2014 Daily Photo Project - Days 180 thru 190

Went on a vacation for 10 days and wasn't able to post regularly to my blog.  This post should get things caught back up.  Am posting the original wording that I posted on my Facebook page as the week went on.  Added a few additional comments at times.

Hope you enjoy.  Took many nice pictures and may have a blog post with more later.

2014 Daily Photo Project - Day 180 - 09-04-14. Simple phone pic this evening. Been too busy getting ready for a little adventure. The drive tomorrow evening.

2014 Daily Photo Project - Day181 - 09-05-14. Hands down lamest photo of the day ever. Next nine days will be better though.

2014 Daily Photo Project - Day 182 - 09-06-14. First full day of the trip South. We traveled about 60 miles of Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park today. Lots of beautiful vistas and several run-ins with the Appalachian Trail. This is my son, Collin and I at one of the trail heads.

2014 Daily Photo Project - Day 183 - 09-07-14. A photo of the location where I will be taking some of my sunrise photos from this week. (ironically, I never really got a good sunrise this stay)

2014 Daily Photo Project - Day 184 - 09-08-14. Went for a walk on a stretch of beach in the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge today. Found this boat wrecked on the beach. It has definitely seen better days. Made a nice photo subject.  (I found out later after attending a meeting for local photographers later that night, the back story on this boat.  It was a sailboat (salvaged after the hurricane last year).  The owner was towing it with another sailboat from New York to South Carolina.  His intention was to make it new again.  He fell asleep one night 7 miles from the coast and woke up with both boats beached.  He tried to find a way to save this boat and lived in it on the beach for several months.  Unfortunately people kept coming in the night and stealing parts of it til there was nothing left but it's hull.  Sad really.)

2014 Daily Photo Project - Day 185 - 09-09-14. Headed out to the Jeanette Pier a little bit ago. Took a ton of photos under the moon. Will post more of this shoot when I get home and get to play with them a little. There are some real winners in this batch.

2014 Daily Photo Project - Day 186 - 09-10-14. We took a couple of family pictures today. Got to wait till we get home before I can fix some of the lighting issues.

2014 Daily Photo Project - Day 187 - 09-11-14. Felt this subject needed done in black and white. Took a drive down through Pea Island and Rodanthe and stopped at this building before heading back across Oregon Inlet. If you look closely, you can see the Bodie Island Light House really small in one of the low spots in the dunes.

2014 Daily Photo Project - Day 188 - 09-12-14. Been wanting to take a photo of the Wright Brothers Memorial at night and tonight was the night. Snuck on a little while ago and shot this.

2014 Daily Photo Project - Day 189 - 09-13-14. Last day of vacation. We decided to head up on the beach North of Corolla to see if we could see some horses. None to be found this year. This photo looks like a jeep commercial. LOL

2014 Daily Photo Project - Day 190 - 09-14-14. Got home from the Outer Banks a short bit ago and found this tree with leaves almost all turning. Seems I found the same thing last year when I returned then.