Old Albatross

This site is dedicated to waterfalls, mountains, an old aviators memories, with lots of poetic liberties, some just plain made up, and interesting places to visit.


Most viewed - PLANES, TRAINS, CRITTERS AND ODD THINGS
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No T Shirt2432 viewsBeen there,done that, no "T" Shirt.

One of every "Airdale's" dreaded duties, if you flew out of Elizabeth City, NC was to fly Ice Patrol from Argentia, Newfoundland. About the equivelent of a thirty day sentence in a freezer.

We actually located and plotted Ice Bergs and forecast their course.
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Quarry Falls & St. John's Mill2420 viewsSt. John's Mill built around 1770~ ceased operation in May 2011, sadly.

Met the nicest guy one has the privilege to meet, Ron Dawson, who did magic for my Granddaughters and permitted us on his property to take this photo.
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Starting Point2414 viewsThis is the view from the confluence of Nolichucky River and Devil's Creek. Upstream from here is the best waterfalling an oldalbatross can do.
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csx Approaches Railtrail2399 viewsAt the end of what, at one time, was the Coeburn, Va. spur,a CSX train turns the curve and away from the Guest River Gorge.
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Tram Wheel2390 viewsCame across this when RAT and I were Introducing ourselves to a laurel thicket on California Creek, Erwin TN. Used in the logging industry in a long gone era.

A friends Father broke the chunk out of it trying to collect scrap many years ago.
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Tennessee Elk2387 viewsChattahoochee valley has a very successful transplanted herd of Elk. Be advised, these are WILD Elk.
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Singing The Blues2369 viewsLook through the "door" of the Blue Bird House.
Can't quiet tell if that is Choir Practice or a Blues singer.
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Reflecting On Ugly2367 viewsIf being a Buzzard is not bad enough, they can see their reflection in the river.

Kind of makes one sick. Oh, they make daily appearances at Rock Island State Park, TN.
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Cougar?2363 viewsDo Cougars have rings around their tails and wear a mask?

This very day, Sep. 7 2011 two cougars were killed by the Wildlife folks very near our location.
One News report stated they were backed up by the RCMP for crowd control ??? What the heck were they doing, preventing a stampede back to Victoria?

Actually, old Wally here (a name I gave to this obviously dangerous critter) showed up on our B&B lawn and started to explain the rules of engagement to BJ and Myself.

BJ defended her crew, namely me, admirably.
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Tree Rock2357 viewsCheck out the rock in the tree above Lou. Only explanation I could think of is the tree grew up under the rock, which is now firmly embedded in the fork of the tree.

Got a better explanation send it to us.
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Great Blue Heron2319 viewsThis guy may qualify as a crew member. Met up with him on a bike trip to Guest River Gorge Railtrail.
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Attack Flaminken!2171 viewsOldalbatross being attacked by what appears to be a cross between a flamingo and a chicken. Well, there is a flamingo in Victoria Butterfly Garden and there are farms nearby that I am sure have yard birds.

I kind of think IT, whatever IT is, liked my shoe laces. My guess is that IT doesn't eat butterfly's.
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