"Calvin: It's a magical world, Hobbes, Ol' Buddy . . . let's go exploring!" ~Bill Watterson  Creator of Calvin and Hobbes

"If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera."  ~Lewis Hine

"There will be times when you will be in the field without a camera.  And, you will see the most glorious sunset or the most beautiful scene that you have ever witnessed.  Don't be bitter because you can't record it.  Sit down, drink it in, and enjoy it for what it is!"  ~DeGriff

Mt Aventine State Park	Swallow Falls Adventure 6-22 to 6-24 2007	West Virginia Road Trip April 28 2007
Blackwater falls July 8th 2007	First Landing State Park October 6, 2007	Point Look Feb 2007
	The Great Covered Bridge Search 2008

 "Those new regions [America] which we found and explored with the fleet . . . we may rightly call a New World . . . a continent more densely peopled and abounding in animals than our Europe or Asia or Africa; and, in addition, a climate milder than in any other region known to us."