Susan Solo – Photographer | Traveler | Adventurer

Category: travel

  • I Heart Doors

    I Heart Doors

    Over the years, I have always been drawn to photographing doors. I wish I could tell you that it has some deep meaning for me like the symbol of new beginnings or a pathway to the great unknown, but I simply just enjoy finding interesting doors to photograph. It started as early as my film SLR days, and they continue to be a subject I return to often no matter what camera I have in-hand. I also love exploring the little details such as knockers, handles, hinges, and locks. I’m looking forward to wandering some new towns this year in search of photogenic entryways – Belize, Vieques, Ireland, and Scotland should have some good ones!

    “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” – Walt Disney

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  • Photo Friday – Brothers

    Just a simple photo of Chris with his younger brother, Steve. I doubt either of them will remember me taking this photo in Wintergreen, Virginia sometime in 2007, but I like it.

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  • Photo Friday – “There was this icicle…”

    “There was this icicle, and it fell off of the garage…and it hit me in the eye, and it broke my glasses!” This point-and-shoot image is from our condo in Snowshoe, WV, and that quote is all I can think of whenever I see icicles.

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  • Snowshoe 2015

    Snowshoe 2015

    Chris and I are back from our first trip in 2015! We went away for another long weekend in Snowshoe, WV. This was our fourth trip to the resort, so I almost didn’t take any photos this weekend. Plus, every time we take a ski-lift-selfie it looks pretty much the same. See? I think we have enough of these.

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    We keep staying at the same Soaring Eagle Lodge condo each year because it’s in a good ski-in/ski-out location and most importantly it’s warm, cozy, and quiet. As evidenced by the guest book, we’ve rented this exact condo for Chris’s birthday weekend twice before!

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    It was bitterly cold and blustery when we arrived on Friday, and the resort had received quite a bit of snow throughout the week. Ordinarily this is music to our powder-loving ears, but my gosh the wind was sharp and the snow that was blowing pelted our faces. When we ventured out for dinner I had to walk around with my eyes shut because of the painful gusts. (It was nothing a margarita couldn’t fix – and yes, we drank margaritas at a ski resort in January!)

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    Thankfully we had a sunny Saturday for skiing, but it was still super cold. The temperature read 9 degrees in the morning at about the time when we would normally head out to the slopes, so we waited until it was a tad warmer, but it never got above 20. Eek!

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    Twenty degrees is not quite in my window of comfort so it wasn’t my longest day on the slopes, but we had a fun weekend. I can’t help but look forward to our next trip in a warmer locale though – next up is Belize! And we’ll totally drink margaritas there, too.

  • Photo Friday – Soaring Eagle Lodge

    Hopefully everyone is staying nice and warm with all these winter storms that are going around! Our area only received a few inches of snow this week, but we’re excited that one of our favorite ski resorts, Snowshoe in WV, has a good foot or so of new snow. This is the condo where we stay, looking all cozy and magical in a snow storm.

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