USA (27 July - 18 August 2008)
Here are some of the highlights from our holiday to the USA this summer:
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| Early morning, Central Park, NYC | Strawberry Fields, Central Park, NYC. A memorial to John Lennon, close to the Dakota building where he was murdered on 8 December 1980. | Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, New York Harbour. | ||
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| Immigrants entering the United States at Ellis Island had to undergo mental testing; this candidate clearly failed | View of Lower Manhattan from Ellis Island | Ellis Island from ferry | ||
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| Manhattan skyline, from Empire State Building | Lower Manhattan skyline, from Empire State Building | Times Square, NYC | ||
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| We stayed with our friends, Libby & Vern Gauthier, in Newville, Pennsylvania, for four nights. | First United Presbyterian Church, Newville, PA | Gettysburg battlefield | ||
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| Gettysburg battlefield, observation platform | Gettysburg battlefield monument - one of several hundred | Gettysburg battlefield monument | ||
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| Little Round Top, Gettysburg battlefield | View of Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, from Jefferson Rock. Famous for John Brown's seizure of the US Armory & Arsenal in 1859, a prelude to the Civil War. | View of Harper's Ferry from the Harper Cemetry | ||
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| Max by graves. | Apollo lunar module, National Air & Space museum, Washington, DC | Apollo command module, National Air & Space museum, Washington, DC | ||
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| National Air & Space museum, Washington, DC | Jefferson Memorial, Washington, DC | White House, Washington, DC, torched by the British in 1814. | ||
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| Washington monument | Sunset at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC | Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC | ||
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| A fascinating vista of Lake Erie | This picture was not posed | Horseshoe Falls, Niagara, from Canadian side | ||
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| Angel Falls, Niagara, from Canadian side | Submarine USS Croaker, destroyer USS The Sullivans and guided missile cruiser USS Little Rock, at Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park. | Flume Gorge, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire | ||
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| Flume Gorge, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire | White Mountains National Park, New Hampshire | Mount Washington Cog Railway, gradient 37% | ||
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| View from summit of Mount Washington, NH, the highest peak in the NE United States at 1917 m. | Mount Washington is famous for its dangerously erratic weather, holding the record for the highest wind gust directly measured at the Earth's surface, at 231 mph in 1934 | The locomotives use 0.75 tons of coal and boil 1000 gallons of water on the ascent. The locomotives' cogs engage a rack in the centre of the rails; the rails' sole purpose is for direction. The locomotive and carriage descend together uncoupled, a brake man controlling the speed of the carriage. | ||
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| Boston Common, Boston, MA | Orpheum Theatre, Boston. This was well spotted by Maxwell, who remembered I have a live album by The Police that was recorded here in 1979. | Old South Meeting House, Boston, famous as the organising point for the Boston Tea Party in 1773. Like many of the older buildings downtown, it is completely dwarfed by the modern skyscrapers. | ||
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| Old State House, Boston. Built in 1713, it is the oldest surviving public building in Boston, and the seat of the first elected legislature in the New World. | View of Boston skyline from the harbour. | O! say can you see, by the dawn's early light ... |
Last edited 23/08/2008 20:24