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Category: Vacation
Twin Towers
I visited New York in March of 1996. I visited the World Trade Center during that visit and took several photos. I knew that I had these photos but never really looked for them until today.
This one was taken a few blocks from the towers.
During that trip I took a ferry over to the Statue of Liberty. Here you can see the towers behind me.
Here are two more from the ferry ride.
This one was taken from the observation level of one of the towers.
Visiting History
I just got back from a six day trip to visit wineries and celebrate my mother’s 80th birthday in Tennessee. Along the way we stopped at a few historical sites.
In Staunton Virginia we visited the Woodrow Wilson birthplace and museum.
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Woodrow Wilson Museum
In Appomattox Virginia we visited the McLean House where Lee surrendered to Grant. And we visited the Appomattox Court House.
The McLean House
The parlor where Lee surrendered to Grant.
Appomattox Court House
The Vacation
The boyfriend and I got back from our vacation to California late last night. We went to California to visit the Napa Valley and taste wine. We went to 19 different wineries and tasted and bought lots of wine. While in California we did other things as well. We went to see Old Faithful and The Petrified Forest. On our last day in California we went to San Francisco. We road the street cars up and down Market St. We went to Fisherman’s Wharf and then to the Castro to hang with our peeps.
Here are some pictures from our trip:
Famous palm trees from the west coast.
The mountains in wine country.
A huge sunflower we saw.
The vines go right up to the mountains.
Old oak tree.
Grapes!
The boyfriend at the Petrified Forest (somehow the Tungsten filter was on the camera).
Old Faithful (Tungsten filter again, argh!).
The boyfriend at the Golden Gate Bridge (damn that Tungsten).
Market St. near our hotel (Tungsten one more time).
Seagull in flight.
The sea lions at Peir 39.
A seagull thinking about Alcatraz.
The famous Castro theater.
Saw this sticker at the street car stop. Loved it.
Inside a street car.
The boyfriend in bed on our last morning.
The view from our hotel room.
