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The photography blog of Victoria Bennett Beyer, featuring travel photographs from road trips across America and botanical photography of plants, flowers and leaves.
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Time for another throwback. This is one from Cannon Beach, Oregon. We took a shore break from the RV to stay at a hotel overlooking the beach. Every minute we weren’t on the sand, we were taking it all in from the balcony.
Happy Halloween everyone. I just love corvids like this raven, don’t you? I took this photo years ago at Rocky Mountain National Park. I think he (or she) cuts a dramatic figure, don’t you?
I have really been enjoying Fall Run Park lately. It’s a beautiful walk where you cross several bridges, through the forest and along a creek that slips down a few waterfalls, big and small. My kid loves to climb this one up to where that shelf is, and slide down. Apparently it’s a little hard on the tailbone but that doesn’t seem to dampen her enthusiasm.
One more big plus - you can walk your dog here and there are garbage cans at either end of the trail!
Here's an old shot - taken from the bridge at Kinzua State Park here in Pennyslvania. This place is worth a visit in any season. There's a museum that tells the story of the railroad bridge that used to span the gorge, but was destroyed by a tornado. There is now an overhang built in the same spot, and the view is incredible.
I took a day last weekend to visit the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden, located in Collier Township. There are three miles of trails that wander the 460 acres. It was a beautiful day for it, and the goldenrod and asters were abundant and bright.
I look forward to returning here with my daughter, as it has several areas that would be fun for kids of any age, including a sand pit, a huge sculpture of a fire pit that you can climb, and cute little buildings like the one above, which look like a perfect place to stop and read a book.
After my time in Wyoming I find myself back in Pennsylvania, getting back into routines (school in person this year for my daughter - how novel!) and back to renovations on my 100-year-old home. I still pick up my camera, but less often than when I am unencumbered in the summer. But autumn is here, and the leaves will be turning soon. It's an incredible season to live here and I feel blessed. This is a photo I took a few years ago at a friend's house.
Spending the summer in Wyoming was an incredible experience. It felt good to get back to a quieter life - one that I remember enjoying when we used to live here. Fewer cars, less noise, more sky, more moose running through your yard. And sharing that with my child was a joy, because she really took to the land. She loved the freedom, no doubt, that comes with seeing endless forest from your windows. And she adapted as needed to be practical in a new environment. She eagerly listened to my husband’s seminars on map contours, and joined me when I spent hours in guidebooks trying to determine what wildflower I had photographed. It was a journey we took together, and I will always cherish my memories from this time.
