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.


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Don't stand under the apple tree....2369 viewsI know, it's supposed to be 'sit" under the apple tree but, we were sitting on those bike seats for far too long.

Oh, yeah, Virginia Creeper Trail August 12, 2011.
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Special Ops.2351 viewsThis crew member can sniff where a bear walked two days earlier, drinks from a mud hole, always willing to lead and works for part of my snack and a scratch.

Did I say Bo knows hiking Looking Glass Rock. Only member of this group to look over the edge, fearless.
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AC2337 viewsNot as old as the Old Albatross but, a lot more bossy.

This image is at Lower Higgins Falls.
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Doug Hale2333 viewsOn 6 June, 1944 Doug Hale stood up. He stood up when he drove his landing craft ashore, delivering young men who will never grow old.

He stated he bent over to release the "Dogs" that held the ramp and missed a bullet that struck right behind him

He hasn't quit, still maintains his half of Guest River Railtrail at Coeburn, Va.

DOUG HALE, STAND UP! Now Doug take a bow........and thanks Doug.
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Least We Forget2332 viewsSign posted on the office door saying goodbye to our last class of kids just two weeks before the devastating flood.

Those who have worked so hard to make Buffalo Mountain Camp
a reality will not forget.
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Cabin Creek Cascade 2325 viewsLocated on Cabin Creek just below the Falls on Cabin Creek.
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Ramsey Creek Falls2321 viewsOur Camp has a waterfall.
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Angie and Carol2321 viewsOur Guest River Gorge crew members. Two delightful ladies BJ and I met on the Guest River Trail.
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RAT2316 viewsI call RAT 'The Navigator' because he always gets me to the location I am looking for.

Another Tennessee waterfalls, this one on California Creek near Erwin.
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Wood Snake?2316 viewsNo such thing as a Wood Snake? Maybe a Copper Head, quiet common around here?? So, don't zoom in or enlarge the photo, make a guess what type snake this is.

Is too a Wood Snake.......... Zoom in and see. What the hay, I thought it was a snake and I was there with it, just below Lower Clear Branch Falls. Started to whack it with the Roaming Knob buuuut, nobody was looking so i just kind of eased on out.

Should have stopped right there, but this was too good to keep to myself.
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New And Fresh2310 viewsBeside the clear cold creek these flowers burst forth announcing the return of Spring to Buffalo Mountain Camp.
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Forest Service2299 viewsMet this man at the Catawba Falls, NC trail head.

I'll use him to just say thanks to the U.S. Forest Service for all their work on our trails.
Because of their work we have access to one of the worlds great resources, the United States Forest.

If he lets me know his name I'll make him a CREW MEMBER, a distinction most try to avoid.
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