Viña del Mar, Chile

Viña del Mar meaning “Vineyard of the Sea”), is a city and commune on central Chile’s Pacific coast. Often referred to as “La Ciudad Jardín” (“The Garden City”), Viña del Mar is located within the Valparaíso Region, and it is Chile’s fourth largest city with a population of 324,836 (according to the 2012 census). Viña del Mar is also part of the Greater Valparaíso area, the country’s third largest metropolitan area, after the Metropolitan areas of Santiago and Concepción. The Greater Valparaíso Area is home to 5 municipalities: Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Concon, Quilpue, and Villa Alemana. Click on the pictures.

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Majestic Rocky Mountains National Park, Colorado-93E2143

These spectacular images leave you with the feeling of something unreal or otherwordly.

Landscape-Rocky Mountains, Colorado-93E1958

 

Fall colors in Rocky Mountains Nat. Park, Colorado-93E1950

Yellow, Orange and Green are the predominant colors of the fall season in Colorado and surrounding states.  The vegetation is different from other states such as the New England area where predominant colors are Red, Green and Yellow.

Vermont Country Road-93E1836

In search of covered bridges in a road out of nowhere with scenic views.

Vermont Splendor-93E1835

Traveling country roads of Vermont provides some spectacular landscape scenery.

 

Warren Vermont_93E1817

Across from the bridge was this beautiful and well manicured site.

Lakeview from Warren Covered Bridge, Vermont-93E1821

 

Warren Covered Bridge, Vermont-93E1819

he Warren Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge that crosses the Mad River in Warren, Vermont on Covered Bridge Road. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.  easy to miss while driving the Scenic Route 100 Byway.

This trusses on this bridge are covered not only on the outside, but on the inside as well… one of only two bridges left in the state with similar construction (the other being the School House Covered Bridge).

Moss Glen Falls, Granville Vermont-93E1795

This falls cascades more than 30 feet into a large pool to create this unique landform.  Located in the Granville Reservation which encompasses the forests and waters along both sides of Vermont Scenic Route 100 Byway for six miles.  This unique habitat is also well known for its richness in wildlife where white-tailed deer, moose, black bear etc…  call this area home.