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Tuesday Travelogue-April 19th

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Real Estate Agent with John L Scott Market Center 700512026

Welcome to the ongoing weekly series called Tuesday Travelogue. We are in our 89th week!  Each week, some ActiveRain bloggers are spotlighted to take us somewhere we may not have been on some kind of virtual travel (and it doesn't cost a dime!). Here is the purpose:

 

 to enjoy the ride"

"take a trip without even leaving the farm"

"expand your horizons"

"see through someone else's eyes"

  and hopefully much more!

The water at Fishhawk Lake is drawing me in with its blue hues and calming effect and so today, we take to the water!

 

This is truly one of the most perfect water/lake pictures I've ever seen. This is Lake Norman, named top 5 lakes in the US and I wanna go there! Who's with me??  Charlotte, NC presented by The Temple Team

 

How about a lake around Christmas? A completely different viewpoint, but equally as beautiful. Christmas Tree cutting in Red Feather Lakes, CO (I do SO  love that name.) Another captured beauty! Mary Douglas explains. 

 Red Feather Lakes

 

This looked inviting. Best lakes in Waterford Michigan. Never heard of it, and there are 34 of them--who knew? People who've grown up on Michigan lakes are frequently interested in Fishhawk Lake.  It looks like I want to get on the water and check it out! Russ Ravary gives us the scoop. 

Sylvan Lake Waterford MI

 

The scenic lakes of!Hopkinton - Massachusetts! Yet another place I've never heard of! Claudette Millette shares some tips and their names are quite lovely. (This one is Echo Lake, perfectly named and the picture certainly supports that).  

Echo Lake

 Tammy Lankford and I have exchanged stories about our beloved lakes and hers, Lake Sinclair, GA has some good reasons why people want to move there. I'll let her tell you!

 

 Lake Sinclair GA

 

 This day at Fishhawk Lake is what spurned me on to my Tuesday Travelogue tryst as if they were beckoning me to walk out onto the dock and take one for a spin....hope you enjoyed your water rush!

Fishhawk Lake 4.17.16-Gayle Rich-Boxman

 

Please don't forget to comment on these blog posts and I hope that you enjoyed all of these virtual travels. 

                                               

                                                                   Travellers in the Rain!

 

 

 

 

Belinda Spillman
Aspen Lane Real Estate Colorful Colorado - Aurora, CO
Colorado Living!

Very beautiful photos today.  I do love bodies of water.  

Apr 19, 2016 01:14 AM
Lottie Kendall
Compass - San Francisco, CA
Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

Thanks, Gayle, for whetting our appetite for summer with your lovely lake photos and blog posts from around the country.

Apr 19, 2016 01:33 AM
Debb Janes
Nature As Neighbors - Camas, WA
Put My Love of Nature At Work for You

Very nice to see the lakes a plenty this morning, especially in this current unseasonable heat. Our Heat Pump stopped cooling some time yesterday, tech can't get out here until next Tuesday. Argh. I need to jump in a lake - or may the Little Washougal this afternoon. ;) 

Apr 19, 2016 03:12 AM
Sharon Lee
Sharon Lee's Virtual Assistance - Jonesborough, TN
Retired and loving life

Hi Gayle-A travel to beautiful lakes is always a welcome sight. I have been to Red Feathers and since Charlotte is only about 3 hrs from here I may check it out this summer.

Apr 19, 2016 06:15 AM
Dick Greenberg
New Paradigm Partners LLC - Fort Collins, CO
Northern Colorado Residential Real Estate

Hi Gayle - Great choice for a topic today - I promised the guys I'd come home early and take them swimming, but I think it's going to be tomorrow instead. I'm glad you picked Mary Douglas's post - we have cut Christmas trees up in her neck of the woods.

Apr 19, 2016 06:35 AM
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Mapleridge Realty, CT 203-206-0754 - Waterbury, CT
Central CT Real Estate Broker Serving all equally

I am very familiar with Lake Norman and have even played golf on a course that has some holes along the course.  Hopkinton Ma is not very far from our Barbara Todaro

Apr 19, 2016 10:59 AM
Mimi Foster
Falcon Property Company - Colorado Springs, CO
Voted Colorado Springs Best Realtor

Never enough to fulfill my 'water rush,' but oh, what wonderful examples you've presented. Thanks for the trip, and I'll check them out.

Apr 19, 2016 12:22 PM
Gayle Rich-Boxman Fishhawk Lake Real Estate
John L Scott Market Center - Birkenfeld, OR
"Your Local Expert!" 503-739-3843

Should I do mountains next time, Ron and Alexandra Seigel since you presented such a pretty view of one in your recent blog post? Fodder for future travels. 

I'm a waterbaby, too, Belinda Spillman. It soothes the savage beast. Beastess.

Debb Janes EcoBroker and Bernie Stea JD becAuse of the heat,  the dogs have gone wading in Fishhawk Creek--one of our boundaries--HOWEVER, they find themselves tooling aroung the neighbor's property, and we won't allow that. Went to Winco and then Coastal Farm and Ranch (now a couple of our favorite haunts) and found electric wiring that will deter them from their recent wanderlust. Hate to do it, but that will have to be the viable solution. 

Sharon Lee I know you keep adding new travels to your ever-growing bucket list and I am happy for you (and gosh, a wee bit jealous...gotta say).

 

Apr 19, 2016 12:53 PM
Gayle Rich-Boxman Fishhawk Lake Real Estate
John L Scott Market Center - Birkenfeld, OR
"Your Local Expert!" 503-739-3843

Dick Greenberg that's a place I'd like to visit...I think it would hit a deep part of my soul. You're lucky to have been there.

Ed Silva ! Lucky you that you know these two gorgeous venues! You need to write a golf post about all of the fantastic places you've played. I miss playing...my hubby doesn't golf. 

Yeah,  Mimi Foster that phrase came from somewhere out of my past....long ago...haven't tapped into that "rush" thing for a long while! Glad you appreciated the phrase enough to repeat it. 

 

Apr 19, 2016 12:57 PM
Nicole Doty - Gilbert Real Estate Expert
Zion Realty - Gilbert, AZ
Broker/Owner of Zion Realty ZionRealtyAZ.com

Well I grew up in Michigan and can attest to all the bodies of water there. My parents have a three acre pond on their land we ice skated on in the winter.

Apr 19, 2016 01:49 PM
Joanna Cohlan
Fresh Eyes For Your Home - Chappaqua, NY
Designing, Decorating & Staging Westchester Homes

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY MISS OREGON! Thinking of you on the other side of the country and hoping that it is a wondrous one!  Any special plans? We will celebrate when you come to New York next month. 

Apr 19, 2016 10:42 PM
Gayle Rich-Boxman Fishhawk Lake Real Estate
John L Scott Market Center - Birkenfeld, OR
"Your Local Expert!" 503-739-3843

Lottie Kendall so glad that you enjoyed it!

Nicole Doty - Gilbert Real Estate Expert I have MANY that talk about Michigan follwed by the question, "how bad are the mosquitoes?" haha

Joanna Cohlan oh, Miss Oregon--well, boy howdy, gotta love that! We had a little blip of a horse issue, all solved I believe and we're heading to Astoria today to visit a nursery and get some gardeny ornaments/plants, etc. then dinner in Astoria at the Silver Salmon! Can't wait to see you next month--woohoo!!!!

Apr 20, 2016 01:28 AM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Gayle- I always love traveling the states with you in your Tuesday Travelogue but I also stopped by to wish you a very Happy Birthday!

Apr 20, 2016 02:26 AM
Gayle Rich-Boxman Fishhawk Lake Real Estate
John L Scott Market Center - Birkenfeld, OR
"Your Local Expert!" 503-739-3843

Kathy Streib thank you, GF!!! We're off to Astoria for the day! Larry surprised me. AStoria Pier

Apr 20, 2016 02:37 AM
Mimi Foster
Falcon Property Company - Colorado Springs, CO
Voted Colorado Springs Best Realtor

Happiest of birthdays to you! Hope your day has been filled with sunshine and love. 

Happy Birthday on a Lake

Apr 20, 2016 11:36 AM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Happy Birthday Gayle! You're lucky people know, love and like you and they remember your birthday too. I wish you many blessings and good wishes for your birthday. You are one special lady and you do so much to enrich the life of others.

I always enjoy your travelogue, photos, and all the good things you do for others. 

Apr 20, 2016 01:32 PM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Good morning Gayle Rich-Boxman Fishhawk Lake Realtor (503)755-2905 ,

So glad to hear Larry surprised you for the day! Happy Birthday to a very special lady!! Loved the water rush today

Apr 20, 2016 09:50 PM
Rebecca Gaujot, Realtor®
Lewisburg, WV
Lewisburg WV, the go to agent for all real estate

Gayle, seeing all these photos to the beautiful lakes makes me want to move to one of them.

Apr 21, 2016 01:18 PM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

Well I got a comment on that post last night and realized I'd missed your Tuesday post and had been included.  First Thanks.  And then I was thinking oh how cool it was on Colin's birthday (our youngest son) and I come over and your birthday was the next day.  So now I won't forget. 

 

Thanks again, happy belated brithday and hope you enjoyed your getaway

Apr 22, 2016 02:05 AM
Mary Douglas
United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado - Red Feather Lakes, CO
REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado

Hi Gayle, thank you for including one of lakes in the Tuesday Travelogue!  Love the lakes!  I hope you had a Happy Birthday too!

Apr 22, 2016 06:37 AM