Friday, July 29, 2022

Obscure Monuments Tour part 2--Obscure or Hard to Reach?

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 The ranger met us at the WWII memorial kiosk and our first stop was the John Paul Jones memorial. I've seen this statue many times so I...
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...