Date of Visit: August 28, 2016
Cruising by Fort Washington
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Sunday, August 28, 2016
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Ranger Dan: 21.1 Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
Ranger Dan: 20.1 Hampton National Historic Site
Date of Visit: August 25, 2016
Wheelchair Travel Adventures post here.
Hampton National Historic Site Entrance Sign
Gardens
Hampton Mansion
Unexploded British Shell from 1814 Battle of Baltimore
Great Hall
Cake Celebrating National Park Service Centennial
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Sunday, August 14, 2016
Olympic Opening Ceremony Viewing Tradition
The tradition started with the 2004 Olympics and has continued every Olympics since then except 2006 when I was at American University for the semester. Thus, I was surprised that when I started to make this post on this year's decor and food and wanted to link to previous ones I couldn't find anything. Basically, I make food dishes from around the world and/or with an Olympic theme to enjoy while we watch the Opening Ceremony. This year it was more let's clear out the big stuff taking up space in the freezers (pizza and apple pie) and something Brazilian (cheese buns), but I also made some chocolate covered fruit and mini ice cream sandwiches to represent the Olympic rings.
Saturday, August 13, 2016
Ranger Dan: 16.2 Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts - Emmylou Harris and Lyle Lovett & His Large Band
Date of Visit: August 12, 2016
Cooling off with ice cream and smoothie before Emmylou Harris and Lyle Lovett & His Large Band at Filene Center
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Sunday, July 10, 2016
In which a trip to Lowe's turns into a 5 hour outing
Not that a simple project and a trip to Lowe's (or two or three) hasn't ever turned into a whole day thing before, but today it really should've been a quick trip to Lowe's. Well, the Lowe's part in fact was pretty quick other than Dad taking awhile to decide if he should buy more than one toilet seat or check his toilet size first (he only got one and the extra decision time meant we were still at Lowe's when Mom reminded us to get potting soil). It was the trip home that took several hours.
As we turned onto Fort Lincoln Drive, which Lowe's is on, Dad asked if there really was a Fort Lincoln. My response was it was probably one of the many forts that surrounded D.C. during the Civil War. Of course, we then had to look it up and confirmed it not only really was one of those 68 forts, but you could visit the remaining earthworks at Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Naturally, we had to go check it out. Then it turns out there is much more to check out then the earthworks. There is also a floral clock, a Spring House built in 1683, the Lincoln Oak where Lincoln met with generals, a Federal Boundary Stone, and much more.
Over an hour later we were finally on our way home, but then the 295 had a lot of traffic so Dad decided to get off and take another route home. This resulted in us going right by a used bookstore I had been wanting to check out. Turned out to be a good one even though neither of the two American Guide books were 1940s editions (one was from 1937 and the other was a 1960s update).
Thus, five hours after we left on a quick shopping trip we still weren't home, but we were grocery shopping, which was the other errand we were supposed to be doing on the outing.
As we turned onto Fort Lincoln Drive, which Lowe's is on, Dad asked if there really was a Fort Lincoln. My response was it was probably one of the many forts that surrounded D.C. during the Civil War. Of course, we then had to look it up and confirmed it not only really was one of those 68 forts, but you could visit the remaining earthworks at Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Naturally, we had to go check it out. Then it turns out there is much more to check out then the earthworks. There is also a floral clock, a Spring House built in 1683, the Lincoln Oak where Lincoln met with generals, a Federal Boundary Stone, and much more.
Over an hour later we were finally on our way home, but then the 295 had a lot of traffic so Dad decided to get off and take another route home. This resulted in us going right by a used bookstore I had been wanting to check out. Turned out to be a good one even though neither of the two American Guide books were 1940s editions (one was from 1937 and the other was a 1960s update).
Thus, five hours after we left on a quick shopping trip we still weren't home, but we were grocery shopping, which was the other errand we were supposed to be doing on the outing.
Saturday, July 2, 2016
Ranger Dan: 15.3 George Washington Memorial Parkway - Fort Hunt Park
Date of Visit: July 2, 2016
Battery Sater
Battery Sater
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