Author: Twelve Mile Circle
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Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay
Accomack County, Virginia (June 2000) For many years I’d wanted to visit Tangier Island in the middle of Chesapeake Bay (map). People have inhabited Tangier for more than three hundred years, making a living from the bounty of the Bay, mostly isolated from their neighbors on the eastern and western shores. This has resulted in…
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center; Fairfax County, Virginia, USA (January 2007) The Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Center provides extra room for much of their extensive aircraft and spacecraft that cannot fit into their location on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The center sits about 25 miles west of the city on the grounds of Washington-Dulles International Airport…
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Dinosaur Land
Near Winchester, Virginia (December 2007) In the days before Interstate highways, before large corporate theme parks and fast food restaurants, little mom-and-pop attractions provided the traveling public with a few moments of amusement and perhaps a brief rest as they traveled through rural America on rolling, winding two-lane asphalt. Kids hung their heads by the…
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Counties in Vermont that I have Visited
There are 14 Counties in Vermont – “The Green Mountain State“ Also be sure to see my United States County Counting Page for the rest of the states. I have visited 14 Counties = 100% of Counties in Vermont Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank. Map created using Mob…
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Green Mountain Railroad – White River Flyer
White River Junction to Thetford, Vermont (October 2010) A beautiful early fall day is a perfect time for a ride on the Green Mountain Railroad. They offer three routes for tourist excursions: Burlington to Charlotte (“Champlain Valley Flyer”); Bellows Falls to Chester Depot (“Green Mountain Flyer”) and White River Junction to Thetford (“White River Flyer”).…
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Counties in Utah that I have Visited
There are 29 Counties in Utah – “The Beehive State“ Also be sure to see my United States County Counting Page for the rest of the states. I have visited 22 Counties = 75.9% of Counties in Utah Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank. Map created using Mob Rule.…
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Golden Spike National Historic Site
Promontory Summit, Utah, USA (July 2011) Most of us remember the Golden Spike, Promontory, Utah and the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. They featured prominently in long ago history classes when we were kids. Now we arrived in northern Utah. There was no doubt that we’d have to stop at the Golden Spike National Historic…
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ATK Rocket Park
Near Promontory Summit, Utah, USA (July 2011) A surprise awaits visitors to the desert on the north side of the Great Salt Lake. Most people probably know about the Golden Spike National Historic Site — in fact that’s probably why most people are way out there in the middle of nowhere. Lesser know, but still…
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Timpanogos Cave National Monument
American Fork, Utah, USA (July 2011) We’d never heard of Timpanogos Cave National Monument prior to our trip to Utah. During our planning we’d asked people for suggestions for fun activities in or near the Salt Lake Valley. A family friend who lived in the area recommended Timpanogos (map). It sounded like something right down…
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Rendezvous Beach
Bear Lake State Park; Garden City, Utah, USA (July 2011) We drove east out of Logan, Utah on Highway 89, the Logan Canyon Scenic Byway through the Bear River Mountains, a branch of the Wasatch Range. We meandered for nearly forty miles along the winding road until we crested the summit and stopped at a…