June 18 ~ Detour to beach on Tybee Island, GA ~ hot, windy, smokey evening |
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| Tonye | Anne | Photo by Tonye |
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| Photo by Tonye | Tonye, Becky & Herman | Haze is smoke from fire in the Okefenokee Swamp |
June 19 ~ Detour to Charleston, SC |
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| RB's restaurant. Photo by Tonye. | Becky, Anne & Herman | USS Yorktown ~ Photo by Herman |
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| Cooper River Bridge from Patriot's Point Photo by Tonye |
Click on photo for larger image. Photo by Tonye |
Leaving Mt. Pleasant ~ Photo by Herman |
June 21 ~ Roan Mountain, NC & TN ~ National Forest Info about Roan Mountain |
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| Beginning of the Roan Mountain accessible trail |
Trail sign ~ Click on photo for larger image. | Brett & Tonye on trail |
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| Catawba Rhododendron ~ Photo by Tonye | Anne, Dad, Mother, Brett ~ Photo by Tonye | Tonye, Dad, Mother, Brett |
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| Photo by Tonye | What's so funny? ~ Photo by Herman | Rhododendron blossom |
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| Brett, Grand Becky, Granddad | Brett pushing the wheelchair | Photo by Herman |
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| More blossoms | More blooms | Click on photo for larger image of bees. |
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| Near the end of the trail | Tonye & Anne taking picture of Dad Photo by Herman |
Dad taking picture of Anne & Tonye Photo by Tonye |
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| More amazing Rhododendron | Mother & Dad | Picnic |
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| Wildflowers ~ chickweed.
Click on photo for larger image. Look for a tiny bug on a blossom. |
Chickweed and ? ~ I still don't know what the yellow flowers are & I've never been able to get a good photo of them! |
Rhododendron on Cloudland trail |
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| Rhododendron at Cloudland Hotel location | Brett & Granddad reading Cloudland sign | The rare Gray's Lily ~ blossoms not open |
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| Anne & Dad | Brett with Granddad | Dad & Anne |
June 21 ~ Mt. Mitchell, NC |
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| View from Mt. Mitchell parking lot | Anne taking photo at Mt. Mitchell parking area. Photo by Herman. |
View from Mt. Mitchell parking lot. Photo by Herman. |
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| Dinner at Mt. Mitchell restaurant Photo by Herman |
Mother & Dad on patio at
Mt. Mitchell Restaurant ~ Photo by Tonye |
View from restaurant patio |
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| View from restaurant. Photo by Herman | View from restuarant Click on photo for larger image |
Another view from Mt. Mitchell |
June 21 ~ Blue Ridge Parkway, NC |
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Blue Ridge Parkway views ~ Click on photos for larger images. |
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June 22 ~ Dad & Anne hike on Cove Creek/Caney Bottom Trail, Pisgah Forest, NC |
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| Dad taking photo of Rhododendron | Dad's photo | Rhododendron |
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| Partially open blossoms | Waterfall on Cove Creek | Dad on trail near waterfall |
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| Dad on trail at top of waterfall | Cove Creek | Cove Creek ~ Photo by Herman |
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| Cove Creek | Dad on the trail | Trail lined with fern |
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| Anne on trail ~ Photo by Herman | Squaw Root ~ Click on photo for larger image | Dad on new bridge across creek |
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| Anne crossing new bridge ~ Photo by Herman | Anne on new bridge ~ Photo by Herman | Sliding rock on Cove Creek |
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| Looking Glass Falls from road (vegetation has grown up considerably) |
Looking Glass Falls ~ Photo by Herman | Another view of Looking Glass Falls |
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| Flowers look like horse nettle, but stems had short hairs instead of prickly stickers. |
After dinner, Brett gave me
birthday presents: a book, The Playground Trail, signed by the authors Lee and Jane Whiteley, and a DVD of the film Paving the Way. |
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June 23 ~ Visit with Aunt Nell & Uncle Stuart in Concord, NC |
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| Sign at facility ~ Photo by Tonye | Horizon Bay entrance ~ Photo by Tonye | Becky, Herman, and Nell in hall |
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| Siblings Stuart and Becky | Nell, Stuart, Becky, Herman | Herman, Nell, Stuart & Becky |
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| Stuart and Becky | Nell | |
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