Monday Evening

I didn't have time to go somewhere more scenic to get a shot of the sunset and the rainbow, so my daughter and I just got up on the roof.

New River Train

Hey, you guys wanna see my video?
Uncle Rico

Thurmond, WV

After church this morning we went to Cannelton and picked up my daughter's cousin and we all went to Thurmond to watch the New River train come through on it's way back to Huntington.  I ddidn't get any shots of the train but I got a video.  I think I'll put it on youtube then embed it into my blog.

Tuesday Evening

I wish I would've grabbed my tripod for this shot.  That would've made it a little sharper.

Babcock State Park

We went to Babcock today for a surprise 50th birthday party for my wife's cousin.  We had a great time visiting with our family and celebrating Shelly's birthday.

No matter how many times we go there I have to get some shots of the grist mill.  I think the fall colors around there will be at their peak in just a few days.

Lantz

Blue Sky and Berries

Raymond City

Wednesday Evening

A Chevy, a Ford and a fly.

I forgot to post these from Sunday.  First is my wife's rugged and beautiful Chevy.  Then there's the fly that landed on my cousin's Ford.  The fly must have mistaken it for a pile of something else.  ;-)

Cathedral Falls

I forgot to post this from my little road trip last Wednesday.  Cathedral Falls, one of my favorite places to shoot.  There was a bunch of people there when I was headed toward Fayetteville, so I didn't stop.  When I got there on my way back home a giant rain storm had just quit but it was still drizzling.  By the time I got to where I took this shot it had started to rain again (you can see some rain spots in the photo) and was pretty dark because another storm was on it's way.  I only got two shots because I thought I was gonna get struck by lightning or my camera was gonna get soaked.  I didn't want either, plus I had forgotten my glasses in the van and could hardly make out the controls on my camera.  I got outta there just in time and got to see quite a lightning show between Gauley Bridge and Smithers.

Fayette County And Some Funky Clouds

I've been left home alone this week because the gals are at camp, so I went fartin' around the New river today.  The stream is Laurel Creek.  It flows into the New at Cotton Hill.  The lake is Boley Lake at Babcock State Park and the clouds are at Haddad Riverfront Park in Charleston.  I stopped there on the way home thinking that the Cincinnati Belle was gonna be there, but when I got there I realized that it won't be here 'til tomorrow.

A.W. Cox and Masonic Temple

A.W. Cox was on Capitol St. and the Masonic Temple is on the corner of Virginia St. and Hale St.

Halls of Power

Just off the rotunda of the West Virginia State Capitol.

Squire

Another one from Saturday that I liked.  It's the front window of The Squire Tobacco shop on Capitol St.  I like the reflections and the 2 giant cigars.

Some more from the Photowalk

The Painter

Capitol Street.

Front and Back

My daughter and I went to the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk in Charleston this morning.  Here a couple that I like.  I've been going to this camera shop since I was a teenager.

New River

Yesterday we took a little road trip to explore some various parts of the New River.  First off, we stopped at Burger Carte to get something to eat.

Our next stop was at the foot of Gauley Mountain so we could walk across the train bridge and explore a really cool rocky area on the other side of the river.  We also waded and swam a little bit there.

After we left there we stopped at The Mystery Hole.  We've been there a bunch but my wife's cousin and her daughter had never seen it.  If you've never done it you should check it out.

We stopped at the Dairy King in Ansted after the MH and loaded up on ice cream.  After DK we went to Edmond and the Beauty Mountain area of the New River Gorge.  Kim and I have been going there since we were kids and we thought Bonnie and Allie would like it.  We could look down and see part of the river that we rafted last summer.

Our last stop was at Cotton Hill to go swimming.  The water was awesome.  We stayed there for a few hours and swam and floated and messed around on the rocks in the river.  We also got a rare treat when we first got in the river. We saw a bald eagle flying overhead and it landed on some rocks in the middle of the river.  It was awesome to see.  This is my third time seeing an eagle in the wild.  I think it was Kim's, Bonnie's and Allie's first time.  Kim and I saw it again later but nobody else did.

We had a great day. 

Hanna Park