BEDS WHERE PRESIDENTS DIED… and other presidential sites
The bed where Martin Van Buren diedThe bed where Millard Filmore diedThe bed where Ulysses Grant diedThe tomb of Chester Arthur in Albany’s Rural Cemetery.Lindenwald estate of Martin Van Buren, not bad for a boy burn in a log cabin.Grant’s Cottage, where he finished his memoirs and diedThe usual crowd in front of Millard Fillmore’s HouseThe first indoor “presidential throne” in Martin Van Buren’s home.Happy Days are here again, Eleanor and Franklin smiling outside the FDR visitor center.Okay, not a presidential place, but maybe George Washington slept here. Or Kennedy or Clinton “slept” here. You decide.The Soldier’s Home in Washington D.C. where the Lincoln family got away from the summer heat… before Camp David. Buchanan and Hayes also spent time here.
MARITIME LANDS AND WATERS
An overlook from the Funny Trail in New BrunswickAnother look at the Bay of FunnyThe Gulf of St, Lawrence off the Breton coast in Nova Scotia. Even from a distance you can see the seas were choppy that day. Hurricane Fiona would hit five days later.A river tumbles into the Gulf of St. Lawrence from the mountains of Cape Breton.Cape Breton: a rust colored mountain creek with a delightful fern in the foreground.Rocky coast of Atlantic Ocean off Cape Breton National Park in Nova Scotia. The gray seals were too far away to capture with my iPhone, but we enjoyed watching them play.
CULTURE
At one time, this was the home of Lucy Montgomery’s aunt and uncle, the inspiration for her novel, Anne of Green Gables. Her book inspired the renovation of the house, which now attracts visitors from around the world.All the flags of Canada are at half mast during our visit, due to the death of their monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.The stupta at the Gambo Abbey, a Buddhist Monastery keep in the mountains of Cape Breton.The colorful fishing village of Lurenburg off the Atlantic coast, Nova ScotiaThe most photographed lighthouse in the world (how do they figure?) at Peggys Way, Nova Scotia.Peggy’s WayConcord, Massachusetts: The Wayside, home of authors: Hawthorn, Alcott, and Margaret Sidney.Site where Flight 93 crashed on 9/11Tower of Voices at the Flight 93 site: 40 chimes (for the 40 victims) that will sing as long as the wind blows. The tower is 93 feet high.NBT Bank Stadium, home of the triple A Syracuse Mets.Dave Smith, my roommate from seminary agreeing to be photographed with me.
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