trips

Besides the genealogical tour of Savannah, we also drove up to Charleston to see the eclipse. A couple days of beautiful -- but very hot! -- weather, then the clouds started to roll in Monday morning. We were invited to a friend-of-friend's house on a river a ways north-east of

This will be a long entry describing our tour of Gettysburg. Ready? We visted the Gettysburg National Military Park . We arrived Saturday night (after checking out Trenton and Valley Forge, q.v.), spent all day Sunday traipsing around, then left early on Monday. I had spent the previous week downloading

Next on our weekend trip, we made a quick visit to Valley Forge. Frankly, the scenery is pleasant, but there's not much to see. Though the legend of this area is greater than the reality, it is still compelling to contemplate spending a miserable and dangerous winter here, while waiting

Over the President's Day weekend, the New York crew visited the Trenton area, in a small way retracing the Revolutionary Army's path from Pennsylvania, across the Delaware River, and on down to Trenton, where the first significant victory in the war was won. It so happened that we drove on

Last-minute tickets to the All-Star Game came through -- This was my first trip back to Detroit in two years. Random Notes: Comerica Park - Fantastic. Easy to get to and get in/out; good walkways around the stands. We had seats in the front-row at the left-field foul pole.

I was in Boston for the 4th -- not so bad after the Yanks swept the Bosox the previous week. Kristen's Auntie Anne belongs to the U.S.S. Constitution historical society, through which we were invited out on a cruise in Boston Harbor to watch the "turning" of the

Thanks to JPO2, Kristen and I stayed a week in St. Martin, in a three bedroom villa with pool ... atop Baie Rouge... Not too much to talk about. Just sun, relaxation, a little shopping, and more relaxation. Jim and I went fishing one morning; very few bites, until our skipper

Another trip across the pond, another bad cocktail experience. Even when you think you know how to navigate cross-culturally, it's always the little differences which can trip you up. The background to all this is the definition of a cocktail as the mixture of a base alcoholic beverage mixed with

Skiing and New Year's Eve in Stowe. We stayed in The Green Mountain Inn in the center of the village. Very New Englandy -- and not too many Dean bumper stickers. Good news: It turns out skiing is like riding a bike. Started on the little bunny slope and found

November 20, 2003MockbaVisited Moscow for business Nov 14 - 18. Fascinating, odd place to be. Lots of construction downtown; many new (expensive) restaurants and shops; extravagent and bizarre casinos; along with the same grimy, broken down older buildings and courtyards. Visited the Tretyakov Gallery , the Kremlin, and finally got in