West Virginia

West Virginia Turnpike

Bridge over Bluestone Gorge is 238 feet high.  Dedicated to Sergeant Cornelius Charlton who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

West Virginia Turnpike

Aerial view of Bender Bridge, showing entrance to Tunnel.  Bridge is 284 feet high.

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia

Located at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains between the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers, Harper's Ferry remains reminiscent of the Civil War era.  here Rebels and Yankees battled for control of the all important rail link to the west.

Connecticut

Olde Mistick Village, Conn, just off highway I-95, is a unique complex of forty-six specialty shops designed to contribute to the sense of a New England village of about 1720.  Here one can enjoy shopping, or rest on one of the benches beside a small brook and pond with a waterwheel.

C.G. Barque Eagle

The U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle under full sail off the New England coast.  The crew consists of Coast Guard Cadets and officers from the Coast Guard Academy at New London, Connecticut.

Winter Haven, Florida

Spring Haven

1225 Havendale Blvd., N.W.

Winter Haven, FL 33881

West Virginia

West Virginia Turnpike

Kanahwa City Interchange.  View of Charleston and Kanahwa River.

West Virginia Turnpike

Bender Bridge and entrance to Tunnel.  Bridge is 284 feet high.  Highest bridge ieast of Mississippi River.

W. VA. T.P. 1 - Glass House Restaurant on the West Virginia Turnpike

One of the Three Service Plazas on the West Virginia Turnpike where excellent food and all services can be obtained.

Charles Town Race Track

Charles Town, West Va.

This popular 3/4 mile track, with its beautiful surroundings is the home of the Charles Town Jockey Club.

Richmond, Virginia

St. John's Episcopal Church

Richmond, Virginia

Built in 1741, St. John's Episcopal Church is the oldest in the city, and will remain famous as the place wehre Patrick Henry gave his challenging oration for "Liberty or Death" to the American Colonists.  Edgar Allan Poe's mother, Elizabeth Arnold Poe, is buried in this famous cemetery.

Maymont Park and Museum

Richmond, Virginia

Maymont Park covers an area of over 95 acres with a beautiful display of over 500 different species of shrubbery and plants that bloom at different seasons of the year.  Once the private home of Major & Mrs. James H. Dooley, was bequeathed by them tot he city of Richmond.  Scenic ponds, bridges, fences, grottoes can be seen on a tour of the park besides the Wildlife Exhibit of interest to young and old.

John Marshall home, Richmond, Va.

First Chief Justice of the United States.

Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Sections of a giant log, which measures over 4 feet in diameter, are scattered around the landscape.

Agate Bridge, petrified log over 100 feet long which grew and fell before the rocks in this canyon were formed.  See this and many more natural wonders at the Petrified Forest National Park just off Interstate Highway 180 in Northern Arizona.

Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Colorful petrified wood logs, highly prized for jewelry making and by gem collectors.

Plymouth, Massachusetts

Gun Deck, First Fort

Myles Standish inspects the Pilgrim gun crew on the deck of the First Fort-Meeting House of the Pilgrims, 1622-23, a reproduction by Plimoth Plantations, a non-profit educational foundation, located near the nationally famous Plymouth Rock on the State Reservation, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Mayflower II built at Brixham by Project Mayflower; sailed from Plymouth, England to Plymouth, Massachusetts by Captain Villiers in April 1957, a gift of the people of Great Britain to the people of the United States as a gesture of Anglo-American friendship.  Mayflower II will be berthed permanently at Plimoth Plantation Eel River Site in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Bible Story Hour

A Pilgrim mother reads a few stories form the Geneva Bible to her children before preparing them for bed at First House, a reproduction of an early Pilgrim dwelling of the period 1623, by Plimoth Plantation, a non-profit educational foundation, located near the nationally famous Plymouth Rock on the State Reservation, Plymouth, Massachusetts.