A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
We got home about mid-afternoon, and had some time to just sit around the house. I took a look at some more of those shots to see if some post-processing would help. It turns out that cave shots work quite well with a fake lomograph effect applied. It tends to bring out the contrast. … Read More “More Vacation Post-Processing” »
Home again. We left Norton, VA, and drive straight down Highway 23 until it turned into I-26. From there, we continue straight on until home. We stopped once at Natural Tunnel (wouldn’t that be a "cave?") State Park in Virginia, but decided we didn’t want to do another chairlift. We stopped at one other overlook, … Read More “From Norton to Greenville” »
I don’t know what happened yesterday. Almost all of my photos looked washed out. I’m not sure if iy was the cloudy sky and terrible lighting, but everything looks washed out. I woke up early this morning before we hit the road again, and tried to see what I could do about salvaging some of … Read More “Vacation Post-Processing” »
As previously stated, we were ready to have our leave of Kentucky. After breakfast, we headed out toward Lexington. We took a brief detour to the Four Roses Distillery, where once again our timing for a tour was not great. We looked around, then continued on our way. Through the outskirts of Lexington, we saw … Read More “From Bardstown to Norton” »
I spotted this on the way up to Mammoth Cave. I had fully intended to go back and get a photo of the sign, but we never went back that way. This is just so wrong on so many levels. Roadside America
I’ve spent the past three days in a cave. Literally. Even so, I still haven’t been able to escape the news that Paris Hilton spent as much time in jail. Poor little rich girl. I think I’ll go gag now.
Maybe it was the tour guide at the last cave. Maybe it was the heat. Maybe it was seeing one too many rolling hill and farm. Whatever the reason, we were getting tired of Kentucky. We decided to visit the Makers Mark Distillery for no other reason than we couldn’t think of anything else to … Read More “Travel Dystopia” »
Our tour guide for Crystal Onyx Cave suggested Cub Run Cave as another system we might enjoy. It was close, and supposedly had a great restaurant where we could get lunch. We pulled into the parking lot just as the tour group was leaving. Apparently we would have to drive about a mile away to … Read More “Cub Run Cave” »
The differences between Tuckaleechee Caverns and Mammoth Cave were stark. We had a great time at Tuckaleechee. At Mammoth, it was very dark, there were none of the spectacular cave formations, and we had the distinct feeling of being "herded" throughout the tour. So, today we decided to forego another Mammoth tour in favor of … Read More “Crystal Onyx Cave” »
It looked like dinner was going to be a problem. Barren County is a dry county. However, Cave City has passed a local exemption, and can serve alcohol. Regardless, it looked like our eating options were limited to a couple of steak houses or fast food. Our AAA book had listed the Sahara Steak House … Read More “Sahara Steak House” »