Athens, Georgia
These bronze statues of children playing in the Botanical Garden look almost real. Do you think they are talking to each other?
Stone Mountain, Georgia
On a gigantic wall of rock some large faces are carved out. Do you think carving those faces would be a fun job.?
Savannah, Georgia
People think Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Treasure Island, his story about pirates, in an old building now called Pirate House where you can eat dinner and shop for pirate souvenirs.
Charleston, South Carolina
This tree, the Angel Oak, is thought to be the oldest living thing east of the Mississippi, about 600 years old. Notice how small the people look next to it. It is 65 feet tall. The longest limb is 89 feet long. What if your arms were 89 feet long? Why do you think Angel Oak has lived longer than other trees?
Guess who this is?
Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina
How do you like these bright red tulips?
The Outer Banks, North Carolina
It felt strange to drive down a long road with water on both sides. I stayed overnight in a campground there named Okracoke. You say it like a vegetable and a soft drink.
Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
Lighthouses are to help ships from crashing into the shore. There have been lots of shipwrecks here because of dangerous currents in the ocean. Now ships have GPS to help them not to crash.
I went to the top of this lighthouse up the winding stairs. The Ranger said we could not go outside on the walkway at the top because the wind was so strong.
Looking down the center of the lighthouse from the top was a little scary.
Roanoke, Virginia
400 years ago some settlers came from England to live in America when there were mostly just Indians living here. When the supply ship left them alone for a few months and returned, there was nobody there. Nobody knows what happened to the settlers. What do you think happened to them?
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Here is where two brothers like you worked really hard to make the first airplane. The first flight was only 12 seconds long and everyone was thrilled about it,
Virginia Beach, Virginia
This is a fife and drum corps from Williamsburg, VA. I loved their music and their uniforms. I saw them perform at a huge military music show called a Tattoo.
Washington D.C.
In the Hirshorn Museum of Modern Art is a room with a lot of big words in it! How would you like this wallpaper in your house?
Gunston Hall, Washington D.C.
This boy was dressed the way you might have dressed I'd you lived during the time of the American Revolution in 1776.
He was part of a group of people doing "living history". That means dressing up and pretending it is a different time in history.
Washington D.C.
At the Hirshorn Modern Art Museum I saw this fish mobile. I think you could make a very nice one like it.
Can you tell what this artwork is made out of?
Coat hangars!
Baltimore, MD
I went to Fort McHenry where the "Star spangled Banner" was composed. Isn't this a wonderful American flag?
I hope that you have enjoyed the photos from my travels.
Love,
Aunt Trish
Mom, I like the OBX -- it gives perspective. Is there anywhere to stop along there for a dip in the water? I also like the photo from the inside of the lighthouse as well as the one at Kitty Hawk. I'd like to see more of those sometime.
ReplyDeleteThe stairs in the lighthouse were not that scary and the tree was not that big! And the children are real, not bronze! And you should of, would of, gone to the top of the lighthouse. Did you go into the weird face's nose? How many coat hangars did you count? You could have gotten eaten by a tidal wave of fury driving across that land bridge. The words on the wall, no one could read! Thanks Aunt Trish, that was fun! I liked that little comment you made at the end. Get it? The End
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