Flock of Geese in Richmond Virginia (Brown’s Island Park)
Posted by Susan in Uncategorized on May 8th, 2011 | 0 commentsDanny and Michael come across a flock of geese in Brown's Island Park, RIchmond Virginia.
Tags: Birds, Geese, Brown's Island park, tourism, ParkOcean City(Councell Farm on Highway 50,Sandy Point State Park), MD, US – Part 1
Posted by Susan in Virginia Tourism on Dec 20th, 2010 | 0 commentsPlease visit www.ourtripvideos.com for full video and more free videos. Ocean City Maryland - what a great, unique vacation beach resort! The weather in Ocean City is warm and inviting, the ocean and white sand beaches sparkling. Boardwalk trams can take you the whole length of the boardwalk, which travels from the Inlet to the North Booth at 27th Street. Angler Party Boat Assateague Explorer - boat ride Cruise by Assateague Lighthouse and you can see bald eagles, dolphin and places wild ponies live. In 1869, businessman Isaac Coffin built the first beach-front cottage to receive paying guests. Prior to 1870, what is now Ocean City was known as "The Ladies' Resort to the Ocean." The Atlantic Hotel, the first major hotel in the town, opened July 4, 1875. The Ocean City Inlet was formed during a major hurricane in 1933, which also destroyed the train tracks across the Sinepuxent Bay. The inlet separated what is now Ocean City from Assateague Island. In 1952, with the completion of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Ocean City became easily accessible to people in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. In 2002, Ocean City undertook the most recent of many, multi-million dollar, beach restoration programs, in an attempt to slow the westward migration of its beaches. The program pumped tons of sand from offshore and deposited it onto the beach. Ocean City now extends just over 9 miles (~15 km) from the southern inlet to the Delaware line. The strip now supports hotels, motels ...
Tags: Atlantic, trip, Tuna, Maryland, OpenWashington DC visitors will enjoy a highly educational trip
Posted by Susan in Virginia Tourism on Nov 29th, 2010 | 0 commentswww.squidoo.com Travel to Washington DC Washington DC is a very popular vacation destination, and for many tourists it is almost like a pilgrimage. You can find diplomats and immigrants from every part of the globe in Washington DC. Visiting Washington is convenient and educational for people of any age. You can expect inspirational and educational recommendations from our informative travel guide to make a visit to Washington DC truly memorable. Whether you are on business or vacation, our travel guide has everything to offer you, to make things better, comfortable, and affordable for you. Washington DC is, first and foremost, a business city, and at night it is transformed into a magical place of illuminated buildings, memorials, and monuments. Viewing the lit up buildings at night is just one of the many cosmopolitan adventures Washington offers you. Places worth visiting in Washington DC include the Smithsonian Institution, the US Capitol, the Lincoln Memorial, the White House, the Washington Monument, the Jefferson Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the National Gallery of Art, and the US Holocaust Museum. Corcoran Gallery of Art is a world-class museum and houses all the renowned Twentieth Century art collections. The main festivals and holidays in Washington are the Cherry Blossom Festival, the Fourth of July Celebration on the National Mall, the tree lighting ceremony, Earth Day, Easter holiday, and the Smithsonian Kite ...
Tags: tourist, landscape, free, house, VirginiaChurch Point – Bayville Farms Park- Lynnhaven Inlet Marina
Posted by Susan in Virginia Tourism on Nov 5th, 2010 | 0 commentsChurch Point - Bayville Farms Park- Lynnhaven Inlet Marina. August 2010
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Posted by Susan in Virginia Tourism on Oct 16th, 2010 | 0 commentsPlease visit www.ourtripvideos.com for full and more videos for free. Newport News is an independent city in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia. The most widely accepted folktale is that city is the namesake of Captain Christopher Newport, commander of Susan Constant, flagship of the three ship English fleet that landed on Jamestown Island in 1607. City played a major role in the Peninsula Campaign during the Civil War. Numerous earthen fortifications and attractions that relate to the Civil War can be experienced in Newport News. In addition, the famous "Battle of the Ironclads" took place off the shores of Newport News in 1862. Among the city's major industries are shipbuilding, military, and aerospace. Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, owned by Northrop Grumman,[34] and the large coal piers supplied by railroad giant CSX Transportation, the modern Fortune 500 successor to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O). Ships can be viewed from many spots along downtown Newport News including Victory Landing Park which adjoins the Virginia Advanced Shipbuilding and Carrier Integration Center building; at Northrop Grumman Newport News as well as the Monitor-Merrimac Overlook and the James River Bridge. Various cruise operations do offer tours from the water James A. Fields House James Apostle Fields (1844-1903) was born a slave in Hanover County, Virginia. In 1862, he escaped to Fort Monroe and found refuge as a "contraband of war." The Mariners' Museum/USS Monitor ...
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