Memories are forever.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Nerves of Steel.....
Ever played "Chicken" with a Nascar Transporter Truck? Nascar comes to Bristol, Va./Tn. for the fall night race. These haulers are fully loaded as they parade across town on their way to Bristol Motor Speedway! At 0:16 I had done made peace with "God"... I thought this guy was gonna run me over... :) Life is good!
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Wild Turkey in Cades Cove!
This picture was taken in Cades Cove around lunchtime on April 8, 2011. Most always see a few of these on a ride around the loop. Deer are another thing you can most likely count on seeing a few of on a ride thru this section of the Great Smoky Mountains. However, on this day we didn't see a single deer. I think this is the first time I've ever rode the loop without seeing a deer. Did see one black bear, which you can usually see in season. Early April is a little early for bears to be out, but then again, it's been pretty nice weather here this spring. Knock on wood! We had 80° in Bristol, Va. last Monday and snow on Tuesday! Go figure......
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Full Moon over Bristol, Va.
Full moon shining down on me. One full moon ago was the "Supermoon". Supposedly the biggest full moon in 18 years. This one was just as big in my opinion. When it first came up, which was just before total darkness set in, it was huge and very orange. My last post is of this same moon, just a little earlier and with my camera settings a little different. Any helpful tips are more than welcome.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Life is good!
Ain't this beautiful? If you wake up alive in the morning, give thanks. It don't get no better than this.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Jason the baby bear dies.
Cub born to Lily the black bear dies
NEAR ELY, Minn. -- Stories spun by Mother Nature don't always have happy endings.
That is certainly the case with one of two cubs born this spring to Lily the black bear, a creature with thousands of fans thanks to her highly publicized web cam.
Bear researcher Lynn Rogers says the cub named Jason has died, and he plans to conduct a necropsy to find out why.
Rogers and co-researcher Sue Mansfield looked on as Jason took his last breaths just after 4 p.m. Tuesday. The cub had struggled for several days, and Rogers noted in his daily web update that Jason appeared weak and skinny.
The cub was one of two born to Lily over the winter in an Ely-area den where Rogers had again placed a video camera that sent images of the bears to computers worldwide.
The other new cub, Faith, appears in fine condition, as does Lily's one-year-old cub, Hope, who spent a second winter with its mother.
Rogers tells the Duluth News Tribune they decided to hang back away from Lily and Jason and monitor the situation, although the researchers weighed other options, such as taking the sickly cub to a wildlife rehabilitation center.
"We know how you feel because we know how we felt being there, seeing Jason struggling to live while we struggled to decide what is right or wrong for us to do,'' Rogers wrote in his update. "The biggest question was, what if we interfered and took Jason and Lily came back for him? She was only a third of a mile away. We felt we had to let nature take its course.''
Rogers said it's unclear why Jason fell behind Faith in size and weight, as they appeared to start out at the same size. He says on Lily's facebook page that it may be because Lily didn't not have enough milk for two new cubs and one-year-old Hope, who is still nursing.
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With information from the Duluth News Tribune
(Copyright 2011 by KARE. All Rights Reserved.)
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Saturday, April 9, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Mountain Stream in Great Smoky Mtns. National Park
Mountain stream in the Great Smoky Mtns. National Park, last day in operation pending a government shutdown. 200 years from now it won't be the fall of the Roman Empire they're teaching in high school history classes. It will be the "Fall of the USA". Think I'm kidding?
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Meet Tippy!
Tip! The youngest cat in the house. This picture is a few years old and his name has since been changed to "CatHair", which is more appropriate.
It Snowed Again!
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Riding across Long Crescent hill in Bristol, Va. after an unexpected early morning snow.
Friday, April 1, 2011
"SuperMoon"
A "SuperMoon" is a new or full moon that happens to coincide with a close approach of the moon to the earth. On Saturday March 19, 2011, the moon was the closest it has been to Earth in 18 years. The distance between the Earth and the moon during this event was about 221,567 miles, as compared to the average distance of 238,000 miles. That may not seem like much of a difference but the diameter of the moon is only 2,159 miles. That means the moon will be over 7.5 diameters closer to Earth than average.
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