New Market, VA – Civil War Reenactment

May 16, 2015  New Market, VA – Civil War Reenactment The battle of New Market, Virginia, Shenandoah Valley, was fought May 15, 1864 near the Virginia Military Institute (VMI).  A good detailed description is found in Wikipedia. As part of the battle, the VMI cadets were brought into battle and lost their shoes in the field in…

Founding Fathers

May 2015 –  Monticello home of Thomas Jefferson and Mount Vernon, home of George Washington We made a spring trip to Virginia and Washington DC.  This is the founding fathers portion of the trip to Monticello and Mount Vernon.  Thomas Jefferson made his plantation home on a mountaintop with a view over the remaining 5000 acres…

Page, AZ Photo Trip

April 27,28, 2015 The Phoenix Camera Club sponsored a field trip to Page, AZ to photograph Antelope Canyon at both night and day.  However, we had, rare for April, clouds and rain so that part of the trip was canceled due to uncertain cloud cover and the expense of the Navajo guides.  We found other locations nearby…

Athens – Acropolis

Day 14 – Athens – Acropolis Athens, Acropolis Friday, November 7, 2014 On our last day, the ship docked in Athens. We immediately got on a bus to tour the main sites which included the famous Acropolis. The first place we visited was called Mars Hill which ancient crude steps to the top. This where…