North Woods Inn

... into making that process flow smoother. There is the main base and then there is the base area for the Jackson Gore Inn & Condo's, which is about about 1.5 miles north of the base. Check-in time was 5pm. We were early, so they let us gear up in the lodge/ ...

... 6 at which I am staying doesn't have internet capability, however it does take pets. My other choice of motel in North Platte, NB, was a Days Inn which did have WIFI capability, but doesn't take pets. There are other motels here in North Platte, but they ...

... day in the car driving along the Blue Ridge Parkway, following the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains across western Virginia and North Carolina. Because there's not much traffic on the Blue Ridge Parkway it gave Dan a chance to practice driving, so that ...

... was next.  More woods than farms and some fall colors.  We stopped for the night at DeForest (just north of Madison).  Stayed at a Comfort Inn Conference Center.  We had a suite and the hotel had a bar!  TV in the bathroom. ...

... cleared somewhat and the sun came out.  We stayed on Rte. 3 for most of the rest of the trip, through North Stratford, Lancaster, Whitefield, and ending up in Twin Mountain.  (A variation of the route could be taken at North Stratford.  ...

... and beautiful.  Lots of lakes, too.  Every once in a while I would catch a glimpse of a house nestled in the woods. On the train we were given a Russian immigration card to fill out.  It was written in both Cyrillic and Roman letters - ...

... Area and some falls there.  Dave wasn't too happy when we ended up taking a dirt road a few kilometers back into the woods before we found the falls.  We took a short hike and found a powerful rushing waterfall through a narrow gorge.  ...

... drove around the coast road which is very scenic and up to Victoria Forest where they started the LOTR filming. Lots of hobbits in woods scenes, but a bit hard to see unless we compare to the stills and check out the tree shapes. Lovely forest though with ...

... Rise Clay Cook Let Your Love Flow Bellamy Brothers Chicken Fried Zac Brown Band You've Got a Friend in Me Randy Newman Bree and Woods have crashed out, so that's why you have my ramblings for today. Have fun, friends and as the song says, adios and vaya ...

... track along side the river, then when you reach the terminal face of the glacier they take you off to a 'secret track' through the woods to a point where you can actually get on to the ice... 700 steps later you're there! Not to gruelling really, plus ...

... Pig.  Mum met David from FL and NJ.  Smoky mountain Cloggers and Blue Grass Group. Saturday 25 - Went to West North Carolina Nature center - saw wolves, bobcat, cougar and Bear playfighting.  Then headed out to Old Fort to "Patriot Days" - ...

... of North Island) and took a two-hour hike in the Ohinetonga area.  The hike took us along a beautiful river and into woods filled with ferns, tree ferns and many trees- some of which were giants with air plants growing off them.  The woods ...

... on a great run around the racetrack. Being typical Caitlin, I got lost going back to my room and had to trek through the woods. We were warned in Scotland about a plant called the "stinging nettle" which feels like a bee sting if it just brushes against ...

... under the road.  Our driver told us that this was the San Andreas Fault line where the Pacific Tectonic Plate and the North American Tectonic Plate meet.  Some day, this is where the next major earthquake will hit San Francisco.  We passed ...

... to do a little sight-seeing before going there. So we drove in the complete opposite direction and went to Muir Woods just north of San Francisco. Muir woods is a lovely forest filled with REALLY big trees called Redwoods. (Otherwise known as Sequoias.) ...

... is great and the innkeeper is really helpful, but getting there was a long trip over the mountains, across the valley and through the woods.  There was no phone in the room, but there was a phone available for guests in the storage area.  Since ...

... tallest living things, and some of the trees in these woods were over 250 feet tall and 1000 years old. The trails through the woods were easily accessible boardwalk paths, a bit like we saw in the Kauri forest in New Zealand. However instead of one walk ...

... "rock"....Afterwards, we went North across the Golden Gate Bridge to one of California's most unique tourist attractions at Muir Woods....This affluent county is home to one of the few remaining groves of virgin Coastal Redwoods....The nature trails at ...

... from the road.  I screeched to a halt and backed up, but before I could aim my camera, the bear disappeared into the woods.  After that, we also saw a chipmunk up close, and later two deer crossing the road.  I forgot mention Anne's ...

I let the girls sleep a little late today and then we headed towards San Francisco. Our one stop for the day was Muir Woods National Park. This is a beautiful forest of old growth redwoods, just north of the Golden Gate Bridge. We had a nice ...