I am very dissapointed in this location and wonder why it cannot be located in the adjacent block near the train station where all the activity takes place such as the train, shopping, parades, etc. I have been a regular visitor to Blue Ridge since 1975 and in my opinion this location gives no sense of feeling for downtown - couldn't the town, merchants or railroad spring for some monetary backing of a better location? Let me put it this way - if I wanted to show a friend who was not familiar with Blue Ridge a true sense of the downtown would I want to show him this view or one from down the block where the majority of visitors go?

Kip - thanks for the new camera location. While there may be critics of it, I just love it. I have been waiting patiently. Thank you, thank you, thank you for following this one... We appreciate it. Good job!.

I am so happy that the cam is up and working again. I use it while I am in FL to see what is happening in Blue Ridge. Thank you for your hard work, time and effort. I really appreciate it!

Even though I prefer the new park views and town overviews w/ the mtns in the bkgd (I think it will shine for Light Up Blue Ridge, Arts in the Park, etc.), I agree with some of your points copperheadjohn.

I think CabinFever98 said someting about a new cam coming down-that-way. Also, it seems the blueridgelakecam.com didn't make it through that storm. Check out the raindrops in that last shot; that's not debris on the water. I still need to haul it up here and check it out, but it powers up dang it and the Ethernet is solid to the dock so my gut tells me it's shot. Plus I heard the strike and the zap kicked-off everything fine up here. Dang it! I know, webcam on a floating dock...I'm thinking maybe all POE to the dock now (surrounded by those noodle things that always float up, dipped in tons of tar)...so def a new cam coming. What a hobby, about the same as crashing RC airplanes every w/e I guess.

SO, if the manufacturer warranties/repairs the old dock cam w/in reason, I'd be more than willing to "co-op" it to a merchant like the main downtown cam. If this transpires, I think I would just expand blueridgewebcam.com to show the different views...pretty cool.

Thanks Bugman & BR Cabin!

ADDED: turns out the storm just blew 2 ports on my switch between here and the lake. The other 2 ports are fine so that cam should be back online soon. I needed to clean the dead bugs out of the dome anyway. I guess I can stop coming up with ideas of how to explain to the wife that I needed to plunk down another $2K on a cam while I waited for this one to come back from warranty work. I'd still be willing to co-op another downtown spot though. If it was the perfect location.

While I do miss the old cam,I love the new as well with its variety of shots.I know I was on the cam alot last week,just wish I could have seen myself.I have a question to ask.I don't know the name of the building but it's across the street from the BP(it was being painted last week).Where did that color scheme come from?

Kip,

Thanks for getting the 'cam back up and running.

Used to have friends stand in front of the light pole and wave when they were in town. Now I will send them to the gazebo.

Good job!

ray

Oh yea, I set the cam up yesterday for testing "Gazebo Hour". Every day at high noon, the cam should zoom to the gazebo for an hour (without panning).

Once again thank you for all work you do on all the cams.They are all good.And dont pay attention to the criticism by certain individuals on this blog.There will always someone who has something negative to say,no matter how much good you do.