NATURE & TRAVEL a Xenote in Tulum Flowers of Quintana Roo a Wilmington, North Carolina sunset an intercoastal salt marsh on the coast of North Carolina Boston, Massachusetts a Speckled Swimming crab on the Atlantic coast Central Park, New York a Swan swimming in Metz, France the Bavarian Alps, German-Austrian border the winter countryside in Garmisch, southern Germany Half Dome, Yosemite, California Vernal Falls, Yosemite National Park, California McDowell Sonoran Preserve, Arizona a swamp in the Croatan National Forest, North Carolina Fall in a North Carolina swamp French Broad River, Chimney Rock, North Carolina a Purple Passionflower, Cape Fear Botanical Gardens a Silk Orb Weaver, North Carolina Linville Gorge, North Carolina Mushrooms emerging . . . Linville Gorge, North Carolina Hickory Nut Falls - Chimney Rock, North Carolina on the Greenbrier Trail, West Virginia State Park an Ebony Jewelwing, Abbey Nature Preserve, North Carolina a wild Orchid in Maple Hill, North Carolina Yellow Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia flava) in a North Carolina bog the Flowering Bridge in Lake Lure, NC the moon’s reflection at Surf City pier, NC a moss & fern covered Cypress tree in DuPont State Forest, Brevard (NC) Fall at it’s best : Halloween weekend in DuPont State Forest, Brevard (NC) breathtaking Triple Falls in DuPont State Forest, Brevard (NC) a bridge covered in leaves in DuPont State Forest, Brevard (NC) Hooker falls rushing over an edge in DuPont State Forest, Brevard (NC) Little River flowing over slabs of rock in DuPont State Forest Looking Glass falls enhanced by fall colors, Pisgah National Forest (NC) the leaf-covered trail up to the summit of Mt. Pisgah, Blue Ridge Parkwaythe Blue Ridge Parkway in peak fall color (below)