The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial was installed in 2011 along the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC. The memorial was designed by Lei Yixin. Two days after I was here, the country began shutting down in earnest due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In hindsight, it wasn’t a smart move to go to the National Mall […]
C&O Canal Towpath
We decided to take a walk on a warm pre-spring day. Even though there are dozens of great walks close by, we hopped in the car and drove to the C&O Canal in Williamsport, Maryland. The C&O Canal runs 185 miles from Georgetown in the District of Columbia to Cumberland, Maryland. There are lots of […]
Great Falls Overlook
The Great Falls overlook is part of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historic Park on the Maryland side of the Potomac River. It’s an easy walk from the Great Falls Tavern Visitor Center to the overlook. The path is paved, and has some thrilling footbridges over side channels of the river before you get […]
Arlington National Cemetery
We visited Arlington National Cemetery on a balmy November afternoon. It’s a powerful experience to walk the grounds and take in all the monuments. The Tomb of the Unknowns is quite touching. It’s a moving experience we should all have at least once. Likewise, the eternal flame that commemorates the death of a murdered president. […]
Indian Council Caves
Indian Council Caves is a large rock formation a few miles north of Barkhamsted, Connecticut. There’s no evidence of Native American use of the site, for councils or anything else, and it’s not really a cave formation. It’s more a pile of fallen rocks that create some interesting shadowy spots that a couple people might […]
Kitchal Bay, Lake George
Kitchal Bay is one of an endless array of stunning inlets along the shore of Lake George. Located on the eastern edge of Adirondack Park, Lake George is one mountain range over from Lake Champlain, almost to Vermont. Kitchal Bay is just south of the hamlet of Huletts Landing, and like most of the shore, […]
Dennis Hill
After hiking up Haystack Mountain, we didn’t feel too guilty driving all the way to the pavilion at the summit of Dennis Hill State Park. Dennis Hill is named for Frederic Dennis, a wealthy doctor from New York City who owned these 240 acres and was part of Norfolk’s “summer society.” In 1908, Dr. Dennis […]
Haystack Mountain
Haystack Mountain State Park looms 1,700 feet over north side of Norfolk, Connecticut. It’s topped with an observation tower built in the late 1920s. The hike up the mountain is not strenuous, and the cool breezes that greet you at the top of the tower are delightful. According to legend, you can see Vermont, New […]
Deep Throat Parking Garage
This is the strangest pilgrimage we’ve ever made, but it had to be done. The Deep Throat parking garage, clandestine meeting place of Bob Woodward and Mark Felt (aka Deep Throat) during the Watergate investigation, was scheduled for demolition. We had to go stand in that spot. All through the summer of 1973, I watched […]
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
Today’s school photography assignment is “shadow and reflection,” so we were going to end up here today for sure. Proceeding downhill from the Washington Monument, we wind up at the end of the Mall at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. On the walk, we take in the National World War II Memorial, the Korean War […]
Washington Monument
A photography class assignment was in the offing, so where else would we spend a Saturday afternoon taking pictures? We began with a Metro ride to Union Station, then a walk up Capitol Hill, and finally down the National Mall we went. I never get tired of visiting the Mall. The paved area around the […]
Wisconsin Capitol Rotunda
The present-day Wisconsin State Capitol building is a beautiful example of Beaux-Arts architecture. Inspired by the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, this building was begun in 1906 and completed in 1917. It underwent an expensive – but necessary – restoration at the turn of the 21st century. It’s a wonderful structure, inside and out. I’ve […]