Steph and I escaped to do a hike, we visited the Thornburg House on the way where I photographed Sam for her senior pics, I asked Steph to pose by the windows, all she could do was laugh and say, “I don’t pose.”
Pretty hike
May 19, 2022
old buildings
Dec. 24, 2021
A Christmas Eve hike in Uwharrie National Forest.
July 11, 2021
An evening hike
Main goal was letting Kodak swim
June 27, 2021 – Cuervo, New Mexico
Sad day, day 45 of my trip and we said good bye to James and Elizabeth. Deb and I started east as they waited for a flight to Raleigh and to pick up their truck at my house before visiting family in Virginia, Pennsylvania and Indiana before they head back west – follow them at Flight of the Crows Wing – https://flightofthecrowswing.com/
As Deb and I headed east on I-40 I saw this ghost town, so we did a U-Turn to explore Cuervo, New Mexico. It’s got an interesting history, and at least one TV news story of a sinister side.
Just driving around
A bunch of empty houses
and cars
We ate lunch and walked around
I’ll hold it….
A 1915 Catholic Church was just finishing Sunday services, so we got to look inside.
Feb. 26, 2021
Freelance assignment
All I want is to be left alone….
Nov. 6, 2017
It was a foggy morning so I made a quick trip back to the Pisgah Covered Bridge.
I couldn’t pick….
Pretty colors
On the way home I spotted this weird deer, being deer season, he is hiding behind a tree.
Feb. 11, 2017
Hike #7 of #52hikechallenge
Back to Eno River State Park to hit the trails I missed last week. What a difference 7 days and 20 degrees make, the park was packed. At least until we got to the trails furthest from the parking lot and then we had place to ourselves.
We came across this 1800s cabin and a woman walking around it. She shared that her grandparents (Coles) lived in the home and she visits before it completely collapses.
It’s getting closer….
The construction was very cool, originally it looks like it was a log cabin (look at those joints – are they simple dovetails?) that was sided later. There is no trace the cabin ever had electricity.
Not far up the trail is another cabin. We asked a park ranger and he said it was for a spinster sister.
bigger gaps in the logs.
Chivalry is not dead….
Total 7 miles: Buckquarter Creek, Ridge, Shakori and Holden Mill, Eno Trace Trails.
Jan. 8, 2017
Hike #2 of the #52hikechallenge – Birkhead Mountain Trail in Uwharrie National Forest. We started at the Birkhead family farm, some buildings going back to the late 1800s.
Within a mile we had to cross a creek since the bridge was washed away. Not a problem except when hiking on a 15 degree morning, a wet foot would have been unpleasant!
Soon enough we were deep in the woods, only the crunch of the snow/ice under our feet.
How Kodak spent the second half of the hike. I had her off leash for the first half, but she wandered off and didn’t return, long enough I had to bush-whacked in her last known direction and back track till she returned… I was not happy!
About an hour and half in the silent woods, a rare North Carolina snow covering the hills, so a great day!
July 27, 2014
After dinner, we stopped by the “Art Barns” outside Cameron, NC – they are fading badly and will soon be gone I am sure. http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/cameron-barnstormer-murals
April 8, 2012
Easter with my mom, then a road ride before Sam and I explored some of Camron’s side streets. PS The sign picture is exactly how it looked, the letters were just rust and runs.
Photo a Day by Jay Capers 