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Watery Wednesday #120: Stonewall Falls

December 29, 2010

Stonewall Falls, Tiger, Georgia. December 19, 2010.

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If  you know anything at all about Betsy and me, you know that if it is at all possible we will work at least one waterfall into any trip that we take.  When we went to the beach last week we stopped off at Tiger, Georgia, to visit Stonewall Falls.

Stonewall Falls has been on our ‘to visit’ list for a couple of years, but for various reasons we never made it.  But last week Mrs. P, our faithful Prius, took us along a Forest Service road in the Chattahoochee National Forest.  We then hiked the remaining distance to this pretty waterfall.

We both thought this was a perfect way to break up a long drive.

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Watery Wednesday #118: Marigot Bay

December 15, 2010

Marigot Bay, St. Martin, taken from Fort Louis. September 11, 2001.

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Wintery weather has kept us close to home for the past couple of weeks, so I went to my archives to get this picture of Marigot Bay on the island of St. Martin/Sint Maarten.  This island is split into two parts — one French, the other Dutch.  The picture was taken at ruins Fort Louis above Marigot, the capital of the French St. Martin.

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Watery Wednesday #117: Rainbow Falls

December 8, 2010

Rainbow Falls, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. May 6, 2007.

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Rainbow Falls in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the tallest waterfall the park.  The water free falls 75 feet from the brink to the pool at the base.  The hike to get to the waterfall is fairly strenuous, but it is definitely worth the effort.  This picture was taken in May a few years ago.

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Watery Wednesday: Burnett Reservoir

December 1, 2010

Burnett Reservoir, Buncombe County, North Carolina. November 22, 2010.

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The lake in the picture above is Burnett Reservoir in Buncombe County, North Carolina.  The picture was taken from Craggy Gardens on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Burnett Reservoir is the source of water for Asheville, North Carolina.

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Watery Wednesday #114: Our Cascade

November 17, 2010

Water flowing down the ditch in front of our front yard wall. Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. November 17, 2010.

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This little cascade doesn’t seem like much, but it was a very welcome sight for us.  We’ve had a very dry summer here on the Plateau, but it finally started to rain Monday.  We never had a real hard downpour, but it did rain fairly steadily through Tuesday afternoon.  When I went out Tuesday morning I saw water coming down this little drainage ditch in front of the wall we built last year.

This was the first time since early Spring that we had water going down ‘our’ cascade.  That’s why the sight is so welcome to us.

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Watery Wednesday #113: The Atlantic Early in the Morning

November 10, 2010

Sunrise off Ormond Beach, Florida. August 5, 2009.

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I went to my archives to get this picture of an early morning look out to sea from Ormond Beach, Florida.  This was the start of Betsy’s birthday in 2009.

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Watery Wednesday #112: Middle DeSoto Falls

November 3, 2010

Middle DeSoto Falls, Turner's Corner, Georgia. August 2, 2009.

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Although Betsy and I ‘collect’ waterfalls, we enjoy the hikes almost as much as the waterfalls themselves.  Last August we enjoyed a hike through a Georgia pine forest to Middle DeSoto Falls.  There wasn’t a lot of water going over the falls, but the fall had an almost lacy quality to it.  We felt Middle DeSoto Falls was a nice addition to our collection.

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Watery Wednesday # 107: Letchworth State Park

October 13, 2010

Middle Falls, Letchworth State Park, New York. August 31, 2002.

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Letchworth State Park in New York is sometimes referred to as the “Grand Canyon of the East”  The Genesee River flows through a gorge and over three waterfalls between cliffs as high as 600 feet in some places.

The waterfall pictured above is Middle Falls.  It is in the middle both in terms of height and in terms of distance down the river.

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Watery Wednesday #108: Lake Canterbury

October 6, 2010

Lake Canterbury, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. October 18, 2009.

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Fairfield Glade has even more lakes (all man-made) than golf courses.  We’re just starting to get touches of autumn color this year.  This picture of Lake Canterbury was taken last year.

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Watery Wednesday #107: James River

September 29, 2010

James River, Shirley Plantation, Virginia. June 23, 2007.

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This picture of the James River was taken at Shirley Plantation in Virginia.  Shirley Plantation was one of Virginia’s first plantations, founded in 1613.

At that time the James was the great transportation route of Virginia.  The first English settlement, Jamestown, was founded on the banks of the river, and the early plantations had their own wharfs to handle ships carrying both passengers and cargo.  Ocean-going ships could navigate the James as far upstream as the present-day Richmond.

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