I was able to tour the USS Bowfin and USS Missouri back in 2011, well before the c-flu pandemic. Touring both “boats” was an eye-opening and sober experience. USS Arizona Memorial The day we toured the USS Bowfin, we started with the USS Arizona Memorial, the place where the USA officially entered the Pacific Theater …
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We went for an early morning walk before our drive from Inverness to the Isle of Skye, passing the Urquhart and Eilean Donan Castles. (To read more about our early morning walk, go here.) Isle of Skye was one of THE stops we had planned for the trip. We had even planned to return to …
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On our second day in Scotland, we saw the (now) popular Clava Cairns, a Bronze Age feature of stone circles. The stone circles have been made very popular by the Outlander TV series as the circles are apparently the inspiration for Craigh Na Dun. In the series, Craigh Na Dun is how the heroine …
Back in 2019, a bunch of friends invited me to join them in Corolla, North Carolina for an Outer Banks vacation. (Of course, I said yes.) Here’s a brief overview of what attractions I saw while down in Outer Banks (or OBX). Getting to the Outer Banks Some of my friends drove down to the …
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On our way home from Acadia National Park, we stopped in New Hampshire to see several attractions near the Flume. Continue reading for the attractions we did see near the Flume and the one we wish we had! Attraction #1: Mount Washington I’ve been to the top of Mount Washington several times. One time, my …
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