March 28, 2009.

Greenbrier Cascade, Great Smoky Mountains. March 28, 2009.

This is my post for Watery Wednesday, a weekly meme created and hosted by 2sweeetnsaxy of Eyes, Mind, Heart.  To see more of our beautiful watery world, or to join and post your own pictures to share, click HERE.

As you know, Betsy and I love and collect waterfalls.  But  we also like cascades and fast-flowing rivers.  After two years of drought rain has finally returned to east Tennessee, and the rivers are close to normal for the first time in that period.

The picture above was taken along the Little Pigeon River in the Great Smoky Mountains near Greenbrier, Tennessee.  We had been at the same spot in November, but then there had been more boulders than waters in the stream.  But when this picture was taken, March, 2009, the water was rushing over the boulders.  The sight and the sound of all the white water was a beautiful part of our watery world.

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Watery Wednesday # 35

May 13, 2009
Shrimp boat off the coast of North Carolina. May 6, 2009.

Shrimp boat off the coast of North Carolina. May 6, 2009.

This is my post for Watery Wednesday, a weekly meme created and hosted by 2sweeetnsaxy of Eyes, Mind, Heart.  To see more of our beautiful watery world, or to join and post your own pictures to share, click HERE.

The picture above was taken from the balcony of our room at Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina.  We could see at least one shrimp boat off the coast just about every day.  We liked to think that the boat was busy catching our dinner for that evening.

We thoroughly enjoyed the beach and we enjoyed the seafood even more, if that is possible.  Ocean Isle is just north of Calabash, North Carolina, and  Little River, South Carolina.  Both of those towns are fishing ports and it’s possible to buy seafood fresh seafood right off the boats.  Betsy and I prefer to let someone else buy and prepare the seafood.  Both towns have excellent seafood restaurants and we have favorites in both towns and visit them each year.

An ocean view and fresh seafood — two wonderful things about our watery world.

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Watery Wednesday # 33

April 29, 2009
Nelson's Dockyard, Antigua. September 12, 2001.

Nelson's Dockyard, Antigua. September 12, 2001.

This is my post for Watery Wednesday, a weekly meme created and hosted by 2sweeetnsaxy of Eyes, Mind, Heart.  To see more of our beautiful watery world, or to join and post your own pictures to share, click HERE.

The picture above was taken at Nelson’s Dockyard on the island of Antigua.  Nelson’s Dockyard is a restored Georgian yard named in honor of the British admiral Lord Horatio Nelson.

The yard was originally called “His Majesty’s Antigua Naval Yard”.  Construction of the naval yard began in 1725 and was the headquarters of the British Leeward Islands fleet during the late eighteenth and early to mid nineteenth centuries.  This site was selected because the narrow mouth of the harbor which can be seen in the distance was easily defensible.  The facility was closed and abandoned by the British Navy in 1889.

Although Nelson served in the British Navy in the Leeward Islands from 1784 until 1787, his name did not become associated with the naval yard until a major restoration project began in the 1950s.

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Watery Wednesday # 32

April 22, 2009
Fall Creek Falls, Tennessee. April 21, 2009.

Fall Creek Falls, Tennessee. April 21, 2009.

This is my post for Watery Wednesday, a weekly meme created and hosted by 2sweetnsaxy of Eyes Mind Heart.  To see more of our beautiful watery world, or to join and post your pictures to share, click HERE.

As I mentioned in my last post, Betsy and I went to Texas over the weekend to see our granddaughters play softball.  We didn’t see any softball games but we did see plenty of rain.  So we had a very watery weekend.

The picture above was taken yesterday (Tuesday) on our way home from Texas.  This is one of our very favorite spots — Fall Creek Falls here in Tennessee.

Since Tuesday was April 21, we just had to stop by to see these falls.  Betsy and I went to Fall Creek Falls State Park on April 21, 2001.  It was our fourth date, but the first on which we spent the whole day together.  We went to see waterfalls (there are five in the park).

Although that day was the beginning of our waterfall collection, the waterfalls were definitely only the second best thing about the day.  The best thing about that day eight years ago was that I got to kiss Betsy for the first time.

Now that is something to remember!

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Watery Wednesday # 31

April 14, 2009
Sunset off the coast of St. Maarten. September 11, 2001.

Sunset off the coast of St. Maarten. September 11, 2001.

