We're back from our mini-break on
The Blue Ridge Parkway. We stayed at the Peaks of Otter Lodge which is in fact the most magical place on earth - I don't care what Micky mouse says. |
| This was the view from our balcony. Can you say Heaven? |
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| Mountain Laurel. |
This is the view from the restaurant in the main building of the lodge. The rooms don't have a t.v. or radio and the lodge is too remote for cell phones. Can you imagine a restaurant full of people speaking in the hushed tones of a pre-cell phone civilization? In other words we were all using our inside voices. Bliss.
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| The Lodge is located on Lake Abbot. |
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| Did you realize dandelions were THIS adorable? |
The lake has a one mile path that winds around it. We walked this path several times a day.
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| This path leads to an old farm that dates back to the late 1800's. |
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| Braxton snapped this pic of me on one of our many hikes. |
This is a view of one of the
Peaks. |
| Lake Abbot. |
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| I call this "Braxton contemplating life on rock". |
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| A little Black and White magic. |
I was having difficulty getting my camera to take a
soft picture - so Braxton suggested I blow on the lens in order to fog it up. This is what happened.....
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| If anyone knows that I'm absolutely ruining my Carl Zeiss lens by doing this - please tell me. |
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| I don't know why. |
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| We had a perfect view of this bridge from our room. |
This picture is
BEFORE I blew on the lens....... And this picture is
AFTER.  |
| I call this the Monet shot. |
One thing we learned about ourselves is that we both become very relaxed when out in nature. This first day we were there I felt so relaxed I thought I might slip into a coma. Caffeine to the rescue. Lots of caffeine. I was then able to complete the one mile hike around the lake in two and a half hours rather than my usual three. Did I mention we were relaxed?
BTW: The food was fantastic. Absolutely the best fried chicken. Ever. Get this - they dredge their french toast in crushed corn flakes before they cook it! To die.
Must go finish the vacation laundry.
Have a
BEAUTIFUL day.YANCEY
