Here are some snaps from the Labor day long weekend trip (Sep 1st - Sep 3rd). We had been to a place called Zwolle. Well, it sounds like a African name, but its a very small place in Louisiana. To be more precise, we went to the Toledo Bend lake area and stayed at one of the resorts (Wildwood Resorts) on the banks of the lake.
This place is on the border of Texas and Louisiana. Actually, the Toledo Bend lake is formed due to a Dam which is built across the Sabine River. This river kind of forms the border between Texas and Louisiana! The lake itself is pretty big, and I read on one of the websites that its the largest man made lake in the South (of USA).
Here are some snaps……..
Fishing Pier at Wildwood Resort - Toledo Bend
Fishing Pier at Wildwood Resort - Toledo Bend
Wildwood Fishing Area
Wooden Fishing Pier
Ramp at North Toledo bend State park
North Toledo Bend State Park
Speed Boating at the Lake
We also visited a few near by towns. Spent almost half a day at the Historic town of Natchitoches.
Natchitoches - Visitor Info Center
There is a nice little “Cane River Lake” at Natchitoches. We took a 45 minute boat ride on the same. Got to see some really beautiful houses and landscaping !. Check out the pictures below…
Cane River Lake at Natchitoches
Cane River Lake at Natchitoches
Home on Cane River Lake at Natchitoches
Home on Cane River Lake at Natchitoches
Home on Cane River Lake at Natchitoches
Home on Cane River Lake at Natchitoches
Some more snaps from the Toledo Bend Lake…
Fishing Pier at Wildwood Resort - Toledo Bend
Fishing Pier at Wildwood - Toledo Bend
Canoeing at Toledo Bend
Our Electric Boat
Nature @ Toledo Bend
Ducks at Toledo Bend
Toledo Bend Lake
Wildwood Resort - Toledo Bend
Wildwood Resort - Toledo Bend
Woods at Wildwood Resort - Toledo Bend
All in all, a good 3-day fun filled trip! :)
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September 11th, 2007 at 05:58pm
This is Part 2 of a three part series of our trip to Las Vegas. Links to Part 1 and 3 can be found here :
As planned on Day 2 of our trip, we headed to the Grand Canyon. For the uninitiated, Grand Canyon is a natural wonder located in Arizona.
Grand Canyon is around 5 hrs drive from Las Vegas, NV. So, we started early in the morning at around 5.30 AM. We decided to go to the south rim of the grand canyon since the north rim was closed and we could not find much information on the west rim (nor we had time to be adventurous)
Lake Mead from a Distance - Click to Zoom
The drive was pretty cool. Its flat land. Desert. The roads are straight and you can see miles of straight road ahead of you! … it was a great experience to drive ! :). We reached Grand Canyon at around 10.30 AM.
Here are some snaps ….
Grand Canyon - Click to Zoom
Grand Canyon - Click to Zoom
Cliff at Grand Canyon - Click to Zoom
At the Grand Canyon South rim, there are buses which take you to different View points along the Rim of the canyon. And they are free (i.e, the cost is included in your entrance fee to the National Park)
Grand Canyon - Click to Zoom
Pathway to one of the view points at Grand Canyon - Click to Zoom
You can see the Colorado River (which carved the Grand Canyon!!) in the snaps below…
Colorado River at Grand Canyon - Click to Zoom
Colorado River at Grand Canyon - Click to Zoom
Colorado River at Grand Canyon - Click to Zoom
Grand Canyon and Colorado River - Click to Zoom
More snaps…
Grand Canyon - Click to Zoom
Grand Canyon - Click to Zoom
Grand Canyon - Click to Zoom
Grand Canyon - Click to Zoom
Grand Canyon - Click to Zoom
Desert View - you can see the desert at the distance…
Desert View at Grand Canyon - Click to Zoom
River Again - Zoomed in …
Colorado River at Grand Canyon - Click to Zoom
Grand Canyon - Click to Zoom
Cliff at Grand Canyon - Click to Zoom
A Guy sitting on the Rim at Grand Canyon….
A Guy sitting on the Rim at Grand Canyon - Click to Zoom
A couple enjoying the (cold) sunset at Grand Canyon…
A Couple enjoying the Sunset at Grand Canyon - Click to Zoom
Well, by 5 PM, it was pretty dark, and all of a sudden, it became very cold!
We started to head back to Vegas at around 6 PM. We reached back our Hotel at Las Vegas by around 10 PM.
More on Vegas trip in the next post….
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May 6th, 2007 at 11:45am
Time flies by! And already, the long awaited 4 day weekend is all over, and I have worked for 2 days after the weekend!.
Well, as mentioned in the previous post, here are some snaps of the Natural Tunnel State park. We visited this place on one of the days during the 4 day weekend. This place is actually in the state of Virginia and is around 20 miles from Kingsport.
The main attraction of this place is a 865 feet Natural Tunnel under a huge mountain. There are lot of trails too in the state park.
Here are the snaps:
Natural Tunnel State Park Visitor Center - Click to Zoom
We had to kind of trek to reach the Tunnel site….
On the way to the Tunnel - Click to Zoom
Pathway - Click to Zoom
The train track that goes through the Tunnel…
The rail track - Click to Zoom
A Wooden Bridge - Click to Zoom
The Natural Tunnel - Click to Zoom
Forest! - Click to Zoom
This shot is from one of the Overview points - actually right about the tunnel…
One of the overview points - Click to Zoom
On Monday (July 3rd) we went on a drive to the Smoky Mountains area. The entire area is quite scenic .. very beautiful.!!…… But it was a short trip and we spent quit a lot of time in traffice in the pegion forge area, which is in the foothills of smokies. I would definitely like to go to the smokies in the future .. stay at some cabin, go on treks etc!…
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July 7th, 2006 at 12:22am
Had been to the Watauga lake on Sunday. Its about a hours drive from Kingsport. Its pretty close to Elizabethton. Watauga lake is the highest lake in Tennessee and the third cleanest lake in North America! … and very beautiful too!. This lake was formed due to the construction of a Dam across the Watauga river. The lake is appx 19 miles long with around 106 miles of shoreline!!
Walk to the Watauga Lake - (Click to Zoom)
Watauga Lake - (Click to Zoom)
Watauga Lake - (Click to Zoom)
Sail Boat at Watauga Lake - (Click to Zoom)
Sail Boat at Watauga Lake - (Click to Zoom)
Watauga Lake - (Click to Zoom)
Watauga Lake - (Click to Zoom)
Watauga Lake - Panorama - (Click to Zoom)
The word “Watauga” is supposedly a Native American word meaning “beautiful river”.
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May 1st, 2006 at 04:11pm
Here are two panoramas. Not very great. Just a try…
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This one was shot near Karwar. i.e., on the Devbagh Bridge.
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I shot this on the way back from Tirumala to Tirupati.
Not perfect yet since you can see the fringes or bands at the joins.
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November 9th, 2005 at 04:41pm
Shot this snap in Goa. Somewhere between Marcela and Ponda.
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October 17th, 2005 at 01:14pm
This one is cool. May be this feature is there from start, but I came across this only today! (accidentally). When you go to the trash link in gmail, GMail shows you some Recycling Facts in web-clips placeholder. Nice idea!
Technorati Tag : GMail, Google
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June 15th, 2005 at 10:10am
