Amazing Day.

What an amazing day. Thanks "D" for the invite.

Thank "D" for the fry.

Baby in nest.

Baby exercising his or her wings.

More Pitchers!

Here is a few pics from todays wildlife adventure.

Click on Image to Enlarge Panorama of Washington DC. This image was taken while standing between the Patomac and Jefferson's Memorial.

Memorial Day.

This is a photo from the World War II Memorial. Each star symbolizes 100 Americans that lost their lives during the war. Just under 300,000 casualties.

Thanks to all the soldiers that help to keep us free and safe.

Wildlife Weekend.

My friend "D" and I went down to the power plant to take some wildlife pics. Here is what I ended up with.

We had a great time. Thanks "D" for the good eye and the fun trip.

Hello Long Weekend...

It is the fabled 3 day weekend. Memorial Day weekend is here and all I can think about doing is staying home, watch TV and relax. It seems like since our vacation I haven't have any quality down time. Also I finally broke down and kicked on the A/C. It was getting humid and sticky in the house and not making for a good sleeping environment. We usually hold off until June 1st give or take a day or two so we aren't that much off schedule. I hope everyone has an enjoyable weekend.

Another picture from our vacation trip. Arlington Cemetery, Washington D.C.

Home Again...

We have been home for a couple days now and things are some what back to normal. Laundry is caught up for now and the lawns are mowed. Unfortunately since we knew we were going to be gone for several days we cleaned out the refrigerator. Now we have to do some grocery shopping. I did get a little nap today but not long enough. We have been compiling our vacation pictures for a slide show to show to our friends and family with a lot of the things we saw while on vacation. We have narrowed the images down to around 600... A slide show with 5 second frame shots with around 600 images is close to an hour long. I guess not bad but we did see a lot in our travels. Good night everyone.

Above is one of the photos taken in Asheville at the Seasons.

On our way home.

Ford's TheaterPeterson's Home ( House where Lincoln died)

The Theater Box

The room where Lincoln died.

The room where we are now.

We are well on our way home. We started off the day with breakfast at the Inn. Twice baked potatoes with scrambled egg and toppings of green onion, tomatoes and beacon bits, fresh fruit and blue berry lemon scones. After that we devised a game plan for our last day in DC. We got on the metro down town only to find out that half way there it was going to stop short of our destination. We hopped off the bus and hoofed the remaining several blocks to Ford's Theater. We got there a little after 10am and thought we would have to wait for the next tour but we lucked out and was one of the last ones to get tickets. We walked in and entered the theater setting in the balcony. Directly to our right was the presidents box marked with a picture of President Washington to designate its intention. The tour told in great detail how Mr. Booth planned and undertook his criminal actions and why. After the tour we did a little souvenir shopping while waiting for the school kids at the Peterson's home to clear out. The Peterson's house was a small home and after entering the home it took only a dozen steps or so to find us in the room where our 16th president died. All items in the room are original except ironically the bed that Lincoln died in. Apparently it is on loan to a museum in Chicago, IL. After we finished our short walk through we made our way to the Metro stop and was on our way back to the car. We headed out of town heading North and following the GPS directions. The route took us into Maryland for a short time and then down through West Virginia. As the sun started to fade and we were all road weary we pulled into the Hampton Inn at Ashland, KY. We just have a few short hours until we will be home and I think we will all be happy to get there. We had a great vacation and have seen a lot but we are ready to be home.

Another day in DC.

Today we slowed it down a bit. Just a bit. We started off checking into times for the Holocaust Museum and in waiting for our time we went over to the Smithsonian Institute American History Museum. It was very interesting and I enjoyed it very much. It seemed like everywhere we were today we were covered up with high school kids. Lets just say after listening to them for more than 5 minutes is too much. They dont pay those teachers enough. After the museum we went back to the Holocaust Museum for our scheduled time. Following this we went to The Old Post Office and up to the observation deck. Here is a few pictures from the day.

Abraham Lincolns Top Hat

Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis and Rocky II boxing gloves

Dorothy's Ruby Red Slippers from the Wizard of Oz.

Kermit the Frog

Archie Bunker's furniture

A Ninja Turtle

C3PO

Benjamin Franklin Memorial

Please see next post for more somber pictures.

More Vacation Pics.

Here are a few of the more somber pictures of the visit.

The Holocaust Museum
I cant explain the feeling when you go through this museum but everyone should go through it at least once.
The uniform of a solder injured in Irag. His purple heart and the device that was used to help save his right arm is also in the display. The shirt is cut from right wrist up to the collar area by trauma shears.

Abraham Lincoln Death Mask

Twisted Steel Beams from WTC Sept 11th Terrorist Attacks

One of the drums played at JFK funeral procession.