Cumberland Mountain Autumn Color

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Betsy and I had lunch a couple of weeks ago at Cumberland Mountain State Park here in Crossville.  While many of the trees in the park were still green, some were showing off some bright autumn colors.
 

 

 

 

Kunming Lake at the Summer Palace

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I went to China four times to teach English as a second language..  Although the trips were work tris, I di get to do some sight-seeing while there.  This picture was taken in 1990 at the Summer Palace outside Beijing.  The picture shows Kunming Lake, the largest water feature in the palace grounds.  The Seventeen-Arch Bridge is in the background.

 

 

 

 

Fog in the Valley

 

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We don’t have much autumn color yet in this part of Tennessee.  It as too hot and too dry for too long this year.  But the movies can still be enchanting at this time of the year.  There wasn’t any color when I got this picture, but the for in the valley had a beauty all its own.
 

 

Before the Deer

 

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The deer here in the Glade have decimated our flowers over the past three or four years.  ow the maim feature of our fort yard is the weeds where the flowers used to be.  Fortunately we have pictures to remind us what the front yard looked like before the deer attacked us.

Gibbon Falls

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Betsy and I so enjoyed our first trip out west in 2011 that we took another trip in 2012.  This time our ultimate destination was Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons.

Back then we both could still hike, and we; were still actively seeking waterfalls to add to our ‘collection’.  We were delighted to discover that Yellowstone contained several waterfalls.  And the nice thing was that the first waterfall we visited required very little hiking.  Gibbons Falls was practically along the side of the road and we happily added it to out collection of visited waterfalls.

 

 

 

 

 

Cades Cove

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Betsy and I went to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park earlier this month as part of her birthday celebration,  I got this picture of the mountains and the cloud-filled sky at a overlook on the Cades Cove loop.

 

 

 

 

Niagara River

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Betsy and I visited Niagara Falls in August, 2002.  Although we spent most of our time o the Canadian side of the river, we did cross over into the United States on one day.  We visited Niagara Falls State Park and viewed the American Falls.  We also walked over to Goat Island, which is between the two falls.  While on Goat Island I got this picture of the Niagara River with the Canadian skyline in the background.