by tdinfl | Nov 26, 2024 | Biking, Boating, Kayaking, Nature, North Carolina
The US National Whitewater Center in Charlotte NC has 1,300 acres of protected land offering 40 miles of mountain bike and hiking trails; the world’s largest man made, recirculating whitewater river; a large ropes course and zip lines; and flat water access to the...
by tdinfl | Jul 20, 2024 | California, Hiking, National Parks, Nature, Photography, Sightseeing, Wildlife
The Tall Trees Grove trail is a great, shorter hike near Orick, California with access to some amazing Redwoods. The Tall Trees Grove is in a valley around Redwood Creek, so the trees there are surrounded by 4-5 foot tall ferns and a variety of smaller trees. The...
by tdinfl | Jul 12, 2024 | Hiking, Nature, Oregon, Sightseeing
We drove up the Columbia River Gorge to do some hiking and take photos of the amazing scenery. The Columbia River Gorge has the greatest concentration of high waterfalls in North America. We were able to visit three of them in a short day’s drive, and still had...
by tdinfl | Apr 10, 2024 | Missouri, Photography, Sightseeing
Here are some photos and thoughts from capturing Total Solar Eclipse 24 on April 8, from Lake Wappapello State Park, MO. This was my second try at photographing an eclipse. The first one was the Annular Eclipse on Oct 14, 2023, which I captured at Zion National Park,...
by tdinfl | Oct 22, 2023 | Biking, Hiking, National Parks, Nature, Sightseeing, Utah
Zion National Park is Utah’s first national park. It was granted national park status in 1919, after starting out as Mukuntuweap National Monument in 1909. “Mukuntuweap” is the Paiute Indian word for “straight canyon” or “straight river” . The main focus of Zion...
by tdinfl | Mar 8, 2023 | Florida, Nature, Sightseeing, Wildlife
Gatorland is a 110-acre theme park, wildlife preserve, and bird rookery in Florida, located south of Orlando. Gatorland is billed as the “Alligator Capital of the World,” and features thousands of alligators (including rare leucistic alligators),...
