Tag Archives: travel

Grass and Glass (BRB, Part 3)

Posted on April 18, 2017 by rivertoprambles

Intending to spend the whole day fishing the Rapidan River inside Shenandoah National Park, I fished it and even took a pleasant side excursion on a brook trout tributary. White trilliums were the flower of the day, nodding their invitations to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bamboo fly rods, Blue Ridge, brook trout, environment, fiberglass rods, fly-fishing, hiking, mountains, nature, photography, rivers, Shenandoah Nat'l Park, small streams, Spring, travel, Virginia, waterfalls, wildflowers, writing | 16 Comments

Blue Ridge Buffer (Pt. 2), No Plan B

Posted on April 14, 2017 by rivertoprambles

1. I love Monday mornings in the Blue Ridge, especially before the hikers, dogs and fishermen start to activate the paths inside Shenandoah National Park. The sun is out; the temperatures are headed for the 70s; Louisiana water-thrushes are at song; the violets and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Blue Ridge Mountains, brook trout, fishing, hiking, North Fork Moormans, photos, Shenandoah National Park, Skyline Drive, travel, Virginia | 26 Comments

Blue Ridge Buffer, Part 1

Posted on April 8, 2017 by rivertoprambles

[All photos in Part 1 are recent takes from a grey and partly frozen landscape in the north country. Rainbow trout from Allegheny River. Stay tuned for brighter and more southerly perspectives as this series progresses.] As the new fishing … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Blue Ridge, buffer zone, civilization, family, fly-fishing, hiking, migration, photography, place, Shenandoah National Park, Spring, travel, upstate New York, Virginia, wilderness | 18 Comments

The Don’t Hurry Isle

Posted on March 14, 2017 by rivertoprambles

I’m pretending that I’m there right now. With a cup of morning coffee at my side, with brain and keyboard fingers operating with reptilian slowness, I imagine just relaxing on a tiny tropical island. What does it matter that a classic Nor’easter whitens … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Caribbean Scrambles, Don't Hurry, imagination, Innisfree, islands, Nor'easter, peace, photography, poetry, St. Pat's, travel, Virgin Islands, W. B. Yeats, writing | 12 Comments

The Ragged Edge

Posted on February 26, 2017 by rivertoprambles

The weather and our wishes for a small retreat from winter seemed to coincide or to conspire neatly for several days. We headed south toward Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, not far from Gettysburg, and settled at the Inn at Ragged Edge where old-timers … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Big Spring, ethics, Falling Spring Branch, fly-fishing, get-away, history, Inn at Ragged Edge, Moorehead Kennedy, nature, Pennsylvania, photography, rainbow trout, spring creeks, travel, Victorian homes | 20 Comments

Winter Rose

Posted on December 30, 2016 by rivertoprambles

Since the sad news I reported on in the last post, I’ve been happily wrapped up in a wide variety of holiday activities. I even got in a couple hours of fly-fishing in Shenandoah National Park. I spent a week in Washington … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brook trout, death, family, fly-fishing, holidays, Life, marriage, nature, photos, Rose, Rose River, Shenandoah Nat'l Park, travel, Virginia, Washington D.C., wild, winter | 22 Comments

Self-Portrait in Leaky Waders

Posted on December 11, 2016 by rivertoprambles

I should have known better– given the first sign of wetness on the legs after fishing in Virginia, I should have read the writing on the porous wall. The end had come for my one-year-old Field & Stream waders. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "River's Edge", bear, Beautiful Like a Mayfly, environment, Field & Stream, landlocked salmon, nature, photography, roadkill, self-portrait, travel, waders, winter fly-fishing, writing | 31 Comments

Three Days in Shenandoah

Posted on December 1, 2016 by rivertoprambles

On the eve of Thanksgiving Day, my son gave my wife and me a walking tour of Theodore Roosevelt Island on the tidal flats of the Potomac River in Washington, D. C. That morning walk on the circuit trail culminating … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Blue Ridge Mountains, exploration, family, fly-fishing, hiking, holiday, naturalist, nature, outdoors, photography, politics, Shenandoah National Park, Teddy Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Island, travel | 24 Comments

Right Angle Weekend

Posted on October 12, 2016 by rivertoprambles

It was a three-day weekend with a common theme. It started on a Saturday with a visit to the upper Allegheny River. An overnight rainfall had discolored the water a bit; the forest leaves were brightening with autumn change, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brook trout, brown trout, environment, fly-fishing, Kettle Creek, nature, outdoors, photography, politics, refuge, Slate Run, travel | 16 Comments

A Week on the Autumn Road

Posted on October 6, 2016 by rivertoprambles

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged autumn, changes, fishing, gentian, nature, outdoors, peace, photogr, photography, poetry, travel, trout, witch-hazel | 12 Comments