Doin' a little snow-wheeler ridin!

A field full of Sandhill Cranes.

Perfect backwoods trail ridin!

.....more of the same.

Took a little midnight ride..... full moon, no wind, very nice!

....boat docks kinda usless this time of year but we do have a little water.

Had a little fire action in the neighbor's field Sunday.

.....and here we are.... spring is just around the corner!

After much debate with myself, I finally took the annual New Year's Day ride. It was about 10 degrees cooler than the 1/1/09 ride and sunny.

Winter pool from the overlook.....

.....at the boat ramp below the dam.

Brrrrrrrrr.....

In the "crick" Saturday, 1/2..... still in the 20's but no wind.

"Mystery Cove" at winter pool.

Sunset at the mouth of Cook's Creek.....

..... sundown

Some hooligan carved a Nike Swoosh in a big beech tree.

Ice cold stalactite!

...... and back across the bridge on the way home.

It's All Hallows Eve and he is guarding the gate....beware!

Actually, this is my first Jack-O-Lantern in a few years so he will be makin' up for lost time!

Rode through MCNP Sunday... took some pics in my mirror while waiting for the ferry... few Vettes out back.

Stopped by Bell's Tavern... never took pictures here before, pretty neat place.

The picture really doesn't do justice to the stone work.

Train flew through at about 60mph while we were there....

......and finally, Parker cleans out the fridge! All you gotta' do is open the door, he'll take care of the rest!

Took a quick trip to the mtns Saturday... rain chased us to the motel Sunday night and back to Ky Monday afternoon. Still had a good ride.

The store was packed Saturday.

Not your everyday Johnny Cash t-shirt.

Thumper???

Newfound Gap.... a little chilly Sunday.

Mingus Mill near Cherokee.... this is a working turbine driven mill....

..... the flume going to the turbine...

.... the turbine below the mill. You would not believe how smooth and quiet this thing is.

The guardrail at the overlook is attracting lots of stickers and decals.

.... and here's a decal of Jon and James Herbert, sons of top fuel racer Doug Herbert.... so sad to endure a loss such as this.

Fontana Dam... 480 feet, tallest dam east of the Rocky Mountains.

Ran into these nice folks on the Foothills and at the overlook on 129.... this little Triumph was NICE!!!

Always something hot pulling in at the overlook.... not wild about the wheels on this one but still nice.

Fort Loudin Dam at Lenoir City....

The marina at Fort Loudin Dam... beautiful, lots of big cruisers, nice restaurants.

.....and that's it for this trip.

Well... my 'ol buddy Tommy Barnett picked up a nice 77 shovelhead a few weeks ago!

I gotta' tell 'ya..... I just don't know where all the shovels are at nowadays, they're about as scarce as pans were many years ago....

..... there's got to be a bunch of 'em settin' around somewhere!!! And you gotta' love those fishtails and apes!!!