ebinmaine 62,980 #1 Posted November 17, 2019 Trina had a big karate event this past Saturday about 2-1/2 hours from us in Woodstock VT. Free Training Day. Put-on by one of the other black belts from her school. 12 Masters of their own craft taught classes for an hour each. 2 at a time for 6 time slots. I participated in 4. 1500s European hand weapons. Kempo/ Jiu Jitsu defenses. Board breaking. Thai chi. I BROKE BOARDS !!! I've put the board breaking videos on my YouTube channel. We decided to make a weekend out of it and play tourist. Friday we stopped at Quechee gorge to look around. It's a 1/2 mile or so and 200 vertical feet to the bottom of the gorge. There's a hydroelectric dam upstream we also walked to. Bottom of the gorge at the end of the walking trail. From a nearby point to the end, looking upstream. See the bridge... The hydroelectric dam. Closeup of the left side of above dam. After that we went up the road a little to the Vermont Institute Of Natural Sciences. They are a rehabilitation facility for birds of prey in particular, and others as well. These Bald Eagle pics are NOT ZOOMED. This female was just a few feet away and Trina was able to aim the camera through the cage wires. Great horned owl Male snowy owl Peregrine falcon Barred owl pair. Screech owl. These little guys are only about 8 inches tall. Rough legged hawk. This the new elevated walking path through the trees. There's a tower where the pic is from that's 81 feet from the ground. We're above the tops of many of the trees Now for a bit of rest..... 5 4 5 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tom2p 2,393 #2 Posted November 17, 2019 double wow - super ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
troutbum70 857 #4 Posted November 18, 2019 I bet there is great fishing to be had there. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 59,570 #5 Posted November 18, 2019 You broke boards and you’re making us search for the videos? Not cool. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 59,570 #6 Posted November 18, 2019 “Yell at that board!” 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 62,980 #7 Posted November 18, 2019 7 hours ago, troutbum63 said: I bet there is great fishing to be had there. I'd say for sure.... Up by the dam there's NO access to the first 3/4 mile of River. There are likely a few monsters in there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 62,980 #8 Posted November 18, 2019 6 hours ago, pullstart said: “Yell at that board!” Ok so I see ya found em... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 59,570 #9 Posted November 18, 2019 Looks to be an awesome weekend indeed! That scenery you are all surrounded by... so cool! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 62,980 #10 Posted November 18, 2019 One of the cool things about living in the far Northeast for sure. We have pretty near every kind of terrain imaginable although some of it is in microclimates that are very very small areas. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 9,975 #11 Posted November 18, 2019 I've put the board breaking videos on my YouTube channel. Where's the link? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stepney 2,314 #12 Posted November 18, 2019 Actually I concur, I can't even find your YT page. I know I have it saved too, but a search brings up nothing? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 62,980 #13 Posted November 18, 2019 Here here you go guys. I normally link them right into the thread but they hadn't finished loading when I was putting this on. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 59,570 #14 Posted November 18, 2019 I searched for Cinnamon Horse to find his channel after all the equine blah blah content, I ran across EB! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JERSEYHAWG / Glenn 4,487 #15 Posted November 20, 2019 Nice pictures. Thanks for posting them. Glenn 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites