Time Lapse: NCDOT Installs Cross Walk Light in Franklin, NC

A time lapse of a North Carolina Department of Transportation work crew installing a cross walk light to replace on that had been destroyed in an automobile accident the day before (Tuesday the 10th of September) at East Palmer Street and Phillips Street in Franklin, NC.

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StreetView Experiment: From Franklin to Dillsboro

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This video is an experiment to work out the kinks of using Google StreetView to create a virtual road trip.

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To Waterrock Knob via the Blue Ridge Parkway

I try to to go to Waterrock Knob once a year or so, and I always enjoy the journey to the destination as much as I enjoy being at the destination itself. Below is a video I took during my October 2009 sojourn, set to music.

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Driving in the Snow

I don't normally drive in the snow unless it is a dire emergency...but if I did, I would be sure to video the event and share it with you. There were at least three people in western North Carolina who drove in the snow, recorded it and uploaded the video to You Tube. Here they are...

Rapid Ralph Slows Down for Winter Weather Driving

A proud owner of a 2010 Subaru puts the car through it's paces on Town Mountain in Asheville, NC

Driving in Boone, NC while listening to the Wagon Wheel

...and a little reminder of why I don't get out on snow-covered roads...no matter how good you drive, there are always idiots out there who can't...

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Down the Cullasaja Gorge

This is video I shot of the trip back down the Cullasaja Gorge after attending a Memorial service for John Armor in Highlands. It was the first time I've been to Highlands since around 1995.

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Night Driving Time Lapse

Shot this Monday night on my trip back home from Waynesville.

I also seriously thought my windshield was clean...

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(VIDEO) Truck - 0, Mountain - 1

Tractor trailer trucks are prohibited from traveling NC 28/US 64 between Franklin and Highlands, and it is strongly recommended that large recreational vehicles and buses not use this road due to the rocky overhangs on one side and the steep gorge on the other.


I think that the video below captures this quite nicely:







By the prompt arrival of the Macon County Sheriff's Patrol, I surmise that perhaps someone had called law enforcement to advise them that a big rig was trying to use the road. I hear several calls a week on my scanner for law enforcement to direct traffic around one of these wrecks, and once or twice a month, a VFD or EMS Unit has to respond due to hazardous conditions or injuries on this road caused by irresponsible drivers of big rigs.

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Melbourne to Sydney in Five Minutes

One of my You Tube friends [LINK] has made a time lapse video of a trip from Melbourne to Sydney, Australia. The journey has been condensed from over ten hours to five minutes. Enjoy the ride...

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After the Storm

Here is a video of my drive through Macon and Jackson Counties this morning sped up about ten times faster than normal...except for the snowball fight at Topcat's Grocery.

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