We were in the Commonwealth of Kentucky for two reasons: one, it is due south of Ohio and two, we’d heard good things about the state. The “Bluegrass State” can technically be considered a part of the Midwest but most consider it part of the South. Helping to place it in the South is the [...]
Ohio has many claims to fame, but to me Ohio means family: my mom’s whole side of the family is from there. We visited family many times through the years and Ohio will always be the place where I had many adventures (and misadventures) with my extended family.
Hocking Hills State Park? Oh, that’s the place [...]
Wow, for the first time our Mystery photo contest does not have a winner. I didn’t think it possible but it looks like we finally stumped you! We knew it was a tough photo. We did have some excellent guesses (see the original).
The brown dots in the photo were Pronghorn “Antelopes”. A few were standing [...]
Though the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has many enticing reasons to stay and explore we only had time for a brief stop in the northern part of the state. Pennsylvania means “Penn’s Woods” and was named after William Penn who was given the land by the King of England. The tract granted to Penn in 1681 [...]
This month for the Mystery Photo we are featuring another “count ‘em” challenge. This time you need to count the animals as well as identify the type of animal. Good luck!
How it works: We will not post comments until next Sunday, October 21st, 2007. That gives everyone a chance to guess. That day we will [...]
Niagara Falls[mp4 8.8MB, 2min 21 sec]
Erin and I had a beautiful day to explore the Niagara Falls area. It was a hot, sunny day in late summer, so the mist felt good on our faces. It was like a natural air conditioner—as soon as you left the edge of the falls, you were hot again.
Though [...]
We were in the Buffalo area to visit one of Lance’s many homelands; he lived here with his family in the mid–1980s while his father was attending SUNY. Amazingly, many of the things Lance remembered have stayed the same: his old house, his school, the pond where he used to play. Of course a great [...]
“There’s no such thing as seagulls. Only bay gulls.”
Spoken by George our volunteer bird tour guide at Padre Island National Seashore. It took us half the day to figure out what he meant! Say it out loud, you’ll get it.
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