Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Stars vs. fireworks - Happy New Year!

December 31st and January 1st we spent hiking in Shenandoah National Park and later the day drove to Blackwater Wildlife Refuge in Maryland.
The woods in Shenandoah are a bit frustrating right now, full of bare and windswept trees, maybe a bit mystical.

Bare trees in Shenandoah.



Dark Hollow Falls.

2011_12_31 Dark Hollow Falls trail.

2011_12_31 Dark Hollow Falls trail.

On the trail.

2011_12_31 Dark Hollow Falls trail.

2011_12_31 Dark Hollow Falls trail.

2011_12_31 Dark Hollow Falls trail.

And this is it: Happy New Year!

2011_12_31 Shenandoah.



And on the next day: Blackwater.

Sunset at Blackwater.

January 1st, 2012. Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. Sunset.

Thousands of Canada Geese gather there in the winter.

January 1st, 2012. Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. Sunset and thousands of Canada Geese.

January 1st, 2012. Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. Sunset.

Swamp land.

January 1st, 2012. Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. Marshland.

Bald Eagle and Canada Geese.

January 1st, 2012. Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. Bald Eagles and Canada Geese.

January 1st, 2012. Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. Marshland.

January 1st, 2012. Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. Thousands of Canada Geese in the air.

January 1st, 2012. Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. Marshland.