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| Sunday, July 6, 2025 | Fairfax County Tours Hotline 703-324-TOURS (8687)
Mount Vernon | SpyMuseum | Heritage Foundation | Rock Show | Photo Safari | Captial Photo | Rock Shows | Garden | Garden 2| Botanical Gardens | Volunteer| The Art Center| MWR| Free and Cheap Maryland | NC AZALEA FESTIVAL | Caverns Benson, AZ | Scottman895 Travel| Library of Congress classes | Glen Echo photography classes| Educational Classes | List of Museums | Conferences Las Vegas |
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| 60 | Crestview FL May 19-June 1 2024 |
Greg's Promotion to Warrant Officer One Saw Cora for the first time, two years old Pounders with Cora, balls type restaurant Food Tour Pensacola Four Tour Panama Beach Ozark Alabama Catamaran 2 trip to see dolphins Purchased 2 tintypes Salt was important export Panama City Mound Museum |
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| 59 | Scottsdale AZ April 30-May 18 2024 |
Visited Mark for the first time in 14 year, spent 16 days Mothers Day at the Wrigley Museum Adam: German Shepard named Donald Mailed packages UPS, USPS, etc. for gun business Dip: guac, salsa and pico with chips Adams house Wedding venue Southwest Airlines: lost luggage $175.00 voucher Footlong Hoages, soooo goood! Huge Asian Market Cacti soo nice
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| 58 | Fort Lauderdale
March 9-March 16 2024 |
Spring Break, Fort Lauderdale 2024 Food Tour Hollywood FL Murals Hollywood FL Hard Rock Hotel Wagu Taco Water Taxi Wolfgang Stiller art: Matchsticks Make me look Documentary Jungle Queen Everglades Airboating, Swamp Monster Los Olas wood fire pizza Salmon Yuzu |
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| 57 | Christmas 2023 | Christmas in Dallas Christmas at the Star Dallas Cowboy Stadium Tour Deep Ellum Food Tour: Ghost pepper and blues arts Uptown and Downtown Christmas Tours: Trolley and Lights Southfork Ranch Tour: Pool very small Die Hard 35th Anniversary Movie at theater George Bush Library: Interactive decsion making Fort Worth Tour: BBQ JFK and Tour Downtown Cowboy Football Game: December 30, 2023 International Video Game Museum: Played original Pac Man Grapevine food tour Great Dumplings Dessert and Light tour of Frisco, Tx HBI: Best supermarket ever! |
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| 56 | March 19, 2023 | Sprin g Break in Jacksonville Texas Jacksonville, Florida 8 Flag Tour, Amelia Island Coca Cola syrup in bar Shrimping is big! First motorized boats were there! By Italians.s They have a Sear's home International Paper Mill Jacksonville Museum of Art Wife of benefactor created a tapestry that took 10 years ot make Ball and Chain weighted 5 pounds Museum tour St. Augustine There was convict leasing Food Tour St. Augustine Dallas Cowboy Championship ring! You can find shark teeth on beach Food Tour in Jacksonville Blue Orchid Thai Food Historic Museum in Amelia Island Pinball: $14 unlimited Pauley and Co. jail makers: Old St. Johns County Jail |
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| 55 | January 21, 2023 | Shen Yun Chinese Dance show
Show at GMU |
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| 54 | December 23, 2022 | Food Tour Alexandria Washington's Townhouse now rented out, bnb Washington was 17 years old when he surveyed You paid for a place to sit in Christ Church They would throw poop in street Green door was to announce an eligible daughter Many got rich by slavery Alexandria: Smallest house in America Robert E Lee had own pew. Long Christmas: Dec. 25 - Jan. 6 At Christ Church, drunk guys added 100 years to the dead's age. Prostitution in Alexandria |
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| 53 | November 25, 2022 | Ottawa Canada Trip (CACI) Statue with Indians Great Indian Food! Guided Bus Tour Treadeau Home being refurbished PM: Speaks English and French Factories torn down and houses built Canal was hand made with Malaria Problems Landsdown Park Canada needs 10K in military Downtown is a farm We are thier number one trade partner with expensive embassy. |
