Since it appears that the birds are not usually visible from the gazebo in non-flying weather, it looks as it would be wise to hold off until they may fly. It seems that unless I plan to find lodging and stay the night before, I'd have night driving to do to get there on time, and that's a real problem. I'm not all that keen about overnight trips any more because of having to board my poodles while away. Maybe I can plan for something on the whoopers return trip in the spring. This season's trip slipped up on my while I was having pneumonia, so I really got behind on plans for everything I was hoping to do. Thanks to all of you who gave input to me and on line about our wonderful cranes. Maybe I'll get over there to see them someday. It seems that the quickest ways to get there are all sort of round about by going to Chattanooga or Knoxville and hitting I-75. The roads that cut through the middle seemed pretty slow to me in all my trips to Falls Creek Falls for Librarian's meetings when I worked for the state. They are really pretty routes and great to traverse when I was able to take my time on return trips. Dee Thompson Nashville, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================