September 24-October 8 From the last post I was in North Dakota, and from there heading east, I visited with multiple friends in SD, MN, IA, IL (Chicago area). Then as I traveled further east I met up with photographers friends, Gary and Barbara, in Erie, PA. They took me to their favorite photographic sites.…
June 12-19: Follow me on Instagram: charlesophardt_photos Previous posts have taken me north through California, Oregon, Washington and the Palouse area of Washington. This blog will take us south through the same states. The first scenic area is the North Cascades National Park. The first photos are from Washington Pass. As I continued a main…
April 1-11, 2025 Springtime is always a good time to visit Florida with the objectives of seeing museums, botanical gardens, and to photograph birds. The first stop for two days was in St. Petersburg. I stayed along the seaside in Treasure Island, slightly north of St. Petersburg beach. The first day I visited the Salvadore…
October 20 and 21. In West Virginia, near Fayetteville, is the Glade Creek Grist Mill in Babcock State Park. According to the State Park website, “You’ve seen it pictured on calendars, mugs and coffee table books. It’s the Glade Creek Grist Mill — one of the most photographed images in the world.” The mill is…
October 8, 2024 The last day of the trip is spent traveling south on the very scenic byway of Vermont Route 100. Again the morning fog filled the valleys. The first stop is at the Waitsfield Bridge, also called the Great Eddy Covered Bridge, the Big Eddy Bridge and the Village Bridge. It is east…
October 6, 7, 2024 The journey resumes on a rainy morning in Conway, New Hampshire and traverses the famous Kancamagus Scenic Byway for 35 miles. The highway began to be built in 1837 to connect Conway and Passaconway 12 miles away. The CCC (Civilian Conservation Corp) in the 1930s, started working on the construction of…
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