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| 52 | September 3, 2022 | George Washington's ice cream love Christ Church's was to be buried at the church but was not because there was a blizzard so was buried elsewhere Alexandria: Longest running farmer's market Dolci Gelati-GelatoGastby House Librarian: 1939 sit in Hot Chocolate at Fontaine restaurant There is a lot of "built" land on the water front Green House Green torpedeo in the Torpedo Factory Mumified Cat |
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| 51 | Memorial Day 2022 | Visited Marguax, Jason and kids in Charolettesville VA Drove through vineyards |
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| 50 | March 17, 2022 | Spring Break 2022: Residence Inn Clearwater Florida Salvadore Dali Museum Coal Oven Pizza Strawberry Festival Food Tour Saint Petersburg, Florida Opera Music at 7-11 ( to keep homeless away) Clearwater Historic Museum Food shows: Beat Bobby Flay and Chopped. Ecalirs and Nepoalatin Strawberry Cake Horrible Crab Cake Meal Cubist: Make your own Portrait at the museum Sorreal Movement |
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| 49 | Jan. 2022 | Tucson AZ: Visited oldest Mexican Restaurant in United States: El Charo Antiques, visited the shops Food Tour Downtown Hotel Congress Shark Planetarium Solar System Pleanetarium There are no bones in sharks Cave Tour Kartchnerns State Park "A" mountain visit along with park Coco's visit: supply chain problems Lynn and Ron New Years: Aggrivation Snow storm, we came home late |
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| 48 | Dec. 2021 | Scottsdale AZ: Automatic Machine Gun with Mark Taco Tuesday Food Tour Lake Saguaro boat ride Saguaro cactus are 70 years old before they grow an arm Amythyst mine Church Historic site: Old Adobe Mission Pool swim late at night Laundromat threat: CRT Christmas Julia: Tamales Movie: The Matrix Resurrection Burrito Blanket Horse on building because of post office theft |
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| 47 | Dec. 2021 | Sedona AZ: Pink Jeep Tour Ride the white line Jerome Jacuzzi and pool outside McDonald's with teal arches Montezuma's Castle Cactus Jam TV: Christmas Bake off Jerome: Museum Photography Juniper Berry tree makes Gin Catholic Church in Rock |
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| 46 | October 23, 2021 | Dad's Birthday in Wharf Baltimore: National Aquarium visit, The Cheesecake Factory with Robert | |||||||||
| 45 | March 19, 2021 | Orlando Florida Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center Cocoa Beach Clear Water Kayaking History Museumb Orlando alone dad with Ken McKenzie Patrick AFB: Room with ocean Covid-19 Video Project Patoon Boat: Three Lakes: Winter Park Florida Embassy Suite Rollins College Turboice Massager Spain brought cattle and oranges to America Crocs are different from alligators |
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| 44 | December 19, 2020 | Lee Fendall House Sewing Machine Candle Christmas Tree Beautiful wood tree Sewing kit Traditions of Christmas Toys homemade v. manufactured They dined and interacted with the Washingtons Entertainment was self made Dining and dancing in the hallway Doll house |
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| 43 | January 11, 2020 | Trip to Jessica and Greg's Navaree Beach, a locals beach we did not visit Saw their home (problem with their horticulture) Man of the Sea Museum: US Navy Sea Lab 1 Saw a baby alligator Beautiful white sands Saw 16th Century Spanish canon used to defend settlement from 1559 Fort Barrabcus Seaside, Florida (Disneyland housing on the road 30A) Bought home some pretty shells Watched House Hunters International with Jessica Pensacola NAS Museum--Aerospace Ate ice cream with them Stay at their home. Panama City Beach |
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| 42 | December 25, 2019 | Food Tour: Georgetown JFK Julia Childs Preservation Marker Fire services marker Four restaurants Decorations Make electricity with bikes Make a dog tag Decorations: wreaths, trees, etc. B&O waterway |
