Williamsburg, VA

Folk Art Museum

Governor's Palace - note guns and swords used for decoration.

Palace framed by catalpa trees.

Well next to the govenor's bath house.


First Theater - Levingston's Play House to bring London plays to Williamsburg

Early capitol of Virginia.

Flute player performing.

Bruton Parish church

Air and Space Museum- Udvar-Hazy Center

Observation tower give a great view of Dulles Airport.

Over 150 planes are displayed and more to come.


SR-71A Blackbird Reconnaissance Plane

Concord

Flying Tiger

Cockpit view

Kamikaze pilot's plane with no landing gear.

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

It was fun to watch one artist trying to emulate another as well as to study from originals of the master artists.

Washington D. C. and Arlington Cemetery

Dennis really froze waiting for the Tourmobile.

The capitol with all the congressmen and senators
out-of-town trying to save their jobs.

Dennis loved the Smithsonian

Aero Space Museum:

Jefferson Memorial and Lincoln Memorial were impressive from the Washington Monument

The White House is difficult to reach since security is heightened.

Washington Monument in all its glory.

We were bundled up with our Minnesota ski jackets since it was a cold and blustery day especially at the Washington Monument. This

was particularly difficult to accept when we see that it is in the 80s and 90s back home in southern California.

We paid particular attention to the the soldiers stones that form straight lines from all angles.

In Arlington Cemetery we had to wait for full military funeral to pass before completing our tour. No photos were allowed of the funeral but it was sobering and impressive.

The JFK eternal flame still burns.

Mount Vernon

Potomac River behind Mount Vernon mansion

Denn with the back of the mansion behind him.

Gettysburg, PA

Lincoln and his Gettysburg Address:

Musical instruments of the Civil War.

Black cannons used to shoot long distances.

Dennis pointing out remnants of gun shot holes in the bricks
Dennis is surveying the land at Little Round Top

A section of the 377 foot Cyclorama Painting restored into a 360 degree setting with 3-D effects, light and sound embellishments to make the battle almost come to life.

Diorama of the battlefields with miniatures.

Dennis warming up and resting after a busy day of checking out the battlefields of Gettysburg.