We saw pictures of a beautifully frozen Bald River Falls the other day and figured we might drive over on Saturday to get our own pictures. The thermometer was showing 5 degrees in the early morning and we talked ourselves out of that, but we…

On our recent trip to Scotland and Ireland, we visited St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin.  I always supposed this was a Catholic church but was surprised to learn that it belongs to the Protestant Church of Ireland. I’ve posted some pictures of the interior below,…

On the first Saturday of the new year 2016, Doug and I found ourselves joining a line of cars waiting to get into Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. We were hoping to have one of those spectacular winter sunrises that would…