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| clamflats | profile | all galleries >> Oct-Nov 2014 New Orleans road trip >> Return drive from New Orleans to Boston Nov 2014 >> Florida to Boston Nov 2014 | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map |
 Monday, Nov 18: storm clouds in the morning |
 stormy morning |
 Waiting for someone to drive up the sand road and take me to the ferry |
 Scary weather on Dog Island |
 That's one big thunderhead spreading out up there |
 Hm, my phone just buzzed: Tornadoes in your area, take shelter immediately |
 Sheltering there wouldn't have worked. |
 Waiting for the word to head out from the ferry dock |
 Just for fun take the ferry 'Spica' to Beautiful Dog Island (1961 postcard) |
 Dog Island heavy ferry in 2014 |
 OK we're going to give it a try |
 looking back from the ferryboat |
 A little rough in the bay |
 Kind of wet |
 Note my hand at left gripping rather tightly |
 Looking back towards the island |
 A wet cockpit |
 Almost to Carrabelle |
 Carrabelle Junction at last! |
 North from Dog Island to Georgia |
 What would 100% Dog food cost? |
 Heading north through Florida panhandle woods: lumber country inland |
 in 1960 they called this area "Sawdust Road," after the notorious "Tobacco Road." |
 Crossing into Georgia: cotton country |
 A little side trip not too far from Plains, GA |
 Large backroads house |
 Benevolence, Georgia |
 Side trip destination: Troutman, GA |
 Sunset Farm sign in Troutman, GA |
 general store in Troutman from long ago |
 Dog Island to Columbus, GA via Troutman |
 Back in Tolkein country? |
 Lumpkin and Stewart County |
 intresting house in Lumpkin, GA |
 Tuesday morning: Shiny sunrise from the laundry room in Columbus, GA |
 Red dirt left over from the side trip to Troutman yesterday |
 In the land of Chick-Fil-A (approaching Atlanta) |
 Atlanta, with miraculously little traffic |
 First sight of snow on the mountains |
 snowy mountain in North Carolina |
 Too cold to have the top down |
 "Bunkum" was named for this county |
 heading north from Asheville |
 Snow! |
 more snow at high elevations |
 Bostonians know the only true Buckner Gap is in Fenway Park. |
 just across the Tennessee border |
 Tennessee mountains near the end of the day on Tuesday |
 female House Finch at the feeder Wednesday morning |
 male House Finch at the feeder |
 female House Finch at the feeder |
 American Goldfinch |
 Song Sparrow at the feeder |
 Chickadee in the yard (Carolina? Black-Capped?) |
 Chickadee at the feeder (Carolina? Black-Capped?) |
 Eastern Bluebird in the yard |
 Carolina Wren at the feeder |
 House Finch pair in the yard |
 A Sparrow I can't identify! |
 Dr. Enuf, a local brand around Johnson City, TN |
 Southern Restaurant |
 Downtown Elizabethton, TN |
 covered bridge in Elizabethton, TN |
 Wild Turkeys by the road |
 climbing to the pass to Shady Valley |
 below-freezing temperatures (but the top is still down!) |
 Drinking water spring on the way to Shady Valley |
 climbing to the pass to Shady Valley |
 Entering Shady Valley, TN |
 Shady Valley, home of the Cranberry Festival |
 Backbone Rock tunnel between Shady Valley and Damascus, TN |
 Backbone Rock tunnel |
 Forest Service sign for Backbone Rock tunnel |
 Backbone Rock tunnel with a truck for scale |
 Backbone Rock tunnel |
 looking back hrough Backbone Rock tunnel |
 Oh, Lord, Stuck in Lodi Again |
 Back to Burkes Garden |
 Burkes Garden view |
 dirt road into Burkes Garden |
 snowy road into Burkes Garden |
 entering Burkes Garden |
 Burkes Garden view |
 Burkes Garden view |
 Burkes Garden view |
 Fine driving road |
 Burkes Garden farm |
 Burkes Garden farm |
 in Burkes Garden |
 They have some huge trees in Burkes Garden |
 Burkes Garden old store |
 Tazewell County Jail |
 Virginia Route 61 is a fine drive too |
 Virginia Route 61 |
 Virginia Route 61 |
 Abandoned building on Route 61 |
 Nebo Baptist Church, Bastian, VA |
 Nebo Baptist Church |
 Nebo Baptist Church |
 Nebo Baptist Church |
 Nebo Baptist Church |
 Nebo Baptist Church |
 Old woods behind the church |
 End of the day on Route 61 |
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