October 2015 Photos

Notes: The 4 photos below were previously posted on Facebook. Optionally click on an image for a larger view and slide show. Photos from our October vacation to Brevard, North Carolina were posted to this blog last week. Thanks

BIRD WATCHER
Mashes Island

TRICOLORED HERON
Bottoms Road, Panacea, FL

OSPREY NEST IN THE CLOUDS

Otter Lake 

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

REFUGE ROAD IN THE PINES
Off of Purify Bay Road, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

North Carolina Vacation, October 2015

Notes: The 18 photos below were previously posted on Facebook. Optionally click on an image for a larger view and slide show. Thanks

This was the first trail that we hiked, the
Buckhorn Gap Trail. It paralleled, then
crossed Avery Creek.

Fly fishermen along the Davidson River.

Brook Trout in the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education

John Rock Creek

Devil's Courthouse on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Cove adjacent to Devil's Courthouse 

A wider view of the same cove.

Late afternoon view from the Devil's Courthouse overlook.

This was our first vacation to enjoy the spectacle of the fall
color in the Blue Ridge.

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower" 

by Albert Camus

We hiked the short but steep trail to the top of Devil's
Courthouse. This is the view from the summit.

“I love photographing. It’s that simple.”

– Stuart Franklin

Looking Glass Falls is, for good reason, one
of  the most photographed waterfalls in the
region. It is adjacent to US 76 highway, only
9 miles north of Brevard, NC.

Closeup of rapidly flowing water at Bull Sluice on the
Chattooga River, located 8 miles east of Clayton, Georgia

We were fortunate to see several kayakers run the Bull Sluice
rapids.

Denton Branch Falls, located east of
Clayton, Georgia.

Denton Branch ... what a sweet mountain stream!