Columbus Day weekend is my favorite time to visit northern New England, especially Maine. I’ve been to New Hampshire or Maine on Columbus Day weekend many times, whether with my family, with the AMC, or with my friend JB. This year I decided to try something a little different. I would attempt to photograph as […]
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Maine Solo Trip 2008
October 13th, 2008 · Comments Off
Tags: Lighthouses · Trip Reports
Trip Report: Seattle & Pacific NW
August 6th, 2008 · Comments Off
We’ve had a fun and exciting week exploring the Pacific Northwest. Specifically, we explored Seattle WA, Portland OR, Mt. Saint Helens, and enjoyed a weekend at a beach house in Depoe Bay, OR. View my gallery of happy snappies or read more for the full report.
Tags: Family Vacations
Paddling and pedaling Governor’s Island
July 26th, 2008 · Comments Off
I happened to be free this weekend, and my friend JB told me about a special event at New Yorks’ Governor’s Island. It was “City of Water Day”, and paddlers were invited to visit the island under their own power. So I packed the canoe on top of the car and drove to Red Hook, […]
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LI Beach House vacation
July 9th, 2008 · Comments Off
We had a blast during our beach house vacation on Long Island’s North Fork. See the gallery for more.
Tags: Family · Family Vacations
Orlando trip
May 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off
We just got back from a weeklong trip to Orlando, FL. Highlights included the Disney’s Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, MGM/Hollywood Studios, and Epcot. We had lunch in the Disney community of Celebration, and also visited the non-Disney Gatorland and Sea World. A more thorough writeup of the trip will be posted soon. In the meantime, […]
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Trip Report: Block Island
April 21st, 2008 · Comments Off
This weekend I did something a little different. The wife was out of town visiting her parents. Lately, when she’s done that I’ve tried to take the time to work on my photography. It occurred to me that there were two outstanding lighthouses on Block Island that I had not photographed yet. An overnight trip […]
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Paul Revere and friends
April 5th, 2008 · Comments Off
Daughter has been studying the Revolutionary War in 3rd grade, so we took a trip to where it all took place. She was particularly excited to see the statue of Paul Revere.
An afternoon at the Museum
November 16th, 2007 · Comments Off
After Son’s picture day, we got in the car and drove to the grandparents’ house for an early Thanksgiving visit. On the way, we spent a few hours at the famous natural history museum. This is our third annual visit to the AMNH, you can read about our previous visits in November 2006 and November […]
My walk around Charlotte
November 10th, 2007 · 1 Comment
So I’m visiting Charlotte, NC for the occasion of my sister’s wedding. (more on the wedding later). I was fortunate to have a morning to walk around the “uptown” district, the heart of the city. I was expecting to like Charlotte a lot. My first impression of the city was a highly efficient airport, and […]
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Trip Report: Acadia
October 8th, 2007 · Comments Off
Acadia trip with JB
10/4/07 to 10/8/07 (Columbus Day Weekend)
I had suggested this trip to my old friend JB as kind of a reliving of our younger days. We hadn’t travelled together in a few years, and I hadn’t been to Acadia since 2003. A young person I knew spent a weekend in Acadia in late […]
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