It has been several months now since our excursion to Amalfi from Sorrento, but we remain committed to finishing video highlights of our trip. Some of our productions came fairly easy, but we labored over this one for well over a month. We were…
Author: Douglas Wielfaert
It is hard to believe that it has been two months since I last posted in this blog space. Marcy and I were busy with the holidays and we spent most of our free time out taking pictures in the Smoky Mountains. We still…
(Don’t miss the accompanying YouTube video posted at the end of the blog entry.) The golden brown clay soil of the Central Tuscan countryside was rain-soaked on the day we ventured to Siena. On the way, Our Gate1 tour director, Myriam, introduced us to the…
We enjoyed yet another Saturday fall outing, this time to the Barter Theatre, 140 miles away in Abingdon, Virginia. It is the last weekend in October and we are still seeing bright and dry conditions with temperatures in the 80s. I think we’ve had just…
The Appalachian Development Highway System is a network of road improvements in the eastern mountains designed to provide safe and reliable transportation to and through undeveloped areas. The system is segmented into corridors which trace routes through particular regions. Corridor K of this system bears…
Scroll down to see the picture gallery and YouTube video. The third weekend in October has become Smoky Mountain Cabin weekend for us. Considering that this is just a 3-day retreat, we mount a pretty significant packing effort, complete with an espresso maker and our…
