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.

May 31 - June 5, 2009 Dauphin Island, Alabama

We had a short five-night trip to Dauphin Island, Alabama and it was a trip down memory lane since we both spent a fair amount of time there in our "youth". Although the island has changed, it's still the same happy place. There was lots of stormy weather all around us, but the only time it rained was at night. Made for some interesting clouds! The once popular fishing pier is now landlocked, and you can walk out to Sand Island. Amazing! Nothing we like better than beach-walking, bike-riding, and ferry boats!