Sunday, July 10, 2011

A Few Pix from Our Trip

We've been back from the mainland for a couple of weeks now, but it doesn't seem like it's been that long. Here are a few pix from our visits to Great Falls Park, the Air and Space Museum, and Shenandoah National Park. Others (Court, Anna and David) have included more and better pictures, but these are special, as my camera was broken, and I couldn't see what I was getting!

Great Falls is a beautiful spot on the Potomac not far from the Roosevelt Bridge.  Hadn't known it was there, so had never been before.  Very pleasant spot.
Only took one pic at the museum -- the Blackbird spy plane, successor to the U-2 of Gary Powers fame.  Way back when, I was told the plane leaked fuel like a sieve while on the ground but sealed up under the low pressure conditions at high altitude.
Shenandoah Park was another place we'd never been -- at least off the highway.  The hike was beautiful, even though I didn't get so hot I wanted to jump in the cold water.






We had a wonderful time.  Thanks to the Taylors, Rob & Anna & keiki, Whit & Jim, & Court for making it nigh unto perfect.

6 comments:

Courtney said...

I'm glad you came. It was pretty great, let's do it again! And your pictures turned out quite well all things considered.

David and Kris Taylor said...

It was great and I'm glad we got to be there for some of it.

D.

David and Kris Taylor said...

P.S. "...all things considered"? There were camera issues?

D.

Anna said...

SO glad you came. And I'm impressed with how well the pictures came out, despite the broken camera.

Whitney said...

Nice work with the blind picture taking. What a great trip!

Shandra said...

I'm bummed we will never get a chance to visit the East before they leave. Looked like a really fun trip!

- S