Archive for the 'Vacations' Category
In the Land Between the Lakes 1974
Sunday, January 10th, 2010
In the early Summer of 1974, my Mom and Dad took me on what was probably a weekend getaway to the National Recreation Area known as the Land Between the Lakes – the lakes in question being Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley. This area extends across two states, from Kentucky into Tennessee. We would have undoubtedly stayed on the Kentucky side. Unfortunately, neither Mom or Dad have a great deal of recollection of this early vacation, so all information must be inferred from the nice batch of photos below. There were certainly quite a few of them for such a short trip. Read the rest of this entry »
My Own Backyard
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Back home in Dayton, I was so tired from the road trip that Bob and I had taken across West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey on the morning of Sunday, June 20, 2009, I almost considered sending Bob out alone to see the few sites in my own backyard of Dayton, Ohio, that he wanted to see. Then I thought better and decided to be a good host…and get some photos with some of the cool things that we actually have in my little old home town. Read the rest of this entry »
Holy Cross
Saturday, November 21st, 2009
The Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California, is a very nice Catholic cemetery which houses the final resting place of well over 150 famous Hollywood celebrities. The cemetery, which was founded in 1939, requires that every headstone or marker placed within its borders contains a cross. I had been to the cemetery in the past to check out the grave of Laurel and Hardy co-star Edgar Kennedy, but my visit in the summer of 2009 was by far the most extensive. Read the rest of this entry »
The End of Pennsylvania and Picking Up the Pieces in Ohio
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
The last day that Bob and I spent on the road of our weeklong road trip through Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey came on Saturday, June 19, 2009. There were just a few places left on our itinerary that we needed to hit, and then there were a few select locations that had been on Bob’s to-do list since our last Ohio road trip. And finally, there were a couple of spots that we had in fact visited during that trip, but since Bob’s digital camera had dropped his photos of these places, he needed to see again. Read the rest of this entry »