Bert takes a look at a doorway in Fort Clinch.

While roaming through Fort Clinch State Park at Fernandina Beach, Florida, on a weekend when re-enactors were not only in costume but also in character, Bert wandered into a spacious room to take a look at an intriguing doorway.  The “guard” moved in, seizing the moment to talk about the prison cell behind the door.

Bert takes a closer look, peering into the darkness.

The authentically clothed guard then asked Bert if he’d like to go inside the cell.  Bert hesitated.  But then compelled by his curiosity and the guard’s insistence, my innocent husband wandered in.

How does it feel in there? A little small?

Immediately, the guard closed the door explaining that he wanted Bert to get the “full experience” of being jailed.  Of course, the guard assured him, you do have this little peep hole at the top and a slot where we’ll most assuredly shove your daily ration of bread!

Moral:  Beware of doorways in old prisons.  You never know when it just might be your turn to be on the “other side.”

For more entries into Ailsa’s Travel theme: Doorways at her blog Where’s My Backpack, click here.

Tybee Island lighthouse — Georgia coast

For more entries in Ailsa’s Travel theme: Minimalist on her blog Where’s My Backpack, click here.

For more on the Tybee Island Lighthouse, click on their website or Facebook page. 

But we couldn’t have been more mistaken.  We were there.  On that field.  Right beside the balloons. As if we were a part of the action.  Spinning from one exciting fill-up to another.

And then we could hear the buzz of the crowd.  This one was ready! And we joined in the applause for initially what seemed impossible — getting one of the huge, ball-shaped masses airborne.  We pointed. Yelled, Look! It’s going up! And then fumbled for our cameras to capture the moment of take-off  .  .  .

It was then that the lucky balloon riders gave us crowd people thumbs up’s and big waves as they lifted up. And over. And above us all into the morning air.

It’s about as big a rush as you can get in a field in Albuquerque before dawn.  Well, yeah!

For more entries into Ailsa’s photo challenge — Travel theme: Above — on her blog Where’s My Backpack, click here.  They’ll take you up, up, and away!

For information about the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2015 including dates and schedules, click here.

For more sights of the season, walk on over to Ailsa’s blog, Where’s My Backpack, for Travel theme: Autumn.  

Big Orange Fans?  Ya gotta love ’em, ’cause numbers are impressive.  Win or lose, UT Vols can still pack ’em in!

Seating capacity of Neyland Stadium, home of The Tennessee Vols!

More numbers on Neyland Stadium, home of The Vols:

• 1919:  W. T. Shields, UT Trustee and bank president provides money for a Knoxville stadium
• 1921:  Shields-Watkins field opens, named after Shields and his wife Alice Watkins
• September 24, 1921:  Inaugural game in Shields-Watkins agains Emory and Henry with a seating capacity of 3200
• 1926:  Grandstand added with additional 3600 seats, and Robert R. Neyland named head of the football program
• October 20, 1962: Dedication game as Neyland Stadium (Alabama 27, Tennessee 7)
• September 16, 1972: First night game at Neyland Stadium (Tennessee 28, Penn State 21)
• 2004:  UT approves $200 million expansion plan to be executed in five phases
• September 18, 2004:  Largest crowd:  109, 061 (Tennessee 30, Florida 28)
• Since attendance records were kept in 1946, over 25 million fans have watched Tennessee play football in Neyland Stadium!

Information from 

“Neyland Stadium”: http://www.collegegridirons.com/sec/NeylandStadium.htm

“Neyland Stadium”: http://www.utsports.com/facilities/neyland_stadium.html

For more numbers in Ailsa’s Where’s My Backpack challenge — Travel theme: Numbers — click here.

This shot, taken from a moving bus, shows several stalls near the Kliptown Open Air Museum selling oranges.

In Lesotho, a lady wearing a colorful blanket pauses to eat her orange.

For more entries in the Ailsa’s Travel theme: Bountiful, head to her blog Where’s My Backpack for this week’s bounty.

And to read more about our travels in Lesotho and South Africa, check out the Page at the top of this blog.  Thanks!

One late evening in October, I say a “cottage cheese” sky — small snugged-together puffs of clouds —  hovering over the lake.

But when I looked back at where I’d been, I saw the reflection of that same sky in the water, giving me another view of the evening sky closing in on the coming night.

As I turned to head toward the parking lot, I was rewarded with a view of the sky mirrored in the water, a lovely sight as you can see.  Lucky for me, I walk with my iPhone!

For more entries in the Travel Theme: Sky category, click here.

This is post #29 for National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) 2013.

Stacked and Ready — Idaho Logs

Cows on The Palouse — near Lewiston, Idaho

Lone Farmhouse in Freshly Tilled Field

For more brownness, check out Where’s My Backpack:  Travel theme: Brown.