Recharging the batteries.

Sefl-portrait taken at Rowlands Creek Falls in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area in October 2006.


Bald River Falls. Self-portrait taken on a recent trip to Indian Boundary Recreation Area in eastern Tennessee.



After numerous attempts to locate it, I finally find the Sag Branch Poplar, the world's champion tulip poplar in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Self-portrait on a recent trip, on the summit of Sam's Knob, one of North Carolina's 6K-foot peaks.

On the summit of Mount LeConte last March. Just after a 17-inch snowfall.

Self-portrait taken in the maritime forest at Huntington Beach State Park in South Carolina.

Sometimes, there's magic just beyond the back door.

Self-portrait on the cliff face atop Little Green Mountain in Panthertown Valley. January 2007.

My wife took this one at a giant kapok tree in Key West.

Self portrait taken at Burgess Falls in Tennessee.