Three Days Out and About-Odyssey, Dark Sky, Flight Time, and Beethoven (August 12-14, 2026)
Sorry for the delay in posting. I’ve now uploaded the fourth set of pictures to Piwigo without blogging about the trips I took them on. Part of this is because of a special musical project I’ve started that is taking up a lot of my time right now. More about that when it’s time to announce the project. I’ve also got upcoming articles and presentations I’m researching, and they’ve taken precedence. Still, if I don’t post something, the number of scheduled trips only gets worse (BETTER) from here. (YAY!!) So, I’m going to spend some of this weekend cranking out one or two and see if I can get a third done before October. Day One: The Odyssey, Valley Forge and Dark Sky I hadn’t been on the road in a month and felt antsy, so I decided to see the hottest movie of the year, The Odyssey, on a…
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…