Apache Trail – January 13, 2016 Please check out ophardtphotos.com for more photos. We headed out today on the Apache Trail into the Superstition Mountains to the east of Phoenix. On our four wheel drive trip we did not stop at Goldfield, but it is the entrance to the Apache Trail. At the beginning of the trail,…
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…
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…
February 25, 2015 Our 4 wheel drive trip took us to an area south of Morristown, which was fairly typical of low desert terrain. We drove through the dry river bed. We did find a few poppy flowers along the way. Next we went through Wickenburg and turned north on Rincon road. This took us…
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…
Day 13 – Patmos and Syros Patmos, Syros Thursday, November 6, 2014 We sailed at night from Kusadasi to the Island of Patmos. Patmos is the island where St. John was exhiled and wrote the book of Revealation. We first traveled to the top of the highest hill to view the Monastery of St. John…
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