Posts Tagged ‘sunset’

Friday photos: Sunset – Riviera Maya, Mexico at Hacienda Tres Rios

// June 14th, 2012 // 3 Comments » // Places Sunset, Riviera Maya, Mexico

[Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo, Mexico] — It had been raining off and on throughout the day, but right around sunset, a slight break in the clouds permitted the sun to peek through, creating the picture-perfect “golden hour” photographers dream of. I was with a group of travel writers and photographers in Riviera Maya for SATW’s …read more…

Friday Photo – Smoky Mountain Sunset

// June 1st, 2012 // No Comments » // Places Smoky Mountain Sunset

Sunsets — and sunrises — can be beautiful wherever you are. But I’ve always been partial to the ones in the mountains or over the ocean — there’s something extra tranquil about those scenes. This photo was taken in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, near Knoxville, during a press trip there recently. Enjoy.  

A Taste of the Tropics–Riding to Key West

// January 18th, 2011 // 13 Comments » // Places, RoadTales FL Keys

Key West, FL — Thanks, Henry Flagler. Maybe I’m 100 years too late, give or take a few, but if not for the foresight of this early 20th-century oil tycoon, the Overseas Railroad would not have been built. Flagler financed and built the railway linking mainland Florida to the islands of the Keys; the project …read more…