Fort King George Historic Site

Fort King George, Colony of South Carolina, Current State of Georgia. The fort was built in 1721 along the Altamaha River and served as the southernmost outpost of the British Empire in the America’s until 1727.

Fort Frederica

National Park Service, Fort Frederica National Monument, St. Simons Island, Georgia, Fort Frederica “The Magazine”, James Oglethorpe, John and Charles Wesley

"An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day"

Henry David Thoreau, Garner State Park, Concan, Texas, Frio River, Texas Hill Country, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

“Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference, a veteran doesn’t have this problem.”

Veterans Day 2012, Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star, Sampson Air Force Base Museum, Sampson Vets Association, Sampson State Park, New York State

“The Amish are islands of sanity in a whirlpool of change.”

Nancy Sleeth - "Almost Amish", Swartzentruber Amish, Subgroup of Old Order Amish

Don't waste your life preparing to live.

Autumn in the Adirondacks, End of the Season, Fall Colors, New York State

Butterfield Overland Mail Stagecoach Relay Station

Hueco Tanks State Historic Site, El Paso, Texas

Leaf Peeping along the Oswegatchie

Oswegatchie River, Town of Fine, Adirondack Mountains, Fall Colors

Autumn in the Adirondacks

Adirondack Mountains, Oswegatchie River, Town of Fine, New York State, Fall Colors

Monday morning commute on the Grasse River

Grasse River, Western Adirondack Mountains, New York State, Paddling, Kayak, Canoe, Autumn

Have you ever noticed how people who wear camouflage gear really stand out in a crowd?

Adirondack Mountains, Oswegatchie River, Autumn, Fall Colors, White Pine, Red Maple, Kayak, Canoe, Paddling

Deer Pond

Massawepie Scout Camps, Adirondack Mountains, St. Lawrence County, New York State, Autumn, Fall

"Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders you have done."

Psalm 40:5, Western Adirondacks, Grass River, New York State

Eastern Snow Birds (orientali nix volucres) Foraging during Migration

Jekyl Island, Georgia, Snowbirds, RVers, "Spread your tiny wings and fly away…”, Fishing, Photography

Little White Church with a Prophet Sharing Plan

Adirondacks, Cranberry Lake, Cranberry Lake New York, Cranberry Lake Presbyterian Church, Constructed in 1897, Little White Church

An Early Taste of Autumn

Fall Colors, Autumn, Oswegatchie River, Adirondack Mountains, Five Ponds Wilderness Area, New York State

“Morning Paddle on the Oswegatchie”

Oswegatchie River, Adirondacks, Five Ponds Wilderness Area, New York State

Western Adirondack Cottage

Adirondack Mountains, Cottage, Star Lake, New York

DON’T MESS WITH GLENN

America's Sports Car: The Chevrolet Corvette, First introduced in 1953

Central Fire House - Sampson

Sampson Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery, Sampson Naval Training Station, Sampson Air Force Base, Sampson State Park, New York State, Finger Lakes Region

The Boys of Summer

Sampson State Park, Romulus, New York, White-tailed Deer

Sampson Veterans Memorial Cemetery

Seneca Lake, Finger Lakes Region of Upstate New York, Sampson Naval Training Station, Sampson Air Force Base, World War II, Korean War, Sampson State Park

“Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.”

William Shakespeare, Barn Swallow, Friends

“Home is where your honey is.”

Scott’s Apiary, Beehives, Beekeeping, Honey Bees, Honey, Beeswax, Pollen, Pollination, Propolis, Royal Jelly

“It is a truly wise man who does not play leap frog with a unicorn”

Frog, Green, Fish Creek, Forest Park, Camden, New York

“Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.”

Henry David Thoreau, Forest Park, Camden, New York

Salmon River Falls

Salmon River, Salmon River Falls, 110 Foot Plunge, Iroquois, Atlantic Salmon, Sport Fishing. Sightseers, Picnicking,

“If nothing ever changed, there’d be no butterflies.”

 Butterflies, Adirondack Mountains, New York State

“It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and angry woman.”

Proverbs 21:19, Adirondack Mountains, Bald (Rondaxe) Mountain, Fire Tower, Old Forge, New York, Hiking

“Be still, and know that I am God”

Psalm 46:10, Gifford Lake, West Branch Fish Creek, Westdale, New York, Water Trails, Canoe or Kayak Route

Journey back in time on Tug Hill

Tug Hill Plateau, Upstate New York, East End of Lake Ontario, South and West of the Adirondack Mountains

Mohawk Valley Heritage

Mohawk Valley, New York State, Erie Canal, Farm, House

The Erie Canal gives me "Goose Bumps" .

Canada Geese, Cycling the Erie Canal, Waterway, Clinton’s Big Ditch, Biking, Canalway Trail, Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, New York State Canalway Trail

“Fif-teen miles on the Er-ie can-al”

Erie Canal Song, Low Bridge, Everybody Down, Written by Thomas Allen in 1905, Erie Canal Village, Rome, New York. http://www.eriecanalvillage.net/pages/song.html

Hero’s Reward

Along the Little River, Camden, New York

Do you hear His song?

Forest Park, Camden, New York, Singing Brook

KAI + YEN

From Taiwan, “Cycling Around the World”, Cycling The Erie Canal, Clinton’s Big Ditch, Waterway, Biking, Canalway Trail, Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, New York State Canalway Trail System, http://bicycle-entire-world.blogspot.com/

Traveling Back in Time

Old and Interesting Gas Stations, Cafe, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Salt Flat, Texas, Brownfield Highway

The Aermotor Windmill

Aermotor Windmill, “The Aermotor windmills, a tradition for over a century, and are still making history.”, Seminole Canyon State Park & Historic Site, Comstock, Texas

Western Escarpment of the Sacramento Mountains

Oliver Lee Memorial State Park, New Mexico, Dog Canyon National Recreational Trail, Tularosa Basin, Alamogordo

A place to play and a place to pray.

Bonita Park Nazarene Camp and Conference Center, Capitan, New Mexico

“But I found out I'm just a link in your chain”

Columbia, South Carolina, Artist Blue Sky, NEVERBUST, Chain Sculpture, Aretha Franklin

Confucius Says - “Man who think he is Number One is next to nothing.”

Gulf Islands National Seashore, Pensacola, Florida, Fort Pickens

“In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away.”

Congaree National Park, South Carolina, Shing Xiong

“Beauty is not caused. It is.”

Wood Duck, Emily Dickinson, Forest Park, Camden, New York

“Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?”

Congaree National Park, South Carolina, Red-shouldered Hawk, Henry David Thoreau

“Clowns wear a face that's painted intentionally on them so they appear to be happy or sad. What kind of mask are you wearing today?”

Congaree National Park, South Carolina, Cedar Waxwing

“Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.”

Congaree National Park, South Carolina, Great Blue Heron, Peter De Vries

Would you walk through a Congaree Slough?

Congaree National Park, South Carolina, USA, Slough

Lower Boardwalk - Congaree National Park

Congaree National Park, South Carolina

Low Boardwalk passes through a primeval swampy flat dominated by bald cypress and water tupelo trees.