Category: United States

Luray Caverns

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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…

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Blue Ridge Parkway

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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…

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Sunday Serenity: Tribes

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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…

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Southern Tour: It’s Bristol, Baby!

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Let’s take a trip to one of the most iconic race tracks in America, the legendary Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee. It was just a quick hop up the road from where I was camping, so I figured let’s go! For the tiny sum of four dollars, I got to see everything. Well, everything a race fan cares about. This is the view from the parking lot where all the VIPs get to park. They get a nice view, don’t they? The thing about Bristol is, everybody gets a nice view once you’re inside. It’s a short track, half mile…

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Stained Glass

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When I was little, the church down at the end of our street was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. Tall, narrow stained glass windows that seemed absolutely magical when the light poured through them. I haven’t thought about that church in years, until today, when I found an open door in downtown Terre Haute. Strange how a door can open into a building and flash you all the way back to being eight years old. There were old-school wooden pews and slightly padded kneelers that could have come direct from the church of my childhood in Southern California….

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