Tag: Family
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Photos: Virginia Air & Space Museum
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photos: virginia zoo
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Travel: Champlain Valley Exposition, Vermont
We weren’t able to make it up to Vermont this year for my brother’s birthday, so we went up a couple of weeks later for the Champlain Valley Exposition outside of Burlington. Nothing is better than a county fair for photography.Explore the Photo Set:
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Photos: Jamestown, Virginia
I grew up about 2 miles from Jamestown, the sight of the first permanent English colony in North America. Established in 1607, this year marks the 400th anniversary of the landing of the first three ships.As one would expect, there was a big to-do, with Queen Elizabeth II over from England, and President Bush II down from D.C. It was a three day affair, with a reenactment of the landing, concerts and all sorts of educational stuff at the State & National Parks that surround the landing site.
My parents still live those 2 miles away, and we all spent the weekend taking in the festivities.
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Photos: Yorktown, Virginia
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Photos: Tacky Light Tour, Richmond, Virginia
Each and every year, we make one pilgramage (at least) to the best in neighborhood Christmas light displays. To spice things up, this year we change from going to a neighborhood off Todd’s Lane in Hampton, to houses participating in the Tacky Light Tour in Richmond.I had no idea this existed until I watched a Christmas special about it on TLC (or A&E). I’m not sure I am ready to give up Todd’s Lane, but it was great mixing it up with new material this year.
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Photos: Yorktown National Battlefield, Virginia
We took Jackson on his first trip to a Revolutionary War Battlefield today, mainly as a way of keeping “the guys” occupied while “the women” hit the outlets north of town.Not that I recommend it as an real-life exercise, but take a couple of minutes to think about how you would explain a 200 year-old war to a 4 year-old boy. As I was talking, I realized I sounded an aweful lot like George Dubya Bush explaining the Iraq war to America (evil-doers, defeding our country, protecting our families).
It was pretty creepy.
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Photos: National Maritime Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
Another something I haven’t done in over a decade, we took the whole family down to the National Maritime Museum (better known as Nauticus) in Norfolk, Virginia. It was great to spend quality time with my grandfather (whom I don’t see nearly enough of) and he docent-ed for us as we wandered around both the museum and the battleship parked out back.Explore the Photo Set:
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Photos: Christmas Decorations, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
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Originally uploaded by evancparker.Christmas in Williamsburg, and it’s time for the obligatory walk around the historic area (Colonial Williamsburg) looking at the Christmas decorations. For the first time since high school, though, we added the decidedly un-Colonial (but still spectacular) tree lighting on Christmas Eve.Explore the Photo Set:
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Christmas Decorations, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
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Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia