Seein’ the DMV: Juneteenth in Virginia–Tall Ships and First Africans
Tall Ships As part of the 250th anniversary of the U.S., many events are scheduled in the DMV. I don’t know how many I will attend, but my first was the Sail 250 Virginia. The gathering of international tall ships and other private and military vessels had reached Alexandria the week before; however, I didn’t want to deal with the crowds either there or at the next stop in Norfolk. I looked at the route down the Chesapeake where the armada of ships was scheduled to travel. This is a major event, so I suspected that each of the several viewing sites set up for the trip would draw large crowds. Then I noticed that the ships were scheduled to cross over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and recalled that I had found a nearly perfect place to get a perfect view. I had just driven through the tunnel three months…
Seein’ the DMV: Reaching New Heights-033126
Growing Pains I have been posting to singin1.com for nearly ten years. The site has grown to the point where it is necessary to move to a new site, thus the birth of singin1too.com. There are now several sites covering a range of travel: Singin’ One Too: Posts from today’s blog entry onward Singin’ One: Posts from 2016 to early 2026 Old Singin’ One: Posts from 2008 to 2016 using WordPress.com About Iowa?!?: Various early posts using WordPress.com Goin’ West: The first blog of my travels in 2008 Links to all of the blogs are accessible from the menu at the top of the Singin’ One and Singin’ One Too sites, and the links to the three photo sites are there, too. I’m also adding a search engine (All Search) that accesses all of the sites. Movin’ On I occasionally purchase equipment to enhance my travel experience. A couple of…