In the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, there are several caverns you can visit. I chose Luray Caverns because (1) it was right on my way north and (2) it advertised a Stalac-pipe Organ and how could I resist that? This place is smaller and not as deep as Carlsbad Caverns (120 feet down compared to Carlsbad’s 700+ feet below ground) but you get way closer to the formations and so that was a big win for me. Luray has a big, shallow pool that does amazing reflections of the stalactites hanging down (above and the photo at the top of…
Month: June 2017
Weekly Update: Jun 28, 2017
I’m still wearing the hand cast so this week’s update is once again short on words. It’s a pain to type and the dictation software on my Mac isn’t getting any smarter about understanding what I say. For a writer, having only one good hand is truly aggravating. Most of this last week I was camping at Stone Mountain State Park in North Carolina, along with about 100 friends and 44 Alto trailers. While the trailer part went well for me, the whole cooking and washing up part was more difficult, so I depended on the kindness of friends and…
Blue Ridge Parkway
My last two days Have been spent driving north on the Blue Ridge Parkway, from North Carolina to the Mile 0 in Virginia. In those 250 miles, I saw so much it was hard to pick just a few images. The road is one lane each way, with a maximum speed of 45 mph and no commercial traffic permitted, so it was perfect for me. I could toodle along, pull out at overlooks to let the few cars go by me, and take photos to my heart’s content. I loved this combination of fence and trees. The parkway is so…
Sunday Serenity: Tribes
After half a year of anticipation and with left hand in a cast, I finally made it to the rally in North Carolina. Over 100 people and more than 40 Alto trailers came together for a weekend that celebrated online friendships turned real-life meetups. It may look from this photo like I was all alone, but… … I definitely was not! It was so sweet to walk around the campground loop and see 95% Altos, instead of big RV buses, fifth-wheels, or vans. For the weekend, Stone Mountain State Park was Alto-Land and it was awesome. One of the coolest…
Weekly Update: June 21, 2017
Driving the the back roads of Tennessee and North Carolina, you’re bound to see something like this. Several times, as a matter of fact. I like it. It lets me know I’m definitely not in the big city anymore. The Watauga Dam campground, where I spent the last week, was truly a delight. Although my cast precluded any paddling, I enjoyed watching others get out on the water. these fishermen reminded me of my cousin, Ray, who loves to put a line in the water. I did go up one hot and humid day to the lookout over Lake Watauga…