Travelogue Snowed Out

Mother Nature has thrown up a beautiful roadblock overnight.  The snow looks great, but it's going to keep a lot of people from being able to attend the Travelogue planned for 2/26.   We will reschedule to a new date soon.

Stay warm, stay dry, but get out and take some snow pictures!

**CANCELED** March Eastman Camera Club Field Trip – Clinch Mountain WMA, Saltville, VA Saturday March 21, 2015

This outing is canceled due to the road still being snow covered and closed.

It will be great to get out and photograph after hibernating the long winter.  Everyone is encouraged to attend the March outing to the scenic Clinch Mountain Wildlife Management Area near Saltville, VA.   The WMA is open Tuesday-Saturday: 9 AM - 5:30 PM.  The state area is the most biologically diverse, due in large part to the vast differences in elevation on the area (1,600 feet to 4,700 feet) covering 25,477-acres) spread across Virginia's southwest highlands.  There are excellent views of the Holston River and Clinch River watersheds. (Click for Map)

Big Falls

Things to Photograph:

• Wildlife photography - deer, bear, turkey, grouse, squirrel, rabbit, beaver, waterfowl, wood duck and bald eagle (sightings at Hidden Valley Lake and at Clinch Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Laurel Bed, and South Holston lakes).
• Hiking
• Nature photography
• Wildflowers  (hopefully some will be out)
• Laurel Bed Lake (330-acres)
• Scenic Vistas
• Big Tumbling Creek cascades and large, deep rocky pools along the 7-miles of the creek
• Big Tumbling Creek Falls
• Upper Tumbling Creek Falls
• Twin Hollow Falls
• Big Falls (see above photo)

Big Tumbling Creek

Claire Salvail will be leading this trip.  This will be a full day; Clinch Mountain WMA in the morning and Big Tumbling Creek in the afternoon.  You will need to bring your lunch and beverages, as there is no food available in the WMA.  Make sure to bring plenty of water, sunscreen, hat, hiking gear in addition to your camera gear.

Meet at the Colonial Heights Ingles parking lot between McDonalds and the Bank at 7:30 AM on Saturday March 21.  It's about a 1-hour drive from Kingsport to Saltville and then additional time to get up Clinch Mountain, so you'll want to carpool as much as possible.   If you plan on driving, make sure that you have gassed your vehicle and eaten/picked up breakfast before you arrive at the pickup point. We will be leaving promptly at 7:30 and will only be stopping for a restroom break near Saltville.

Claire’s contact info is cjs849@outlook.com and her cell phone is 423-557-1306.  Please RSVP if you plan on going on this trip.

Bill Fortney His Light Workshop in Rogersville Tennessee

Those of you who were in Bill Fortney's one-day workshop last year know he can put on a great workshop.   Here's your chance for some more in depth instruction. Only a handful of spots left.

Bill Fortney His Light Workshop

Memory Lane - A complete 1950’s town!
April 8-12, 2015
Rogersville, TN
Price:  $899.   Limited to 12
Instructors:  Bill Fortney & Jim Begley
To Register or for Info Contact  Bill Fortney @  (606)-528-6119  or billfortney@earthlink.net

This incredible town right out of the 50’s with an authentic country store, movie theater, aluminum sided diner, a garage full of beautifully restored cars of that era, gas station, junk yard with some classic old rusty trucks and cars, and much, much more, all completely accurate down to every detail. This will be an Americana shooters dream come true, this is by special arrangement this is not normally open to the public!

February 19 Travelogue Rescheduled to March 12.

Due to forecasted bitter cold temperatures for Thursday February 19, the Four Corners Travelogue is being rescheduled to 7:00 PM March 12.   It will still be held in the Banquet Room at the Eastman Lodge on Bays Mountain.

We hope to see you then.

Travelogue Location - it's NOT at the Eastman Employee Center!

Please pass the word that the Travelogues that are scheduled for the four Thursdays in February are in the Eastman Lodge at Bays Mountain, not the Eastman Employee Center.  

Some people may assume we are in the same location as we have been for the last several years.  We are trying something new this year.  The room we were using at the Employee Center was not good for a large crowd that wants to be able to see the screen.

The lodge is located at the Eastman Recreation Area.  If you know where Kingsport Bays Mountain Park is, you go right just before the entrance to the Bays Mountain Park.  The lodge is the first building on the left with the parking lot next to it.

The address is

406 Bays Mountain Park Rd
Kingsport, Tennessee 37660

Here are some directions that might help:

• Get off I-26 at the John B. Dennis / Wilcox Drive Exit (Exit No. 51). 
• Turn left at the red light at the end of the exit ramp, and go back under I-26. Go 0.3 miles to a red light (you should be able to follow the brown Bays Mountain Park signs from here). 
• Turn right at the red light, go 0.1 miles, and turn left onto Princeton Road. 
• Go 0.2 miles and turn right onto Diana Avenue. 
• Go 0.6 miles to a stop sign at Reservoir Road. 
• Turn left and go 1.5 miles on Reservoir Road. 
• Turn right on Bays Mountain Road and go 0.6 miles to the Eastman Lodge (there's a fork in the road before you get to the Eastman Recreation Area; take the right fork. The left fork goes up the mountain to Bays Mountain Park. Immediately after you take the right fork, you will pass through a gate. Go about 0.2 miles and the Eastman Lodge will be on your left.