Topic: Beautiful Encounters
Oak Alley Plantation is located in the community of Vacherie in St James Parish, Louisiana, along the Mississippi River. It was a sugar cane plantation owned by Jacqaues Telesphore Roman. He built a Greek Revival architectural style[…] Continue reading →
This past summer we did a hike on the Pacific Crest Trail and saw beautiful flowers, nice scenery, and one ornery rattlesnake. The Pacific Crest Trail is a trail that goes from the Mexican[…] Continue reading →
Last November during a visit to Bridgewater, Virginia, we decided to take a “drive in the countryside.” Our destination was a favorite picnic and camping spot in the mountains. Well, the scenery had changed due to[…] Continue reading →
Philmont Scout Reservation is the popular boy scout high adventure camp in New Mexico. Thousands of boy scout and adult leaders have backpacked across the trails and mountains of this expansive and remote camp And[…] Continue reading →
While visiting Virginia we decided to visit Endless Caverns which are near the town of New Market. While I toured the caverns quite a few times as I was growing up I never get[…] Continue reading →
We recently visited a new area of the country, Chautauqua, New York. It is located in the most western and southern part of New York, close to Erie, Pennsylvania. We discovered what a beautiful[…] Continue reading →
A couple of weeks ago as the sun set, my husband came running inside after taking the trash out. He yelled, there’s a beautiful, full rainbow! I grabbed my camera and ran out the[…] Continue reading →
We made a visit to Bridgewater in the Virginia Shenandoah Valley in late March 2016. This is about the time the cherry trees were in full bloom in Washington D.C. The trees around Bridgewater[…] Continue reading →
Giant, majestic, mysterious and stately are adjectives which describe live oak trees found throughout the southern United States. This past weekend we visited Audubon Park in New Orleans, Louisiana, where one of these trees[…] Continue reading →
When my son was four-years-old, he gave this explanation of creation. God is a tiny man that lives on the moon. Babies are stars that float around in the sky. When a family wants[…] Continue reading →