Crim Dell

"The Crim Dell bridge is a wooden bridge on the College of William & Mary’s campus in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States, and is considered one of the College's most visually appealing elements. Crim Dell is the pond that the bridge crosses, but the bridge is commonly referred to as Crim Dell." -- Wikipedia

Winter Path

 

Joining Skywatch Friday. 

Lamp

Branches

Ginkgo

Joining Skywatch Friday.

Miami

A friend sent me this pic he took as his flight approached Miami International last night. 

Joining Skywatch Friday.

Fall Rain

Joining Skywatch Friday on this All Hallows' Eve.

Security

Spotswood's Folly

I confess that I haven't been pointing my camera skyward lately. I've been concentrating more on street scenes. I did, however, recently happen to catch these clouds over the Governor's Palace. Due to various passing cold fronts, there have been some very interesting cloudscapes lately.

By the way, the ornamental iron gate normally in front of the palace has been temporarily removed, I presume, for restoration, part of Colonial Williamsburg's preparation for next year's 250th anniversary celebration.

 Again joining Skywatch Friday.

Beaver Trail

Powhatan Creek Trail

 

 

One of my favorite scenes along the Powhatan Creek Trail.

Observation Deck

Views from inside the High Knob Fire Tower's observation deck.

High Knob View

View from the High Knob Fire Tower

Private Property

 

The High Knob Tower Trail in the George Washington National Forest borders private property in places.

High Knob Tower Trail

The High Knob Tower Trail, part of the Great Eastern Trail, lies west of Harrisonburg, Virginia, on the border with West Virginia and in the George Washington National Forest.

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Summit

Hightop Mountain summit (3,587 ft/1,093m)

Shenandoah National Park

 

Peek

Nearing the summit of Hightop Mountain here, with just a peek at the view beyond. 

Monuments

I guess you probably already know that our mountains in Virginia are old. I mean, REALLY old, to the tune of millions and millions of years old. That's why I felt like I was walking back in time the minute I set foot on the Hightop Mountain Trail, which is part of the 2100+ mile Appalachian Trail . It's filled with--as I'm told Nathaniel Hawthorne once put it--"earth's undecaying monuments." 

Huge boulders stacked one on top of another suddenly made me feel very, VERY small and in awe of the unimaginably powerful forces that put them there.

Trail Bites

A recent return to the Greensprings Interpretive Trail revealed higher than usual water levels in the swamp and . . . a correspondingly high number of bug bites. Ouch!

Leverett Trail

Leverett Trail