Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
ATLANTIC OCEAN (13 JUN 2015) – V-1 Divisional Officer LT Chris Krueger, from Houston, performs laser range finding on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit are participating in ARG/MEUEX, a scenario-based amphibious integration exercise, in preparation for a…
Life is so much better with sleep. Now Eloise is free to stay this size forever if she wants. Isaac too, if he promises to stop licking everything.
So many reasons we love the zoo.
Jamestown Settlement. Historic Jamestown. What’s the difference? Shrug. We arrived at Jamestown Settlement first Friday morning, so that’s where we went (AFTER getting Dunkin Donuts for National Donut Day, of course, which started as some kind of war effort). Jamestown Settlement is a state park. Historic Jamesown is a national park, they told us. “It’s…
The mist turned into rain as we looped around the Busch Gardens exit and spotted the “parking $15” sign. We almost turned back. And if we had, we would have missed out on the shortest lines in the history of theme parks! It ended up being the perfect day to introduce Isaac to roller coasters….
I thought it an ill omen that “row” (sounds like “bow” or “toe”) can also be row (sounds like “bow” or “cow”). You may recall we were not particularly successful at sailing together. (“What kind of problems were yall having out there?” Our sailing teacher asked everyone pulling onto the sand. “Marital,” was our answer.) …
After the Wright Brothers memorial we popped over to the beach! It was windy and in the 60s—a bit chilly but perfect for chasing a silly tot around the waterline and bulldozing sand castles. Eloise is the prettiest baby ever to exist on the planet, is she not? So beautiful. Little beach babe. Local burger…
