Quechee Balloon Festival: A Photographer’s Guide & Travel Tips Planning for the Quechee Balloon Festival? Get expert photography tips, parking secrets, and the best vantage points for the balloon launches

Up, up, and away! 🎈

Just published my guide to the Quechee Balloon Festival, tips for finding perfect spots on the River
Includes a video of a balloon nailing a perfect "touch-and-go"!

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Only in Vermont can you find some of the best beer on the planet while pumping gas at a Mobil station. #Quechee

#BirdOfTheDay 🦅
#Grounded

A #BaldEagle at the #VermontInstituteOfNaturalScience in #Quechee, #Vermont. The raptors at #VINS, due to injuries or other conditions, are unable to live in the wild and are thus, in a sense, grounded.

#HunterFranklinPics #Eagles #Birds #BirdsOfBluesky

#LivingTheDreamAlpacaFarm shearing day so Alpacas not in the mood for petting #Quechee

Color photograph of the underside of a steel bridge spanning Quechee Gorge. Focus is on the green steel construction. Fall foliage is seen in the background.

Continuing the Quechee VT line, The Quechee Gorge Bridge is Vermont's oldest surviving steel arch bridge, built in 1911. I have more of the gorge, but felt this shot of the under-side of the bridge deserved its own post. #photography #engineering #architecture #vermont #quechee #bridge

And I totally misspelled #quechee Sorry!

The Quechee Gorge in Quechee, Vermont in different angles.
All taken from both sides of the Quechee Gorge Bridge on October 7, 2022.
#photography #nature #Quechee #gorge #Vermont #UnitedStates

Clouds reflected in the Ottauquechee River at the Vermont Institute for Natural Science (VINS) in Quechee, Vermont.

What would a visit to Vermont be without a block of handcrafted reserve cheddar cheese? From Crowley Cheese near in Mt. Holly, Vermont.

Looking down on the Quechee Gorge from Hwy. 4 in Quechee, Vermont.

The historic Dewey House in Hartford, Vermont. Painted in grey with black & white trim with a veranda & a white picket fence in front. I love the way this house looks and I love New England architecture in general.

#AYearAgoToday #AYAT

A few more pics from this date one year ago. See alt text for details.

#HunterFranklinPics #Vermont #Quechee #OttauquecheeRiver #QuecheeGorge
#NewEngland #Autumn #Fall #VermontInstituteOfNaturalScience #VINS #VermontCheddarCheese

Meet Elmwood, Ambassador for Bald Eagles. Sadly, Elmwood passed away last Spring after 24 years at VINS.

Elmwood, Ambassador of Bald Eagles, perched atop a branch inside his enclosure.

This is either Cody or Arizona (I can’t tell which is which), an Ambassador for Golden Eagles. Sadly, Cody passed away last Spring after 27 years at VINS.

This is either Cody or Arizona perched atop a branch in her enclosure at VINS. Note the smiley face on the post to the right.

#AYearAgoToday #AYAT

On this day 1 year ago, I visited the #VermontInstituteOfNaturalScience in #Quechee, #Vermont. My favorite part was the raptor exhibits which featured injured #raptors. For more info, please see alt text.

#HunterFranklinPics #NewEngland #BaldEagles #GoldenEagles #Fall #VINS

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(Oct. 8, 2023)

I love this quote from #JRRTolkien on a message board just outside the visitor’s center at the #QuecheeGorge in #Quechee, #Vermont.

#HunterFranklinPics #NewEngland #Autumn #Fall