Only this one worked out real nice!
Since Jeanne and I both have b-days within 2 days of each other and they happened to fall on this past weekend, I had booked us a room for the weekend up at Big Meadows Lodge on Skyline, one of my favorites places to stay. Since I was going to now be of age to get my Golden Age Pass I will no longer have to pay entrance fees to any Nation Park, Yeah!
Weather was brisk, but mostly sunny and pleasant and we had a nice two day stay at the lodge. Wandering between the great room, tap room and walking about including a short walk to the tallest peak on Skyline Drive.
We had some nice dinners and I got to have several nice Hot Buttered Rum drinks and a good cigar on the lawn out back while enjoying the view of the valley below.
All in all a nice weekend get-a-way much in contrast to our last little vacation. I took my Nikon which hasn't gotten much use of late and as much as I love my little Pen E-P1, there is nothing like a full frame DSLR for clarity and just general satisfaction when shooting.
We did see a few leaves beginning to turn, I shot some nice pano's and another shot of my favorite old tree. Pic's below with links to the pano's on my site.
Enjoy.
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