The Waiting was over and the music began. A fun mix of Blue Grass and Country.
The classic combination of fiddle,
steel guitar,
mandolin,
and bass,
combined with guitar and excellent vocals,
and the evening was made for great music.
Southwest Virginia’s Crooked Road is “a place of beauty – a place of song” and all along Virginia’s Heritage Trail, musicians gather to play and celebrate the joy that is music.
A week or so ago, I was able to ride along the Blue Ridge Parkway with a couple friends. It was a bright, summer day and clouds filled the sky. What a joy it is to ride along that curvy parkway, feeling the wind and the sun, and to view this incredible scenery.
We stopped at the Peaks of Otter Lodge for a short break and this time saw the clouds reflected in the water of the lake.
Clouds above. Clouds below.
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Thanks so much for stopping by today. I’m very much looking forward to my vacation, which is coming up in just 6 days!
The Chesapeake Bay. The Delaware Coast. Kentucky.
Very different destinations and different modes of transportation. There will be stories to tell and photos to share and I cannot wait. These past 9 months have not found me traveling much. It is time to get back out there!
Be sure to visit Monochromia and check out some incredible B&W Photography!
Have you visited Monochromia yet? Check it out and you’ll see some of your favorite bloggers posting some incredible B&W images!
My WordPress journey began as a chronicle of my life and travels on the bike. The bigger, planned trips, and the smaller, more spontaneous ones. As I ride along, I never know when something is going to catch my eye, and inspire me to pull over.
Sometimes I work hard to capture what I see and sometimes I get lucky and the first shot just works. Other than conversion to B&W, this image is exactly as it was when it came out of the camera.
Let me know what you think and come visit me sometime at Life on The Bike.
I hope you’ll visit Monochromia and see the B&W images for several wonderful photographers … and then there’s mine, too! 🙂
Those of us who ride, love doing so on days when the sun is shining and the skies are clear, no matter the temperature. Sometimes though, the day turns stormy, and we’re forced to pull over and wait out the rain. Once the clouds part, we’re on the road again, knowing that, in time, the wind will have us dry once again.
If you’ve visited Life on the Bike and Other Fab Things, you know that I love to seek new adventures while riding my motorcycle. In fact, the whole reason I started blogging was to be able to share my travels with family and friends who worried about me heading out on my own. I’ve long been the one who uses photography to document the events in the lives of my friends and family, and it’s a natural fit to take the camera along with me on the…
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