Nov. 1 - Nov. 4, 2009 Tallahassee, Florida

We visited my sister Ruthie and her husband Jimmy in Tallahassee. These pictures include shots from a bodacious hike on the Garden of Eden trail beside the Apalachicola River, where we spotted a rare sight: Indian Pipe plants! Plus a walk through Tom Brown Park, including a pond with water creatures.











Garden of Eden intrepid hikers; Apalachicola River; tree-creature.












Indian Pipe plants; a member of the blueberry family, and not a fungus.












Indian Pipe plant; Apalachicola River; Cardinal flower.












Woodsmen (Jimmy riding a stick-horse...)! Hollow tree-creature. At Tom Brown Park;
the pond has turtles!

Anhinga drying its wings; Florida cooter turtle; Underwoods & Wilkinsons.

Ruthie & Jimmy; Nannie & Bubba.

Oct. 31 - Nov. 1, 2009 Visit with the Tibbets

A visit with Bubba's cousin, Margaret Tibbets, and her husband Sam.

Oct. 22 - Oct. 31, 2009 Blue Ridge Parkway

From Biltmore to the Blue Ridge Parkway.....

Quite a place, eh?


Gargoyles everywhere! View from across the pond.

Stormy weather! Parkway colors.

Parkway view; Mountain Ash tree berries; Mount Mitchell.

Parkway colors; Linville Falls - lower falls.

A yellow patch on the mountainside; Parkway Craft Center at the Moses H. Cone

Memorial Park; low clouds blanketing the valleys.

Looking Glass waterfall; Sliding Rock; Looking Glass mountain.