Heymo Vehse

Bridal Veil Falls

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:14:39 +0000

Last weekend I took a little trip with my motorcycle down the Blue Ridge Parkway and the “Moonshiner 28″, which is a very twisty road through the Smoky Mountains National Park.

One of the probably most photographed spots on the Moonshiner 28 is the “Bridal Veil Falls”, where you can drive with your vehicle under the waterfall. Obviously I had to do that with my trusted motorcycle as well.

Ometepe Island

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:41:29 +0000

I just went through some of the pictures I took in Nicaragua last year and came a cross this one from a little hut on Ometepe Island we stayed in for a few nights.

What a beautiful and peaceful place this is – with the ever watching Volcano Maderas in the background. One day we even climbed this volcano, and into the crater!

Catching Some Air

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:46:06 +0000

It has been a while since my last post – sorry about that, I have been crazy busy with my little day job

Fortunately last week I as at a conference in Denver, and had a chance to make a little excursion to Boulder as well. It was my first time in that area, and since I love mountains I had to take a little trip into the Rockies. Here is an image I made in a ski resort a bit west of Boulder:

Seven Sacred Pools

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:13:52 +0000

This image is a bit older, from my vacation on Hawaii a few years back.

I just recently stumbled on this image while working on some images. Sometimes it’s nice to look at older work and find little treasures that have been forgotten!

Disc Golf Basket Case

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:36:17 +0000

I recently started playing Disc Golf – a sport I would have never expected to be fun to me.

Strange, since traditional golf is about the most boring sport I can imagine, but Disc Golf is really intriguing, maybe because it is played in a more natural environment instead of a manufactured course.

In case you don’t know – Disc Golf is very similar to the old fashioned golf, with the difference that you have to throw small frisbees (…which is a trademarked term BTW) into metal baskets like the one pictured below.

Hatteras Lighthouse

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:28:24 +0000

Last weekend I took my motorcycle down the Hatteras National Seashore, from Manteo to Ocracoke in North Carolina.

Since it was off-season it was inexpensive to stay in Motels, and I didn’t have to battle any crowds. Of course there was also a downside, mostly the somewhat cold and rainy weather. Great trip nevertheless.

Mabry Mill

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:52:43 +0000

Another image from my trip down the Blue Ridge Parkway ten days ago.

The following is an image of Mabry Mill, and old water mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia, just north of the border to North Carolina:

In The Headlight

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:36:42 +0000

Last weekend I did a nice little weekend trip with my motorcycle down the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.

Now I know why the area is so popular for motorcyclists, the approaching Fall Colors were really beautiful.

The picture below is a rare self-portrait of myself, my reflection in the headlight of my motorcycle.

Old fashioned diner

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:57:00 +0000

Last weekend we made a fun little trip to Lynchburg (Virginia), a fun little town with a lot of history about the civil war.

One of the nice places to go for dinner was the Marketplace, and old fashioned diner. What I found to be interesting was the constellation of ventilators at the ceiling: They were arranged horizontally, in one long row. I just had never seen this before…

Sailing after Hurricane Irene

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:48:33 +0000

Last weekend I had the great luck and pleasure of getting invited by a friend to go sailing off the coast of North Carolina.

My friend has a sailing boat near Oriental, NC, which fortunately was not significantly damaged by Hurricane Irene – the Hurrican that had swept through that area just one week earlier.