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Your photos are absolutely stunning! I've been to some of these places (Acadia National Park, Blue Ridge Parkway), but your TR is making me want to go back soon!
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Your photos are absolutely stunning! I've been to some of these places (Acadia National Park, Blue Ridge Parkway), but your TR is making me want to go back soon!
Thanks, all. We really enjoyed the Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive routes - very scenic and relaxing. I would have skipped them given this was our first trip with the dog, but my husband was right - the slow pace and frequent stops were perfect.
Happy to report that the dog has been awesome so far on the trip. She loves the car ride, and seems to enjoy the motel rooms - and not one single accident in 6 days, so for a 7 month old pup, we're happy.
We travel today from Saratoga Springs, NY to the White Mountains in NH. Then a short drive tomorrow to Camden.
A few more photos from our second day on the Blue Ridge Parkway, and some from Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park:
Moving on to Skyline Drive - we did part of this last October, when the early snow storm closed the Northern section. Couldn't believe how little traffic we saw.
From last October:
From this trip:
Gotta run, the Tour Director is ready to hit the road. Looking forward to catching up on everyone's TRs soon!
Beautiful shots from Blue Ridge and Shenandoah. Love the ones with the animals-- the deer is amazing, and the bear in all the foliage, and your puppy napping on the stone wall. The shots with the mist coming through the trees are wonderful and give a feeling of how soft the air feels there.
Wow, that's quite a difference between your trip now and last October! The deer shot is just amazing.
It was very different in the snow, for sure. Would love to see it in full fall color bloom. The fawn was running down the road for quite a while, then darted to the side. Glad the speed limit is low on the Parkway!
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Beautiful shots from Blue Ridge and Shenandoah. Love the ones with the animals-- the deer is amazing, and the bear in all the foliage, and your puppy napping on the stone wall. The shots with the mist coming through the trees are wonderful and give a feeling of how soft the air feels there.
Thanks, Laurie. I do think driving the Parkway is very much about the feeling you get. It makes it all that much more annoying when you have to get on the busy interstate.
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Wow, amazing pictures! Great shot of the deer, and I can't believe you saw a bear! Your puppy on the wall is the cutest picture ever!
Thanks. We were lucky with the bear. Another car was stopped, and we just kept looking, and I was snapping shots of anything that might be something
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More great pics!
Thanks.
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Love all the pictures! Are you using a polarizing lens by any chance .
Not on these, but I did bring out some of the details on a few of them in Photoshop.
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Loving all your pics!!!! What a great trip!!!! And your pup is just adorable!!!
Thank you ... it's been a fun trip, but glad it's almost over!
One last sleep in a strange Motel, and we will arrive in Camden tomorrow afternoon. Today was another fun one. We left Saratoga Springs and drove to Port Kent, NY. The drive took us through the Adirondack Mountains, and it was a perfect day. We took the Lake Champlain Ferry from Port Kent to Burlington, Vt. We drove a couple hours out of our way to take the Ferry, and are glad we did.
Some photos from the Ferry Trip:
Driving through Vermont:
We're staying at the Best Western Plus in Franconia, NH tonight. This is the 3rd Best Western we've stayed at on the trip, and they are definitely the best we've found for pet friendly motels.
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The deer shot is just amazing. 
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