Saturday, June 14, 2014

Traveling with Tabor, Norman Rockwell Style

I was going to avoid posting travel photos, because I do tend to feel a little like Betty White who when discovering that people posted their travel photos on Facebook explained that during her younger years "Seeing pictures of people's vacations was considered a punishment."  Some of you remember those slide shows at neighbor's houses?

Well, it appears some of you are masochists and wanted a more visual version of my recent trip with family.  Because I want you to think we are just a really happy, wholesome, all American family I have filtered out all the bad stuff on the photos.  ;-)  The filters are from some free software I downloaded off the Internet (Xero) and other filters from software I own.

We did not walk into the campground, as someone asked.  With all the stuff we brought in the back of three cars, that would have been a real effort.  We drove right up to the front doors of the three cabins (one off to the right in the photo below.)



We did take one small hike down the hill to the Blackwater Falls.

We did take one ride up to the top of one mountain on a ski lift and found it was the best place to have a picnic.  What a view!!


We did check out the yellow of buttercups and we did blow dandelion heads all over the place.  (Isn't this just so Norman Rockwell?)

The only source of water was from the well and the kids made a game of it!  What was wrong with those pioneer children who considered it a chore?


We sat around a campfire and played songs...so romantic.

We took a small hike to the nearby fire lookout.  Some of us ran and some of us sauntered toward our view from the tops of spruce trees.  One side was hidden in clouds and the other side gave us the view we were looking for.


While I told you we got lost...it was in pastoral fields of spring green!!

There, have I painted this trip as a perfect experience?

18 comments:

  1. Keep posting, we can fast forward if we want...couldn't do that with the neighbors.

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  2. yes, it looks like a very lovely experience ;) I also enjoy playing with the painterly features on photo shop programs :)

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  3. I never thought looking at people's travel photographs was a punishment, but then when I was a kid I dreamed of travel and we never went anywhere.

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  4. Very nice. My grandson takes great delight in blowing the dandelion seeds because he knows that I will chase him and scream "Stop that!" Next summer I will introduce him to lighting them on fire.

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  5. In fact, yes, you did. Well done!

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  6. The Betty White quote is hilarious. But I'm glad you shared your photos. I like what you have done to them to make them extra-special. It looks like a super-fun trip and those cabins are adorable!

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  7. It's not punishment when it's a few, nice photos with captions. It's only punishment when it's 300 of them, mostly out of focus, and you can't leave!

    You've reminded me of a sign i saw on our vacation in Florida. "Remember, to everyone else, we're a normal family"!

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  8. Thank you! Yes, I love the photos, and the explanations about hiking.

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  9. Wowie Wow! It looks gorgeous. Thank you for sharing with us! Beautiful!

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  10. Anonymous2:19 AM

    Wonderful clippings. Kids are having a nice time to get the water out of it!

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  11. Feel free to share your photo travels anytime. You are always interesting.

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  12. Everything in moderation, I say. That was true for old fashioned slideshows too although not everyone figured that out.

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  13. LOL. Liked the way you tweaked the photographs. Very creative.

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  14. You have which leads me to wonder about all the excitements you are not mentioning. We love your norman rockwell illustrations. Please keep them coming, and we will keep reality moving on. :)

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  15. ha. that picture of the water pump is very cool....looks like a fun trip...we are a few weeks out of vacation...still might have to go find me a trail today...

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  16. Sounds you all had a great time!
    Love your photo travels!

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