June 8–10, 2012. In which a good friend and I drive from DC to the ferry in Lewes, miss it, drive the rest of the way to Cape May, stay in a house with a friend and his friends, make new friends, go to the beach, drink, sleep, wander aimlessly to take photos, go to the beach, go to the lighthouse, and catch the ferry back to Lewes. The full Flickr album is here.
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Space Shuttle Discovery hitched a ride on the back of a 747 from Florida to the National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. NASA was gracious enough to buzz the DC area a few times for photo ops. I met two friends near the base of the Washington Monument on the morning of April 17th in the hopes that we could get some pictures, and we were not disappointed. It was a great start to my day. The full set is on Flickr.
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I took the camera for a walk from Capitol Hill down to the new Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial, to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, and then up the Mall. I reached the Capitol building just in time to catch some pictures of the sunset. The full album can be viewed on Flickr.
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I took Bryan to Roosevelt Island for his first time. The island is one of my favorite things about DC. It’s a different place each time I visit, it gives me a nature fix that is very close to home, sometimes I get to see deer, and it honors one of my favorite heroes. We walked all along the perimeter of the island and then to the monument in the middle. Photo by Bryan Smith The deer kept themselves hidden this time, but we still got to see lots of zebra swallowtail butterflies (though none were cooperative about being photographed), dragonflies, birds, lizards, fish, and flowers. The entire photo set can be viewed on Flickr.
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We got an invitation to join friends last Saturday at a swimming hole in Maryland. We were given only a street address. Unfamiliar with the Beaver Dam Swimming Club — a very cool spot in a former rock quarry — I entered the street address into Google Maps and was directed to Laurel, MD. We drove to the address and found nothing. A short drive down the road led us to Perkins Cemetery, so I seized the opportunity to take some pictures before we realized we were 40 minutes away from where we were supposed to be. We finally made it to the Swimming Club and had a great time. More pictures are on Flickr.
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My gentleman friend and I made a trip to Harpers Ferry, WV last Saturday. I’ve been going there at least once each of the past several years, but this was the first time that I got to see the Potomac and Shenandoah so colorfully mixing together. It was a hot day and the hike up the mountain isn’t easy. The view from the cliff makes it all worth it. A sample of my photos from the trip are below, and you can see the whole Flickr set here.
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