Diet And Travel

  I am linking up with Fiona's Green Day and Tricia's  Watery Wednesday II and Linses Cotton's  Scenic Weekend 

During this past weekend get away hubby and I visited Assateague Island National  Seashore. I am not sure there are many places where you can hang out on the beach and see wild ponies. They are free to roam all over the island of Assateague. These are some of the shots I took during our visit.



You are not allowed to feed the horses but they must be used to people stopping and feeding them from their cars. I had to hurry and put my car window up because this horse walked right up to my window and was just about to stick his head inside my car. He turned his head when he saw I had nothing for him.


I have posted before about the Chincoteague ponies and now these are the Assateague ponies. Chincoteague is in Virginia and Assateague Island is in Maryland. The islands are separately by a tiny bit of water that I think the horses can swim across.


Along with the wild ponies, there are deer and lots of great birds to see. Some people come to Assateague to camp either in tents or their RV's.


The water levels were the highest I have ever seen them, I think it was due to the storm in the Atlantic and the high tide.



























It was a little windy but we were able to take a short walk on the beach at Assateague. It was a fun weekend at the beach. Lots of beautiful scenery, lovely skies and lots of great birds and critters. Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed my post.

Thanks for stopping by to see my post and thanks to Tricia the host of Watery Wednesday II  and to Fiona for hosting Green Day  and to Linses Cotton for hosting Scenic Weekends.  I wish everyone a safe and happy weekend.  

  I am linking up with Fiona's Green Day and Tricia's  Watery Wednesday II and Linses Cotton's  Scenic Weekend 

I am showing some of the beautiful scenery we saw while driving the scenic Columbia River Gorge. There were many viewpoints to pull over and admire the beautiful river.

The wildflowers along the scenic overlook were beautiful.



The scenic views are beautiful on both sides of the river. I think the dramatic sky add some beauty to the scene.


We pulled over at the scenic overlook by the river to enjoy the sunset. The Queen Anne's lace looked pretty near the river's edge.


We did see a nice reflection of the sunset on the Columbia River. I hope you enjoyed our drive along the Columbia River

Thanks for stopping by to see my post and thanks to Tricia the host of Watery Wednesday II  and to Fiona for hosting Green Day  and to Linses Cotton for hosting Scenic Weekends.  I wish everyone a safe and happy weekend.  

  I am linking up with Fiona's Green Day and Tricia's  Watery Wednesday II and Linses Cotton's  Scenic Weekend 

HAPPY MARCH, everyone.. I am really looking forward to spring....how about you?

 I decided to post these smaller photos, if you like to see a larger image just click on the photos.
 Here we are hiking to Mirror Lake in Oregon near Mount Hood.











I hope you enjoyed coming on the walk with hubby and I. We had a great time and enjoyed the gorgeous scenery of Oregon.


Thanks for stopping by to see my post and thanks to Tricia the host of Watery Wednesday II  and to Fiona for hosting Green Day  and to Linses Cotton for hosting Scenic Weekends.  I wish everyone a safe and happy weekend.  

A walk down the foggy beach leds us to this waterfall, a beautiful sight to see along the Oregon coastline.


 Above is one of my favorite Oregon coast photos, I was able to include a purple starfish along with the waterfall.


I was amazed at all the starfish and the green anemone were a cool sight to see.


I couldn't decide whether I liked the purple or the orange Starfish. I believe they can also be called sea-stars. Even their names sound cute.



Not far from the waterfall were a couple of little sea caves. You would not want to be there when the tide is high.


It was a little hike back to the parking lot and our car. The trail took you over the bridge and thru this gorgeous forest.


Not sure how deep these roots are but I would not want to be around when this tall tree falls.


You can not get lost here, the signs on the trail were pretty clear. I loved the green forest of the Pacific Northwest. The trails are just lush, you want to linger and check out every little thing.

I hope you enjoyed my hike thru the forest to the beach. Thanks for stopping by my blog and for the nice comments. To see more watery shots please visit Watery Wednesday and for more of the green check out Fiona's Green Day and for your scenic shots please visit Linses Cotton's Scenic Weekends. I hope to see you there!

Thanks to Tricia the host of Watery Wednesday II  and to Fiona for hosting Green Day  and to Linses Cotton for hosting Scenic Weekends.  I wish everyone a safe and happy weekend.  

