PanoBlog

Here’s a pano of the Big Otter Mill, an old saw and grist mill, shot in late March of 2012.

This mill was first built and operated by Joseph Hardy, Sr., a veteran of the Revolutionary War who settled here in the late 1700s. In 1785 the county granted him permission to erect a mill at this site which became operational in the 18th century.

A fire destroyed this mill building around 1916, in 1917 a flood washed away the mill which was replaced 1920.

The mill produced its brand names of Golden Eagle Flour and Pioneer Corn Meal but ceased commercial operation about 1950.

Big Otter Mill is situated on the bank of the Big Otter River, a few miles north of the City of Bedford, VA on Route 122 North. A “Big Otter Mill Foundation” is active and it’s mission is to restore the mill for the purpose of historical preservation as a working mill. Tours of the mill are available at special events and by appointment.  Please call 1-540-537-4363 for more information.

Enjoy.

TO “START” the PANO, CLICK IN THE RECTANGLE. AFTER PIC  HAS LOADED, HOLD DOWN LEFT MOUSE BUTTON & “DRAG” the CURSOR AROUND (before or after the “auto pan” kicks in).

A panorama of the restaurant, Lodge and Sharp Top Mountain of the Peaks of Otter park on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Bedford, VA.

I elected to do this after discussions by Bedford residents (past, present and wannabes), on Facebook uncovered plans to close the Lodge & restaurant after breakfast on Nov 25, 2012, due to the National Park Services in-ability to contract with a new lessee.

This would be a terrible loss. A more beautiful, serene, laid back setting is hard to find. I have always found my way back to this place when I need a “clearing of my head”.

Enjoy

TO “START” the PANO, CLICK IN THE RECTANGLE. AFTER PIC  HAS LOADED, HOLD DOWN LEFT MOUSE BUTTON & “DRAG” the CURSOR AROUND (before or after the “auto pan” kicks in).

Here is a panorama of Poplar Forest Golf Course in Forest, VA.

TO “START” the PANO, CLICK IN THE RECTANGLE BELOW. AFTER PIC  HAS LOADED, HOLD DOWN LEFT MOUSE BUTTON & “DRAG” the CURSOR AROUND.

The course is in the front yard of Thomas Jefferson’s “country home“. It was taken 7-Feb-2010. The practice green had ~ 8″ of snowy ice on it. This past week (17-Feb), the practice green still had 7” on it and the “guys” were shagging balls off a mat “herding” the ice skating geese!

This pano is not too well made, it was shot off one foot and didn’t mesh well. It did give me the opportunity to manually “touch up” a couple of mismatches (now I no longer see them).

This is a “distortion” of a small panorama of the Blue Ridge Mountains Peaks and FlatTop Mountains. The original shots were taken a couple of days after the “big” 15″ – 18″ snow just before Christmas ’09. Was just playing with the pano and stretched it a bit and kinda liked it! I don’t normally like stuff like this but since I know what the source looked like I deem it “acceptable” (for me anyway).