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On the Road and In Your Backyard

by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)|  May 16, 20195:00 am| 16 Comments

This post is in: On The Road, Open Threads, Readership Capture

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On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions.

From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.

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Good Morning All,

On The Road and In Your Backyard is a weekday feature spotlighting reader submissions. From the exotic to the familiar, please share your part of the world, whether you’re traveling or just in your locality. Share some photos and a narrative, let us see through your pictures and words. We’re so lucky each and every day to see and appreciate the world around us!

Submissions from commenters are welcome at tools.balloon-juice.com

Have a wonderful day, and enjoy the pictures!

 

Today, pictures from valued commenter Sister Golden Bear.

Continuing on with my trip to Croatia.

Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia

While Plitvice Lakes National Park is famous for its 16 lakes linked by innumerable waterfalls.The lakes are separated by natural dams of travertine limestone, which are continuously growing taller.

The park can be crowded near the Veliki Slap, the largest of the waterfalls at 78 meters, since that’s where tour groups make their quick stop at the park. But it’s well worth taking the 5 km trail to the upper lakes, which are far less crowded.

Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia

A walkway connects the paths over the watery bits.

Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia

Yet more waterfalls.

Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia

One of many instances where the waterfalls run right through the trees.

Odmorište Krka, Croatia

Heading south from Plitvice, I stopped at a highway rest area and happened into this lovely view.

Croatia’s main highways, the autoceste, are toll highways akin to the turnpikes in the East Coast, which limited access points every 5-10 miles. Rest areas are far fancier than we’re accustomed to in California, each having a little coffee bar/cafeteria/convenience store.

 

Thank you so much Sister Golden Bear, do send us more when you can.

 

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16Comments

  1. 1.

    Mary G

    May 16, 2019 at 5:04 am

    Never seen anything like the waterfalls running through the trees. I learn a lot from the jackals, thanks SGB.

  2. 2.

    OzarkHillbilly

    May 16, 2019 at 5:16 am

    Look at the karst! (said in my best Curly voice)(which isn’t good at all)

  3. 3.

    p.a.

    May 16, 2019 at 5:52 am

    Schweet! raven & I (& others) request fishing reports on all bodies of water featured, btw.

  4. 4.

    JPL

    May 16, 2019 at 5:58 am

    It’s doubtful that I’ll visit Croatia, so thank you for the pictures and commentary.

  5. 5.

    eclare

    May 16, 2019 at 5:59 am

    Awesome! I went there in 2015.

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    debbie

    May 16, 2019 at 7:12 am

    I had no idea these kinds of scenes were in Croatia. Thanks for enlightening me!

    (And how do those trees not topple over, with all that water inundating them?)

  7. 7.

    arrieve

    May 16, 2019 at 7:30 am

    Those waterfalls are just wonderful. Thanks for sharing!

  8. 8.

    mad citizen

    May 16, 2019 at 8:08 am

    Great pictures, thanks for sharing!

  9. 9.

    Tom Levenson

    May 16, 2019 at 8:50 am

    Beautiful. Another stop on my bucket list.

  10. 10.

    Belafon

    May 16, 2019 at 9:35 am

    For about the fourth time, if I am reading this site, I suddenly get redirected to a page claiming to be an Amazon Reward page for my Samsung phone with a popup. I have to close the page to get out of it.

  11. 11.

    ruemara

    May 16, 2019 at 10:16 am

    Oh, my goodness, this is lovely. Thanks, SGB!

  12. 12.

    ruemara

    May 16, 2019 at 10:19 am

    @Belafon: you too? Happened to me last night

  13. 13.

    Miss Bianca

    May 16, 2019 at 10:22 am

    You take such lovely photos, SGB!

  14. 14.

    Sister Golden Bear

    May 16, 2019 at 12:03 pm

    @debbie:

    those trees not topple over, with all that water inundating them?

    I suspect they do. In the photo, it looks like erosion has been eating away at the right side of its original bank, widening the flow area. So over time, the soil in the middle of the flow will get completely washed away, and then it’s a question of how strong the tree’s root system is.

  15. 15.

    Sister Golden Bear

    May 16, 2019 at 3:54 pm

    @Miss Bianca: Thank you!

  16. 16.

    Mart

    May 16, 2019 at 5:13 pm

    Lovely pics. I suspect that the handrail free walkway over the watery bits could not be built in the States without a bunch of lawsuits.

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