The adventures of Jen and Doug and a black cat named Mr. Knightley.
Ever vigilant for presidential sites, we of course went to the Harry S Truman National Historic Site in Independence, Missouri. It’s a small town, but where Truman spent most of his life, including falling in …
Doug had already visited the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri, and didn’t feel the need to go again. I was on the fence, since I wasn’t especially interested, but we …
St. Louis is home to many art and history museums and sites. Here are a few highlights. Missouri History Museum The Missouri History Museum is housed in the beautiful Jefferson Memorial Building, which dates from …
William Henry Harrison was the 9th President of the United States, and we had previously visited his birthplace, Berkeley Plantation in Virginia, but now was our chance to see his later Indiana home, Grouseland. Harrison’s …
We didn’t spend much time in Louisiana — a dash to the coast to do a little birding, see some Rugby, and spend a day in New Orleans before turning northward again. One of my …
Don’t be jealous, but we managed to take a tour of the Boyhood Home of Woodrow Wilson in Augusta, Georgia. We are racking up those presidential sites for Doug! We have previously visited his birthplace …
We spent several days bopping around Raleigh, North Carolina. We did several walks hoping to see birds and got pretty lucky, primarily in Battle Park in Rocky Mount (east of Raleigh), William B. Umstead State …
We went to the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, to see the architecture, and a couple of presidential statues as a bonus. W&M was founded in 1693, making it one of the …
And we knock off another presidential site with a logistically challenging schedule (offering just four time slots for tours in any given week). This time we toured The President Woodrow Wilson House in Washington, DC …
Doug and I visited the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, after a long day walking around the city, which is, admittedly, not the best time to slow down and …
