Saturday, August 1, 2009

return from the road

we are back home after eight days on the road, visiting Gatlinburg, the Smokey Mountains, Cherokee, the Blue Ridge parkway (nearly all of it), and the old stomping grounds back east. Good to be away; good to get home. Our son turns around and packs now for his new destination down in Columbus. Meanwhile, we make order out of all the chaos that came with unpacking, and get back to the ol' routine that involves unseemly things like clock radios going off at 6 a.m., etc.

I will feature highlights from the trip later, but just to leave one impression, here is my slightly early Sunday Photo. As we were about to pull off the Blue Ridge onto U.S. 211, we watched as the clouds and the mountains interacted on the east side of the range. It became quite other-worldly as we kept watching. Here is just one example (another being the latest header picture, above, taken from the same overlook):

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Great shot Ben! Looks like some sunset mixed in their with the clouds.

Very much a "moody" shot...

Welcome back, too.

Ben said...

Gary: I've got to say the weather was cooperating immensely, changing it up every couple of seconds.

Dawn said...

oh these photos are amazing... just breathtaking- i cannot imagine seeing it in person! but maybe one day i will be lucky enough to visit there myself!