More outdoors pics
 

The thread from back in September of this year is here:
http://www.pixies-place.com/forums/...ead.php?t=35614

But I went back in October to get follow-up pics of the Potomac River, C & O Canal, and some fall foliage pics, as well. Again, too large for attachments, so I'll post links to the pics on Photobucket.

Many (most ?) of the locks on the canal have water by-passes for overflow. As here:
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/...erflowFalls.jpg

And some wildlife in the canal:
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/.../DuckHeron1.jpg

One of the comparasion pics, you can see how much the water has receeded from before: http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/...edingWaters.jpg

And here, that bridge, with the log, but nowhere near as much water:
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/...UnderTheLog.jpg

This time, the bridge was not closed, so we were able to get to some of the islands in the middle of the river.

And just upstream from the bridge:
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/...UnderBridge.jpg

And on the other side of the bridge, we had views like a tree that survived the flood:
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/...edOakRapids.jpg

And a series of pics from the same vantage point:
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/...LowPotomac1.jpg

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/...LowPotomac2.jpg

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/...LowPotomac3.jpg

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/...LowPotomac4.jpg

More comparasion pics. The narrows, with low water:
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/...ws1LowWater.jpg

The gorge, looking downstream:
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/...rgeLowWater.jpg

And part of the river bank, dry:
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/...ics/DryLand.jpg

And there was a fern at the base of a tree that managed to not get washed out:
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/...ernInRocks1.jpg

But anyway, the URL for the full album is:
http://s251.photobucket.com/albums/...tomacRiverPics/

And here are some non-comparasion pics. Fall foliage instead.
The tree on top of the cliff, with autumn colors (not very prominent):
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/...nCliffTree2.jpg

Some yellows:
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/...reesCropped.jpg

And reds:
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/...ghRedAutumn.jpg

and mixed colors:
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/...oloredTrees.jpg

And lastly, the URL for that full album:
http://s251.photobucket.com/albums/...gTheCandOCanal/

Liked the fall pics. The leaves here are finally showing their stuff too.

Pictures and scenery are fantastic. Nice work! :thumbs:

I daren't show these to Mrs OF, else she force another visit.