Mountain Shadows Resort

... . There we can find a marina and rent a pontoon boat for a lazy ending-of-summer cruise. Nestled in the evening shadows of Gumlog Mountain is the college town of Young Harris. And that is where we'll catch this year's last performance of Georgia's ...

... the bed that had probably never been changed. I got dressed under head torch light and headed out into the dark. In the shadows there was movement and a few holas from the guys already working. As the light improved I noticed that the pool had emptied on ...

2008 09 24   Parked at the Mountain Shadows RV Resort (6/10) just south of Radium Hot Springs.  Pretty nice spot with large trees and lots of room between neighbors.  Spent time in the hot springs at Radium and Fairmont with Fairmont ...

... , which really enhance the experience. After that, we were driven on the very scenic, narrow and winding Iron Mountain Highway (that originally was built in the Model-T days) over the mountains, through the old fashioned 1860s ...

... only establishment we needed some more local currency, and with the nearest ATM being at the airport I popped next door to hire a mountain bike for an hour to pedal the half hour trip along the coast, just about managing to deliver back the bike within ...

... to the "Y" where US 70 and US 380 split company we took the left on US 70 towards Ruidoso and the Inn of the Mountain Gods (the Mescalero Apache's Resort and Casino).  We arrived at the Inn    at 3:40 pm and were more than $100 lighter by ...

... of us, and we ignored the section on the map which said 'on a good day, enjoy the stunning views through the mountain valleys into the distance', and accepted that our day was more of an adventure!  We scaled the perilous crater ridge fairly ...

... hour as such onto our journey time. The 1st part of the drive continued across the Plaines of Canada which ran between the mountain range in the west (Whistler/Vancouver) to the more commonly known range in the east of the province, what everyone knows ...

... Mt. Conner.  A lot of people mistake this for Uluru as they drive down this road.  It is in fact a table top mountain that has huge significance for the local Aboriginal people who know it as Atila.  Apparently, if you draw a line 1 degree ...

... and it was great. Moreton Island is a sand island and provided lots of other activities. The next day we went to conquer the mountain with a he quicker you walked up to the top the more rides you get. Grant, Byron, Daniel and even Sophie gave it a go ...

... ... we had a splendid view for the next twenty minutes.  At first, we could only see the outline of the mountain peaks. Gradually, all of their shadows and ridges came into view and before we knew it - the stretch that we had only previously seen in ...

... an adorable little town with lots of character…shops, restaurants, lodges as well as local homes and businesses, with a very Bavarian mountain type feel. We stopped at the visitor center to enquire about camping in the parks etc. and wished we could ...

... I will be working with showed up, two travelled three days to get there…by pick up truck, boat, motorbike and walked over a mountain in Mon state Burma to come to the workshop! I’m going to have to up my game these women are nothing short of ...

... valley as I had to drive up and through it to get back on the freeway. Made for quite the daunting drive weaving around the mountain but slow and steady wins the race – even if they’re a little damper for their efforts. The drive from ...

... animal tracks.  We climb gripping hold of the weird shrubs that are used for incense that grow low on the side of the mountain, their dusty fragrant coating scattering into the wind and onto us. It’s a long way down. I don’t like ...

... properties are reflected. It is very picturesque, but too neat and orderly for my taste. I cross the island’s central mountain massif aboard the local bus glued to the dusty window watching how the conditions at the roadside are becoming more and ...

... take advantage of the cold and the snow.  For Las Vegans the place to do this is the Spring Mountains which are a mountain oasis jutting up like an island out of the sea of the Mojave.  This island-like environment, isolated much like ...

... touch with the weather station, who’ve predicted that a Southerly should come in today and blow the cloud off the mountain.  It doesn’t seem that believable in the early morning rain and mist! Murray is disappointed when we stop short of ...

... way, but when a guy came passed with two horses (well, tiny ponies really) and asked if we would like to ride up the mountain path for just over £1 each we jumped at the chance. They were clearly far too small for us, but seeing as we were only walking ...

... beauty of the natural spectacle we had witnessed. A warming coffee kept me going until we returned to the resort where we breakfasted. Phu Chi Fah literally means 'mountain point (to the) sky'. An apt description, which you will see if you look at the ...