The kitchen fed 3500 men four meals a day. A smaller kitchen fed the 600 officers and others. This is the chocolate chip recipe that was made along with donuts, pies, cakes, et every day.
Hooper Bald /
This meadow is known as Hooper Bald. The balds occur in high elevations and provide a wonderland of flowers and habitat for animals. At one time they were used to graze livestock. Occurring naturally they can revert back to forest over time.
Ravenel Bridge /
The Arthur Ravenel Bridge spans the Cooper River between Charleston, SC and Mt Pleasant, SC. It is a stunning landmark and a fun one to walk across. A bit more from the web:
“The Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge (colloquially referred to as the Ravenel Bridge and the Cooper River Bridge[3]) is a cable-stayed bridge over the Cooper River in South Carolina, US, connecting downtown Charleston to Mount Pleasant. The bridge has a main span of 1,546 feet (471 m), the third longest among cable-stayed bridges in the Western Hemisphere. It was built using the design–build method and was designed by Parsons Brinckerhoff. Since its opening in 2005 the bridge has been considered an icon of Charleston and is one of the city's most recognizable landmarks.”
Sunset Over the Marsh /
This was on Isle of Palms, SC.
Forest Beauty /
Lovely hike to Hooper Bald on the Cherohala Skyway in Western NC.
Central Oregon /
This is an extinct volcano - part of a range near Bend, Oregon
Sunday Post: Photo is from Isle of Palms, SC /
Peccary /
This strange creature is a Peccary or Javelina and are also known as Skunk Pigs which gives an idea of the odor associated with these odd critters. They travel and live in small herds of about 6 to 9 individuals and that group is known as a squadron. This one was in the Big Bend National Park about 200 yards from the Rio Grande.
USS Yorktown /
Rusty, Janet, Jill and I visited the USS Yorktown last month. This is a magnificent ship and one with a great history. I will drop a few photo and share some of these occasionally the next two or three weeks. Suffice it to say, we were all impressed and really felt the whole day was well worth the trip. The ship is permanently anchored in Mt Pleasant, across the river from Charleston, SC.
The Most Well Known Falls in the Columbia River Gorge /
You see this on post cards (yeah, I know what’s a post card) most Oregon travel brochures and on everyone’s photos from their vacation to Portland. This is Multnomah Falls, a 620 foot two tier beauty with a brilliant bridge to stand on to both view and on windy days enjoy a spray.
Columbia River Gorge in Oregon has some amazing waterfall /
This one was about a 10 minute hike from its more famous sister falls but this one was more serene. The famous one tomorrow.
Outbound? /
This is the train station in Edinburgh that Jill and I left from for London on the high speed train. It was a great ride and a super choice for this leg of the trip.
Marbles Return /
Today is a fun and personal photo. My grandson, Kellen, and granddaughter, Addie, in this photo from 2009 are at Marbles Children’s Museum in Raleigh, NC. Today, Kellen, works at Marbles. He is an Exhibit Design Technician and loving his job. Cool to see the fun he had at Marbles and now he helps create more fun for more children. (Addie is not at Marbles but a senior at NC at Chapel Hill and will be working in finance in LA come spring. Maybe she can finance the new addition at Marbles?)
Sunday Scripture: Photo from Blue Ridge Parkway /
National Folk Music Festival /
Mariachi Band - fun, lively music.
Blues Harp /
This man was playing at the National Folk Music Festival held in Richmond, Virginia in 2009. Loved his music.
Pumpkin Spice? /
No thanks, I prefer these and this is the season! Found this in a file from 2004 with a Kodak 4 MP tiny camera.
Fortress /
This is Fort Matanzas, a Spanish fort built in 1742 on Florida’s Atlantic Coast south of St. Augustine. This National Monument is visited by boat from the NPS Visitor Center. It was here 200 years before this fort was constructed that shipwrecked French forces who were intending to capture the fort at St. Augustine were met by the Spanish and 111 Frenchmen who surrendered were killed, two weeks later, a second group of 134 surrendered and were killed. It was then that this area got named, Matanzas -- meaning "slaughters" in Spanish.
The Auburn - Cord - Duesenberg Museum /
This museum is located in an old showroom of the factory that produced these magnificent automobiles in Auburn, Indiana. The names of the three lines are reflected in the gorgeous body and bright work of this classic Duesenberg.
Resting Place /
The Duke and Duchess of Argyle are entombed in the church at Iona, Scotland. The lands of Iona were owned at one time by them and they were instrumental in the rebuilding of the church here and then in the late 19th century were given a final spot in the chapel for their service to Iona.