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| 41 | 2019 | Visited Greg and Jessica at Fort Bragg: It was his promotion | |||||||||
| 40 | Dec.- Jan 2-19 | Tucson, AZ Movie--The Mule Planterium Mirror Museum--U of A Sedona--Chris All you can eat Sushi Bowling New Years Eve--Davis Mothan--Lynn and Ron Antique Shops--Old documents ASU tour Mark Pool with family at Cue Club |
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| 39 | Dec. 7, 2018 | Harrisonburg, Va JMU orientation Marguax visit with her three boys. UREC College of Business building Food court for students--new Tour of campus Study abroad Jobs and internship presentation Celebrated at Japanese Steakhouse for Robert's birthday |
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| 38 | August 24, 2018 | Multiple Mount Vernon visits with daddy | |||||||||
| 37 | August 11, 2018 | Cute taco restaurant near UVA Monticello, back the scenes tour Sally Hemming had children with Thomas Jefferson People that visited had to sleep on the floor Played pinball in Roanake Robert won the pinball play off, mom was second, and dad was third Mission Impossible with Tom Cruise Vistited Smith Mountian Lake Most of the founding fathers had slaves Smith Mountain Lake is man-made--foot operation, foot hurts |
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| 36 | June 8, 2018 | Support Staff Orientation Program: Fairfax County Courthouse | |||||||||
| 35 | May 10-14 2018 June 2019 |
Visited Greg and Jessica: stayed on military hotel, wilmington beach nc (swam in ocean), walked downtown, Museum of Speical Forces, LIFE game, Robert drove in rain, outside restaurant on water, etc. Greg's promotion, spy experience, walk in small town. |
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| 34 | April 5, 2018 | Class Trips: Green Spring Garden Trip with BIO 110, Robert: Art 100 Museum D.C. and Robert: Science Field Trip |
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| 33 | March 11, 2018 | Washington DC tour with Robert during Spring Break: Calendar of Trip and 1. Newseum-- Two days-- saw 9/11 destruction--the "Wall" between East/West Germany 2. White House Visitor Center--What did the Presidents do after thier term--the beautiful silver bowl purchased from the World's Fair 3. National Geographic--Interactive church exhibit from Jerseleum where Jesus was crusified-- "bird" pictures 4. Botanical Gardens--posinous and medicinal plants and trees 5. Libaray of Congress--library card--beautiful building 6. Food Tour: Dupont Circle Italian Food--center of Dupont Circle (3) areas--Gay high heel race 7. Holocast Museum--child's experience when the Nazis invaded a Jewish child's home 8. Basketball Dad and Robert 9. International Spy Museum--cyber threats--overall experience of review of spying 10. National Portrait Museum--President's portrait of all of them--the girls book with her diary--Sylvia Plath 11. Archive visit--Original Bill of Rights--Cape Hatteras is the tallest lighthouse in the United States |
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| 32 | Feb 21/March 10 | USBG--Production Facility Tour--Outstanding Walked through all green houses Saw plants that are carniveros "Corpse flower" cacti Was built in 1997--now it needs a quarentine area Got a free plant There are plants that cannot be brought into the United States and are on the list for import/export Saw unusual shapes, etc. Saw starfish tree The greenhouse was originally located near the ballpark Near fire department of DC for training facility Towed cars for DC are stored down the street from the greenhouses The facility is open only once a year for the public. United States Botanical Garden: Funded by Congress and is not a part of the Smithsonian. Saw Banana Tree In pre-historic foliage, spores, not seed with flowers reined Orchid display Saw several coffee plants--Saw papaya trees Saw coconut tree--Saw fig plants The back of ferns have a distinct discoloration on its back of leaves--sometimes it is a reddish shades Saw chocolate tree--the chocolate grows on the trunk and it is cool! Saw some of the many endangerd plants from across the world--fully one-third of the species are located in Hawai'i A tree, that had spikes, were actually a magnet for ants which produced a substance to attract the ant A pitcher plant has elongated tendrils that intice bugs to enter, but then, they cannot get out. |
