The Memorial Arch is dedicated to the officers and private soldiers of the Continental Army, December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778.

Valley Forge

2013-03-28 Historic, Tourism 0

Terrain dictates battles. You can’t understand the battle unless you understand the terrain. And you can’t understand the terrain from the comfort of your car. […]

The National Mall, in Washington D.C.

National Mall

2013-03-25 Tourism 0

The weather went from chilly, but warming, on Saturday, to chilly all day on Sunday, to cold & snowy on Monday — which was, of […]

Przewalski's Horse ... male in back kept getting kicked by the female in front. We left before my grandaughter witnessed anything unexplainable to a 3-year old.

National Zoo

2013-03-24 Tourism 0

Our second full day in DC, we planned on visiting the National Zoo with our younger son and his family. We took the 32 bus […]

"Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'"

Georgetown Loop

2013-03-23 Walking 0

M Street NW and Wisconsin Avenue NW are the main streets in Georgetown, and their intersection is ground zero for this hike. Both are extremely […]

Relaxing on next to the Williams Benchmark above Alamo Lake.

Alamo Lake BM Loop

2013-02-22 Hiking 0

Time constraints prevented me from hiking the benchmarks out to (gravel) Alamo Rd a few weeks ago. In reviewing the topo, I noticed there was […]

Pam in the massive arch. Eagle Eye Mountain in back (left), with Pioneer Peak beyond that.

Eagle Eye Peak

2013-02-18 Hiking 0

Second week in a row out in Aguila with Pam, this time to scale Eagle Eye Peak and it’s house-sized arch. Turns out there is […]

Looking north at Eagle Eye Mountain (left) and Eagle Eye Peak (right). The arch on Eagle Eye Peak is enormous.

Eagle Eye Mountain

2013-02-13 Hiking 0

I like maps. Always have. I can remember being maybe six years old looking at my dad’s camping topos, pretending I was moving troops. My […]