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 Dwight Peck's personal website
Summer 2021
A photographic record of whatever leapt out at us
You may not find this terribly rewarding unless you're included here, so this is a good time for casual and random browsers to turn back before they get too caught up in the sweep and majesty of the proceedings and can't let go..
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A Carolinas exploration in the merry month of May
When the temperature hovers at 30°C (86°F) for a week, it's time to greet the summer with a road trip.
The subtle joys of Greensboro, NC, and Melvin's Mountain,
3-4 May 2021
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Boating on Lake Hartwell, SC, & a goat farm,
5 May 2021
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The South Carolina Botanical Gardens at Clemson
University,
6 May 2021
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Searching for scenic waterfall hikes in Georgia, and back
for a ride on Lake Hartwell, 7 May 2021 |
Waterfalls in the Dupont State Forest, and views of
Hendersonville, North Carolina, 9 May 2021 |
Hike to the St Mary's Wilderness waterfall, without
the waterfall, 25 May 2021 |
A visit with Alison to Wintergreen's Shamokin Falls,
6 June 2021
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And now -- The Natural Bridge State Park in Kentucky, and the journey to Wisconsin
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The Natural Bridge State Resort Park, Kentucky,
10 June 2021 |
Another expedition to the Kentucky Natural Bridge,
11 June 2021
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A dash past downtown Chcago & a visit with Emily and Clinton, 12-13 June 2021. |
Onward, bravely, into our first Wisconsin summer without
Trump since (it seems) forever. |
Mid-June 2021: Welcome again to the Wisconsin Northwoods
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Checking in at Mussent Point, & the cats get to
go outside
at last, late June 2021 |
A wedding & an (unrelated) swamp walk,
also late June 2021
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Loon sightings, eagle sightings, & clearing a path for the hydrobikes, early July 2021 |
Loon chicks, feisty cats, mushroom hunts, & shoreline vandals,
8-15 July 2021 |
Ducks on a log, kayaks in the canal, & a swooping eagle,
16-19 July 2021 |
Duck parades, shoreline protection, & belated loosestrifing,
20-28 July 2021
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Lake Superior: Cats take the eroded beach challenge,
30-31 July 2021
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Lake Superior: Beach art, and a look at the Porkies,
31 July-2 August 2021
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Loons again, ducks again, a sailboat, and more riprap,
9 through 17 August 2021
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The lake snake, the Patriot Airhead, & the grand battle of the loosestrife, 18-21 August 2021 |
Random lake views from a declining summer,
24-30 August 2021
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The expedition to Frog Bay, the mystery canoe, and
Oscar's brief visit, early September 2021 |
Late summer scenes from the lake (featuring our little
turtle friend), 4-10 September 2021 |
Back north to 'South Beach', Upper Michigan on Lake Superior,
mid-September 2021
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A Lake Superior beach walk to the Flintsteel River,
17 September 2021 |
Another beach walk, intended for the Four Mile Rock,
18 September 2021
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The last days on the lake, under Choupette's accusatory stare,
to 1 October 2021
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The road home -- The Art Institute of Chicago, and the Cumberland Falls State Park
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A stop-over in Chicago, and lunch in front of The Bean |
The Art Institute of Chicago, 2 October 2021 |
A visit to the Cumberland Falls State Resort Park,
Kentucky, 4-8 October 2021
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The walk out to the Eagle Falls for another view of
the Cumberland River Falls, 6 October 2021
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The Blue Bend Trail on the Cumberland River,
7 October 2021
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An evening in Wytheville, Virginia, on the long
road home, 9 October 2021 |
The summer's over, and it's time to break out the winter longjohns.
  
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