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| 31 | Nov 18 | Thanksgiving with Jessica and Greg at Fort Bragg |
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| Oct 29 | Morning shop with Rita | ||||||||||
| 30 | Oct 15-18 | Heritage Foundation Pres Club--Marriott Visit Lincoln's cottage Nikki Haley Donald Trump White House Press Event Rick Perry Zinke Great Meals |
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| 29 | August 9-23 | Colorado Springs Mom Hospice Tour Cripple Creek, prostitute museum, jail museum, main museum, and Molly Gold Mine Tour Manitou Springs Caverns Guided tour up Pikes Peak and Broadmor AMA (money) museum AFA tour Glen Eryie Tour Industry and mining tour Peterson Field and Fort Carson Peterson Field Air museum Manitou Springs walk around and drinking of "spring" water Open pit mine tour in Victor, Colorado Visited Golden, Colorado and saw Colorado School of Mines Geology and CSM library Drive around the area and visited sites like Fargos, Citadel, Chapel Hills Mall, etc. |
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| 28 | July 8 | Kutztown German Festival, Kutztown, PA : 8:00 Quilt auction Potato fries Corn husks and kernel extraction Church organ playing Church of Christ songs Camera purchase Old washing machines Old tractors Overweight Amish teens Man strirring apple butter (making it) Old outhouse |
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| 27 | May 7-17 | Japan: Hilton Tokyo breakfast--oatmeal kiwi and cream Bullet train Deer feeding Monkey Park Shopping for candy Buying lens cap Seeing giant budda Breakfast looking out at water and eating freshly squeezed orange juice Hot to cold bath Trains--in and out with pass Atomic bomb dropped cities: Hiroshima and Nagasaki--saw a ceremony with Japanese school children. The U.S. bomber, the Enola Gay, took off to drop the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. |
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| 26 | March 32- April 7 | Greg's wedding USS Midway Firehouse museum "catch net"-- horse drawn fire engines -- old nozzles -- old fire hydrant (wood) Submarine in water (going down) -- Submarine building unit -- Point Loma Little Italy Experience Cowles Mtn hike Driving Around and seeing areas we use to visit and what they look like now Mona Lisa Pizza Point Loma Navy Gateway Motel (view from room) Whale oil site used to fill units (rocks and old Spanish tiles) architectural site |
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| 25 | Dec 21- Jan 3 2019 | Trip to Tucson and Tempe: Kitt Peak: Tour Titan Museum Old Tucson Univeristy of AZ Planetarium: Minerals and shows (20 Shooting with Mark Gambling with Kay Christmas with fam Eating out Driving around Davis Mothan stay Bisbee AZ: Copper graduation diploma, mine tour, mine tour. Department of Energy: Dark Energy European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) -- Chile The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is a ground-based extremely large telescope under construction, planned for completion in 2025. |
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| 24 | Dec 10 | NYC--Fort Belvoir Paid and Christmas Spectacular, Radio City, NY December 17 Paid ---------- Toys r Us rent went from 14 million to 40 million, so they left. Lincoln Center: saw it “The Ride” NYC pizza--yummy! The most visited city in the world--December 11, 2016 The rent is crazy, an apartment sold for $100 million dollars Saw some hustler dancers at Time Square More lights (cost) in Time Sqaure than Vegas--LED lights The bottom of the tree is used for horse jumping Rockettes again! Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree |
