Requesting positive thoughts for good weather, beautiful views, safe rides, and fun times with friends! I’ll glady return the favor!!
Great Smoky Mountains, here I come!!
Tag Archives: Photography
Stripes
Each day for the past week I have driven by this field and been distracted by the colors and the stripes.
Bike Trip in Five Days!
Road Map
While sitting around the fire on a perfect Friday evening, enjoying alittle of the local flavor in a bottle (I thought you of you, Joe), I caught these photos. I though of Earthstills, too (Hello Weekend!).
I know there isn’t a photo of a lovely beverage, but I sure was enjoying one!
Bike Trip in Seven Days!
Not Colorado
Yep, as I was riding along in the setting sun. Red Rock. In Southwest Virginia.
Blowing in the Wind
After riding 125 miles, much of it along the Blue Ridge Parkway, you might expect me to post photos of the changing fall leaves.
While I did see many beautiful sites as I followed along behind my friend Dave, we didn’t stop for photos because we had a destination in mind.
Raps is a full service 1950’s / 60’s Renaissance Store and Ice Cream Shop adjacent to the Blue Ridge Parkway. Raps also has a restaurant / bar and grill and features live music on the weekends.
The beer was cold, the music was classic rock, and several in the crowd were dancing. What really attracted my eye though, were the bright flags flapping in the wind against the brilliant blue sky.
You must be thinking: “really, LB, a post about flags? The kind that can easily be found flying at any car dealership”. What can I say? They made me happy!
Eleven days ’til the Fall Bike Trip!! Now THAT really makes me happy!
Stop!
When life, health, work, and the damn shut down push us to focus on the negative, we need to stop and see the beauty that surrounds us. Even when it’s challenging.
Misty mornings like these encourage me to stop, and sigh, and find peace … at least for awhile.
When I Can’t Travel On The Bike …
… I can still enjoy the beauty of Southwest Virginia from the truck! It took me an hour longer than usual to get home from the 80th Birthday Celebration (see below) because I was traveling under this amazing sky and through these lovely mountains.
Aren’t I lucky to have such healthy, happy, and FUN parents?
Fireworks
Despite a photo title that is reminiscent of a certain holiday in July, it is officially fall and the perfect time for riding. I’ve got one more long weekend off of work before the cold sets in and I’m planning a ride through parts of Tennessee and North Carolina.
I hit the road in 3 weeks! You’ll be there with me, right? 🙂
Natural Bling!
It was the morning light that made me stop, but it was the webs that made me linger.
Early Morning Color
It would have been nice to delay my start for home this morning, but since I had a long list of chores to accomplish, I hit the road early.
So glad I did!
Life on the Bike and other Fab Things 