It’s been a while since the challenges inspired me. I guess I’m in kind of a slump, which could be either the challenge topics or the whole “living through 2020” thing. Or both. The Blue challenge was harder than it should have been. Blue skies, blue Alto, blue bowl, I tried them all and nothing caught my eye. Then I was driving back to the campground from an Amazon locker when I took a wrong turn and saw this cemetery. I pulled over and took a few shots, then played with it in Lightroom. I didn’t want the perky blue…
Month: October 2020
Hamilton Branch State Park, SC
This was my first time here, since I usually stay at the USACE Modoc campground about 2 miles south. Modoc closed Oct 1 for the season, so if I wanted a midway point between Asheville and my first Georgia stop, it had to be Hamilton Branch.
Sunday Serenity: Reflections
I’ve been thinking about reflections, the theme of this week’s 52 Frames challenge. Part of me kept coming back to the more personal idea of reflecting on things, rather than seeing reflections in water or mirrors. No one had this kind of 2020 in their plans, did we? Each of us had has to adapt to changing conditions and learn to live differently. If you’d asked me a year ago how many face masks I owned, I would have simply stared at you in confusion, not quite understanding the reason for the question. Ten months into 2020, I can answer…
Fort Hamby, NC
I needed a two-night stop between Falls Lake, NC and Elizabethton, TN, so Fort Hamby fit the bill nicely. That it is also a USACE (Army Corps of Engineers) campground was a plus, since it gives seniors a serious discount on the daily rate. And it was only 15 minutes from Wilkesboro, where I could stock up and find some supplies at the hardware store that I needed.
Falls Lake SRA, NC
The whole of Falls Lake State Recreation Area in North Carolina encompasses three separate campgrounds. This is a review of the Rolling View campground, east of Durham and north of Raleigh.