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| 22 | Dec 3 Oct 2018 |
President's Club Vice President Elect Mike Pence @Trump Hotel with Robert. Rode the bus and metro Mark Meadows and wife EPA Building is next to Trump Hotel Saw the outside of the building that was spray painted. Beautiful chandelier Couches and chairs were beautiful Suit Shop and Brandy Room -------------------- Hillwood Estate |
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| 21 | November 19/20 | Rock Show Years: 2015, 2016, NYC--Fort Belvoir Paid--19 **** cancelled **** |
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| 20 | November 12 | Homewood and Evergreen House--Balitmore Maryland Saw John Hopkins University Greenhouse Amethyst candle holder Beautiful prints Beautiful large paintings Flooring made to look like marble to look real (very expensive) Only one catholic signed the Declaration of Independence Chinese money holder for men Gold bathroom Magic for children Plaster walls How wallpaper were applied differntly in former days Wood carved chairs and furniture |
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| 19 | October 29, 2016 |
Shandoah Caverns and Potato Chip Factory Bacon looking staglagtites Tasted warm chips Reflection pool Float maker of parade museum A mile walk through cave Old elevator in Caverns Seasoning of chips Potatoes cutting Watched chips being made Potatoes purchased from different areas Lights in the cave |
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| 18 | October 15, 2016 | Graves Mountain Lodge Apple Festival Toes in cool running water Band playing Restaurant meal--old but nice Purchased apples--they were small Old items in shop Small area has old infrastructure Mineral shop Ride up--very pretty Straw aminals for kids to play on Fair Purchased insulator |
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| 16 | October 1 | International Spy Museum
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| 15 | September 24 and July 29 (with Robert) | Evening Tour Washington DC --6pm UCMC Memorial--men with flag near Arlington Burial site USAF Memorial--three spirals Drove by Holocaust, Engraving and Printing, Newseum, and Captiol White House walked near the front of the home Walked: Korean Lincoln Vietnam FDR MLK WW2 Know to walk by WW2 Memorial Fun to see all of the area |
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| 14 | September 10 | Joe-- Annapolis Toured around and saw the capitol of Maryland George Washington gave his farewell speech in the glorious White marble strtucture. Small motor boat--can rent Store that had old nautical items on sale Watched boats travel around-- big and small Nice meal in outside cafe' Saw campus of Naval Academy Beautiful arch of Museum Endless steps that go nowhere (in museum) |
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| 13 | August 20, 2016 |
sweatshops were in homes as well as factories Sweatshop workers could not afford to buy the clothes they made The census was used to understand the tenement museum The Irish were not well regarded in that timeline The museum was a "step up" in living at that time Yiddish is German and Hebrew Men abandoned women during hardship time periods and the family were left alone Wall paper was used on the walls--layers and layers The apartments were very small with many stacked in together At one time you had to put in twenty-five cents to get gas Outside toliet area People lived very close to each other |
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| 12 | July 14-21 | Las Vegas Toy Shack Pawn Shop Hoover Dam Madalay Bay M Jackson Penn and Teller Kayaking Pinball museum Photoshop World |
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| 11 | July 9-10 2016 | Boating--ADULT BASIC SUNFISH WEEKEND CLASS | |||||||||
| 10 | July 2/4, 2016 | Mount Vernon Celebration Watched Fireworks Live Band Boats all around the festivities. |
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| 9 | June 25, 2016 | Boating Class Paid--got certificates (with Joe)
Location: Mt. Vernon Knights of Columbus Hall
Arrive at 7:30 and class is from 8-5.
