On our first full day in Maine, we explored the area and found ourselves at Colony Beach in Kennebunkport, Maine. Being Monday, July 5, the area was crowded with tourists and people with the day off from work. We found a parking spot along the road just across from The Colony Hotel, which holds 125 […]
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Also in our visit to Darke County, Ohio, we visited the Garst Museum. The museum had an entire section devoted to its hometown hero Annie Oakley. There were all types of artifacts from her life, even down to her chinaware and nightgown. There were guns that she had used and many publicity posters from the […]
Read More.. Garst Museum – Darke County, Ohio
On August 2, 2009 on our way home from Myrtle Beach we stopped in Flat Rock, North Carolina to visit Carl Sandburg’s home known as Connemara. Most of the information below is taken from the brochure provided by the National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior. The pictures are mine. The pictures of Sandburg […]
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A must stop when in the Washington, D.C. area is Mount Vernon, the plantation home of George and Martha Washington. Mount Vernon was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960 and is today listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is still owned and maintained in trust by The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, […]
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One of the great things about life is the unexpected treasures. When we get up in the morning, we can have the greatest plans prepared and often we follow them exactly as we planned. But when things take a different turn, it often turns a day full of memories. One Saturday a few years ago, my […]
Read More.. An Historic Trip to Greenville, Ohio