Friday, July 22, 2022

Obscure Monuments Tour part 1--Mall Time Again

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 In November 2016 I made a trip down to DC again. I traveled after my Saturday morning Zumba class (which is why I look frazzled in the phot...
Friday, July 15, 2022

Second Time at First State

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 My friend Robbie planned a meetup in October at the First State National Historical Park. I had just been there in April, but it's alwa...
Friday, July 8, 2022

Summer Road Trip part 11--Festifall

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 My last stop on my way home was a visit to Friendship Hill--the home of Albert Gallatin who was Secretary of the Treasury under Jefferson a...
Friday, July 1, 2022

Summer Road Trip part 10--The Big Man (in more ways than one)

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I am going to skip a significant chunk of pages here. Between the Blue Ridge Parkway and today's William Howard Taft National Historic S...
Friday, June 24, 2022

Summer Road Trip part 9--The Mill part of Mabry's Mill

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The village at Mabry's mill contains a variety of structures. It reminded me a lot of the cluster of cabins at the Great Smoky Mountains...
Friday, June 17, 2022

Summer Road Trip part 8--Why is the Ridge so Blue? (POST #300!)

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 That's right! This is my 300th blog post! I thank all of you for joining me in my weekly look at my travels. After leaving Guilford Cou...
Friday, June 10, 2022

Summer Road Trip part 7--There's also no Courthouse

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 Although the site is named for a real courthouse, there isn't one standing. There WAS a courthouse many years ago, and as you complete ...