Jean Ponton |
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| June 18, 2016 | NYC Fort Belvoir--Cancelled | ||||||||||
| 8 | June 13, 2016 | Sailing Class Got certificate First trip out in the Potomac "Tack" "Tiller" Man overboard Jib sheet "Gybe" Point of sail Movement of wind Knots--Cleet knot, figure 8 knot, and bowlan knot Sailboats do not move "in the wind" |
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| 7 | June 11, 2016 | Shirley Plantation--Charles City VA -- Paid Ornate animals carved in the ends of the couch and chairs The ladies carve their names into the glass of the dining room The longest running business in North America Multinational tobacco companies across the river from the mansion The have huge nuts that grow on trees The lightening struck a tree and they fixed it with masonary with bricks put inside the trees that helped saved the tree The have a root cellar in the basement of the guest house that was burned down from lightening They had artifact showing an old sundail they used The black slaves came from Gambia The have an ice house (the use ice from the water to keep for ice) They have a pigeon house which was used of a delicacy of birds. |
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| 6 | June 4, 2016 | Tangier Island Cruise, Reedville, VA -- Paid They have graveyards all over the island--in yards next to houses Rode an old bike around the island The soft crab capital of the world We had a homestyle meal with huge crab cakes, fish fritters, apple sauce, cole slaw, and pund cake The island is approx. five miles by one mile. They have a beautiful church I only saw three cars on the island because it seems everyone uses gold carts for transportation I rode to a the dump and saw all this metal junk The boat ride was fun because I saw old manufacturing of the fish industry The island seemed open, like they did not have any visitors--I felt like I was invading their space. I visited the museum that has an old marriage license--it was cool. I saw crab nets, many of them. |
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| 5 | May 28, 2016 (Saturday) |
VA Renaissance Festival : 5621 Courthouse Road, Spotsylvania, VA 22551 Saturdays and Sundays May 7th through June 5th 10 am - 5 pm Alpaca--Saw two young animals Saw Lake Anna Ate at restaurant (crab cakes ) at Lake Anna Joe purchased a weapon (handmade) that does not adverstise on the Internet Purchased a finger alpaca puppet. Saw many costumes of nobility and serfs from the renissance period. Saw a circus Ate a fig scone Felt and touched costumes (heavy) Put head and hands in Salem-like witchcraft public humiliation wooden |
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| 4 | May 21, 2016 (Saturday) |
Vistited Parson's School of Design (cancelled tour :( Ate at restaurant (Thai) near the school Visited Mood Fabrics Visited The Strand Bookstore Dance Parade and Festival--10th Annual Walked through Garmet District Walked through Bryant Park Saw church turned into a store.(Here) Macy's McDonald's Macy's Garmet district |
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May 4, 2016 (Wednesday) |
Travel Show Fort 10 am -- Wednesday I attended this travel show but I did not learn much. |
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| 3 | April 16, 2016 (Saturday) |
Ellis and Liberty Island NJ 8am Saturday 4/16/2016 Code: 3162900501 | $199.00 | Member Number: 221638 | Need 26 | Date signed up February 25, 2016 Understand the process immigrants went through when they came to America Immigrants go chalk on them to separate them: sick, etc. The hospital was the best in the world at that time There was a three step process: Liberty Island, Ellis Island, and NJ Train Station You need money and skills to get into America Someone took pictures that helped capture what was happening Someone took pictures of the surronding current time frame There was a lot of emotion good and bad if rejected Steerage were treated like animals The park system has been around for 100 years. |
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| 2 | December 11, 2015 (Friday) | Gaylord Trip to Gaylord Hotel (Maryland): Saw "ICE" exhibition of ice and a magical kingdom: Santa is Coming to town. Aruthur Murray dance competition and saw gowns too! Gaylard Hotel: National Harbor Maryland: Jucuzzi: With water coming out of the wall Thai Restaurtant: Beautiful Door Slid down ice slide three times What I learned? Ice carvers originated from Harbin China Ice was transported from Georgia and Texas Great view and lots of lights The pool had salt water. Grabbed a cookie for dessert. |
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| 1 | December 5, 2015 (Saturday) | ANCC bus trip to New York City: Saw Rockettes: Great Took "The Ride" Visited the library Bus Trip experience with learning all about what the city looks like now. (buildings, etc.) Saw Rockerfellar Plaza What I learned? There are names carved into granite of the donators (For example, Astor) There is a genalogy department in the library. There is a light and Christmas presentation on the side of the building near Rockfeller Plaza. There are so many crowds that the police use police tape to try to control the people so that cars can move. I learned there is Bryant Park next to the main library that has a ice rink built every winter and houses library materials underground under the park. |
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| Dec 2014-May 2015 | 8 months travelling around the area with Joe after his retirement! | ||||||||||
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| Nov 1, 2014 | Tucson AZ Trip, Joe's Retirement
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| Dec 2013 | Tucson AZ, Greg came out too! Army Military training |
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