Showing posts with label Ranger Dan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ranger Dan. Show all posts

Saturday, September 28, 2024

Mini Golf Adventures: East Potomac Miniature Golf

Date of Visit: September 28, 2024

Location: East Potomac Miniature Golf, Washington, DC

Dad and I enjoyed the East Potomac Miniature Golf course back in 2018 before we started tracking our mini golf adventures. I have been wanting to visit again since we started doing our Mini Golf Adventures and now was the perfect time with it being recently reopening after being closed for a restoration project.

We tried to play the course a few days ago, but it had rained too hard early that morning that parts of the course (mainly the paths) had too much standing water that the course was closed. It rained most of the next day and overnight, but by late morning it had become sunny and we decided to head over to see if the course was dried out enough to play. Luckily it was as this was our last chance to play this trip.

As East Potomac Park is part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, I brought along Ranger Dan.

East Potomac's Miniature Golf Course National Register of Historic Places Sign

Hole 1

Hole 2


Hole 3


Hole 4


Hole 5


Hole 6

Hole 7


Hole 8

Hole 9

Hole 9

Hole 9

Hole 10

Hole 11


Hole 12

Hole 12


Hole 12

Hole 13


Hole 14

Hole 15


Hole 15

Hole 16


Hole 17


Hole 18

Final Scores

  • Kj - 68
  • Dad - 60

See full list of our Mini Golf Adventures here.

Friday, September 27, 2024

Ranger Dan: 17.2 Ford's Theatre National Historic Site - Mister Lincoln

Date of Visit: September 27, 2024

Dad I visited Ford's Theatre National Historic Site to see Mister Lincoln. It was an interesting one-man show featuring Abraham Lincoln (played by Scott Bakula) mostly chronologically telling about key moments in his life. I did find it a little long, though.

Ranger Dan w/ Stage before Show

President Lincoln's Box

Program for Mister Lincoln

Previous Visits to this Unit:

See full list of Ranger Dan's National Parks Visited here.

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Ranger Dan: 107.1 Tumacacori National Historical Park

Date of Visit: June 23, 2024

Tumacacori National Historical Park Sign

Mission

Mission

My Sketch of Mission

My Sketch w/ National Park Stamps

See full list of Ranger Dan's National Parks Visited here.

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Ranger Dan: 106.2 Theodore Roosevelt National Park - South Unit

Date of Visit: June 16, 2024

Dad and I visited the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park in the morning before the visitor center was open. I sketched Theodore Roosevelt's Maltese Cross Cabin. We also drove some of the scenic drive and saw buffalo and prairie dogs. We had done the drive when we last visited Medora in 2007. Thus, we only spent enough there for the visitor center to be open and get the passport stamp (this was where I got my first National Park Passport and starting collecting the stamps in 2007), so we could have enough time to then play mini golf and do the Enchanted Highway that day.

Theodore Roosevelt's Maltese Cross Cabin

My Sketch

Prairie Dogs

Buffalo

Previous Visits to this Unit:
See full list of Ranger Dan's National Parks Visited here.

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Ranger Dan: 106.1 Theodore Roosevelt National Park - Painted Canyon

Date of Visit: June 15, 2024

Dad I visited the Painted Canyon Visitor Center and hiked a little of the trail down into the canyon.

Theodore Roosevelt National Park Sign

Theodore Roosevelt National Park Sign

Painted Canyon

On the Trail

On the Trail

See full list of Ranger Dan's National Parks Visited here.

Saturday, July 20, 2024

Ranger Dan: 42.5 National Capital Parks - Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens

Ranger Dan with Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens sign

Date of Visit: July 20, 2024

Every time we used to go to Lowe's in DC, we would say sometime we should go to Kenilworth Gardens when we passed the exit for it. While eating lunch Dad was going through his email and discovered that the Lotus and Water Lily Festival was this weekend. We knew it would likely be crowded, but it seemed a good time to finally visit.

Parking was a little difficult. Also, it did rain most of our visit, but that might of helped some with the crowds. The rain was mostly light and the water on the giant leaves was fun to watch.

We enjoyed seeing the Lotus blooms and one or two water lilies. It was interesting to learn a little about the history of the aquatic gardens and the woman that ran it before it became public land.

See full list of Ranger Dan's National Parks Visited here.

Ranger Dan with Visitor Center sign
Visitor Center

Ranger Dan with Lotus Bud
Lotus Bud

Ranger Dan with Lotus Buds
Lotus Buds and Lotus beginning to Open

Lotus Opening
Lotus Opening

Opened Lotus
Fully Open Lotus

Ranger Dan with Fully Opened Lotus
Ranger Dan with Fully Opened Lotus

Ranger Dan with White Fully Opened Lotus
Ranger Dan with White Lotus

Fully Opened Lotus
Fully Opened Lotus

Ranger Dan with Marsh Land
Ranger Dan with Marsh Land

Blooming Lotus
Blooming Lotus

Water Lily
Water Lily

Ranger Dan with Water Lily
Ranger Dan with Water Lily