Hard Rock Cafe - Gatlinburg

Hard Rock Cafe - Gatlinburg - With the horrible wildfire going through the Smokey Mountains, including Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, I wanted to post a couple of photos from when I visited family in Knoxville. Prayers (and tons of rain) for the area would probably be appreciated.

Johnny Cash's guitar and photo



Dolly Parton's Guitar and Photo



From the side of the road in the Great Smokey Mountains; the sun was setting, and everything was going dark.

Pirate Ship

Pirate Ship

A-Wake

A-Wake

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Train Trestle, B&W

Train Trestle, B&W

Bird, Behind SCA, on Salt Creek, Digital

Bird, Behind SCA, on Salt Creek, Digital

Bayboro Harbor, USFSP, Foggy Morning

Bayboro Harbor, USFSP, Foggy Morning

Thanksgiving, Throwback Thursday, Family

Thanksgiving, Throwback Thursday, Family - Since it's Thanksgiving AND Throwback Thursday, I'm posting photos of family members, now mostly gone.

This is a rerun of Thanksgiving, November 27, 2014. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Amy & Greg, 1960s, Cape Cod



The one photo on this blog that I didn't take (because I'm in it)



Aunt Elsie and...



Dad and Phyllis (step-mom)





birth family, 1960s, Cape Cod



Grandma and Grandpa Hallock, 1960s



Grandma Hallock and Lizbeth, 1980s



Brad



Grandma Shwedo and friends



Greg



Keith



Mom



Paul

Vines, Digital

Vines, Digital - From the same group of photos posted November 14.

Moon at Park, Trees, Evening, B&W

Moon at Park, Trees, Evening

Short Bridge, Palm, Indian Mound

Short Bridge, Palm, Indian Mound - Two photos showing the short bridge by an Indian Mound off Jungle Prada in St. Petersburg, Fla.

"Celtic-Knot" Tree - B&W, Digital

"Celtic-Knot" Tree - B&W, Digital - The curves on this tree reminds me a little of celtic knots. The first photo is in black & white, the second, digitally enhanced.

On Boca Ciega Bay

On Boca Ciega Bay

Church in the City

Church in the City - A photo of this from a different angle at twilight was posted July 25, 2016.

Path, Shed, Morning Light, Digital

Path, Shed, Morning Light, Digital

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Palm Fronds, B&W

Palm Fronds, B&W

Cell-Phone Photos

Cell-Phone Photos - From a political rally in 2010 at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg for Kendrick Meek. Former President Bill Clinton spoke at the rally, causing cell phones to come out for photos.

Vines, B&W

Vines, B&W

Tree, Vines, Twilight, Digital

Tree, Vines, Twilight, Digital

Train Trestle, B&W

Train Trestle, B&W

Mom, Veterans Day

Mom, Veterans Day - It's the second anniversary of my mom's death. Miss you, Mom!

It's also Veterans Day, so besides a couple of photos of my mom, I'm posting photos of my two favorite veterans - my dad, and Paul. Miss you both!

Mom, at her mother's townhouse



Mom (Jane S.), my brother Greg (miss you, kiddo!), and Frisky George (black cat), Yorktown, NY



Dad and Mom (John and Jane S.) Dad is one of my favorite two veterans.



Dad



Paul, my other favorite veteran.

Tree, Palmettos, Boyd Hill, B&W

Tree, Palmettos, Boyd Hill, B&W

Election, 2016

Election, 2016

From Pinellas Park, Florida's Forbes Center, one of the city's polling places, around 2:30 P.M. Trump supporters passed out leaflets just outside the perimeter of the Forbes Center. No Clinton volunteers were in sight.



While there were plenty of Trump signs outside the Forbes Center, there were no Clinton signs to be seen. Whether the signs were there prior to 2:30 and removed or simply not there is unknown (at least by me).



Entrance to the Forbes polling place. At 2:30, there were no lines. I was voter number 443 to cast my ballot there.



Yes, I voted.



Between 6:30 P.M. and the 7:00 P.M., there were a few more people at the Forbes Center to vote. However, the longest line I observed outside the center consisted of five or six people waiting to vote. (During the 2012 election between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, the line when I arrived - both times (to vote and then to photograph) was approximately 20 - 30 people long.)

The last voter I spoke with was number 700+; only a small handful of people remained inside