This is my post for Watery Wednesday, a weekly meme created and hosted by 2sweetnsaxy of Eyes Mind Heart.  To see more of our beautiful watery world, or to join and post your pictures to share, click HERE.

The picture above was taken from our cruise ship on a September evening as we were leaving Philipsburg, St. Maarten in the Caribbean.  You can see a little of the coast of the island at the extreme right, but mostly you see water and the vastness of the ocean — a perfect scene for Watery Wednesday.

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Watery Wednesday # 30

April 7, 2009
The American Falls at Niagara. October 25, 2008.

The American Falls at Niagara. October 25, 2008.

This is my post for Watery Wednesday, a weekly meme created and hosted by 2sweetnsaxy of Eyes Mind Heart.  To see more of our beautiful watery world, or to join and post your pictures, click HERE.

As a couple that collects waterfalls, we have been to Niagara Falls twice.  We first visited Niagara Falls in August of 2002, when we spent several days in Canada enjoying the falls and the sights from the Canadian side.

The picture above was taken in October, 2008.  Betsy and I had gone to Buffalo to visit my daughter and her husband and we went to Niagara Falls State Park to see the falls.  It had been raining off and on during the day and there was actually more water going over the falls than we had seen back in 2002.  There was so much water that the mist almost completely obscures the rocks at the base of the falls.

The American Falls is 1060 feet across and has a height of 176 feet, although the rocks at the base reduce the actual fall off water to about 70 feet.  The amount of water going over the falls varies due to two hydroelectric power plants which draw water into their reservoirs above the falls.  However, one fifth of all the fresh water in the world lies in the four upper Great lakes (Superior, Michigan, Huron and Erie) and all the outflow empties into the Niagara River and eventually cascades over Niagara Falls.  It’s quite a sight!

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Watery Wednesday # 29

March 31, 2009
The Little Pigeon River in the Smokies. March 28, 2009.

The Little Pigeon River in the Smokies. March 28, 2009.

This is my post for Watery Wednesday, a weekly meme created and hosted by 2sweetnsaxy of Eyes Mind Heart.  To see more of our beautiful watery world, or to join and post your pictures, click HERE.

Betsy and I enjoyed our stay in Cosby last weekend.  We had some rain while we were there, but not enough to keep us from hiking and exploring a part of the Smokies we haven’t visited as often as we have this side of the park.  The rain had the advantage of keeping the water flows relatively high, which we thoroughly enjoy.

The picture above, which can be enlarged, was taken in the Greenbrier section of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  We drove along the Little Pigeon River and stopped to enjoy this view of the water rushing over the boulders in the stream.

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Watery Wednesday # 28

March 24, 2009
Betsy at Lower Lula Falls. March 29, 2008.

Betsy at Lower Lula Falls. March 29, 2008.

Watery Wednesday is a weekly meme created and hosted by 2sweeetnsaxy of Eyes Mind Heart.  It celebrates our wonderful wet world.  To see more pictures or to post your own, click HERE.

I thought the picture above definitely qualified for Watery Wednesday.  Betsy and I try to do our hiking when it’s not raining, but we’re not always successful.  This picture was taken at Lula Falls near Chattanooga, Tennessee.  As you can see, not only was there a pretty waterfall (Lower Lula Falls), but it was pouring down rain.  We definitely got our share of water that day!

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Watery Wednesday # 27

March 17, 2009
A cascade near the chapel in Garvan Woodland Gardens, Arkansas. March 9, 2009.

A cascade near the chapel in Garvan Woodland Gardens, Arkansas. March 9, 2009.

This is my entry for Watery Wednesday, a weekly meme of pictures of our watery world.  Click HERE to join or to see more pictures from around the world.

The picture above was taken in Garvan Woodland Gardens, near Hot Springs, Arkansas.  The garden is the property of the Department of Landscape Architecture of the University of Arkansas.  The land, 210 acres on a peninsula of Lake Hamilton, was donated to the university by Verna Cook Garvan.

The gardens feature native plants, rhododendrons, and large collections of camellias, azaleas, and old roses along several mile of paths.  The gardens also contain a chapel and carillon, several small streams and a waterfall.  While we were there literally thousands of daffodils, tulips and pansies were in bloom.

The picture above shows a small cascade near the chapel in the garden.  It can be enlarged for a better view.

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