 I am linking up with Fiona's Green Day and Tricia's  Watery Wednesday II and Linses Cotton's  Scenic Weekend 

I took a lot of photos while vacationing in Oregon..On this day we made a few stops on the way to Mount Hood.




Oregon in July ..Hubby and I traveled along the scenic Columbia River highway. Stopping at a fish hatchery and Cascade Locks.


A visit to the fish hatchery.




A view of the bridge connecting Oregon to Washington state. The bridge is called the Bridge of the Gods.





Sailing and windsurfing is popular sport on the Hood River in Oregon.



I hope you enjoyed these Oregon sights, thanks for coming along.

Thanks for stopping by to see my post and thanks to Tricia the host of Watery Wednesday II  and to Fiona for hosting Green Day  and to Linses Cotton for hosting Scenic Weekends.  I wish everyone a safe and happy weekend.  

 I am linking up with Fiona's Green Day and Tricia's  Watery Wednesday II and Linses Cotton's  Scenic Weekend 


I am kind of tired of winter and I am really looking forward to Spring. These are some archive shots from our trip back in July, 2012  to Oregon. Hubby and I hiked to see the Bridal Veil Falls. I might have showed the waterfall before but not all the lush greenery and trail.




A view from the trail leading to the waterfall and overlook.



Bridal Veil Falls was chug-a-lugging. The scene was very pretty with the waterfall and all the greenery.

This was the trail up to the overlook for the waterfall.


Oregon in July was very lush and green.I love these big and beautiful ferns.

And these moss covered trees are just gorgeous. I felt like I was walking in a rainforest. Lush greenery everywhere you looked.

Thanks for stopping by to see my post and thanks to Tricia the host of Watery Wednesday II  and to Fiona for hosting Green Day  and to Linses Cotton for hosting Scenic Weekends.  I wish everyone a safe and happy weekend.

I am linking up with Linses Cotton's first Scenic Weekends and Watery Wednesday II.  Please join in on the fun and visit Linses Cotton's blog and to see some pretty waterscapes visit Tricia's Watery Wednesday II.

These shots are from our trip to Washington state this past July.  We were there for my SIL's wedding which took place at her house. We used the Bainbridge-Seattle ferry to leave to get back to the airport. I took some shots of the Seattle skyline and pretty views of the water.

Above we see the where the cruise ships leave. On a previous trip we left on our Alaska Cruise from the Seattle Cruise terminal.

Above is a view of Seattle's skyline and a sailboat looking tiny.

A ferry going back to Bainbridge Island as we were leaving.

A closer view of Seattle and the ferry dock.

One of the many restaurants near the dock. It was a great trip for us first visiting Oregon and then attending my SIL's wedding. I hope you enjoyed the post.


To see more Scenic photos please make sure to visit Linses Cotton's Scenic Weekends and Watery Wednesday II join in on the fun.  Thanks for stopping by and for the nice comments. Thanks to both Linses Cotton  and Tricia.
I wish everyone a safe and happy weekend.

I am linking up with Linses Cotton's first Scenic Weekends and Watery Wednesday II.  Please join in on the fun and visit Linses Cotton's blog and to see some pretty waterscapes visit Tricia's Watery Wednesday II.

These are ARCHIVED Yellowstone photos. Yellowstone National Park is my favorite national park. I could go there again and again. The scenery and the wildlife are just incredible. Even though these shots are from my archives I love looking at them and I wish I was there.

 

Grand Prasmatic, one of my favorite Yellowstone Scenes. The colors and the fog coming off the hot spring, along with the pretty sky created a beautiful scene. These amazing colors are created from pigmented bacteria.

Above are some buffalo hanging out near the river and  kicking up some dust. It was cool to be riding along next to one of these massive size buffalo's and hear them snorting and breathing as they walked down the middle of the road.













I could not count how many times we were in buffalo jams, the longest one was over an hour. Waiting for this huge herd of buffalo to move off the road.




I hope you enjoyed my re-run of Yellowstone. Some of my followers might have seen my first post on Yellowstone but my new followers can enjoy Yellowstone for the first time.

To see more Scenic photos please make sure to visit Linses Cotton's Scenic Weekends and Watery Wednesday II join in on the fun.  Thanks for stopping by and for the nice comments. Thanks to both Linses Cotton  and Tricia.
I wish everyone a safe and happy weekend.