Rottnest Island

This island is located off the coast of Western Australia.
See more pics here-http://www.eriksmith.com/Australia/RottnestIsland.htm

Home is where the heart is

I am back home from my trip to New England. I had a great trip (minus the last 3 days of rain) and saw some incredible sights. All that said, this was the hardest trip I've ever taken, Even more than the 2 two months trips, because I missed my wife and dogs so much. I am glad to be home!

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP

This is the old homestead and farm of these important American families. It now focuses on preservation of the surrounding Green Mountians.

Minuteman NHP

This park contains the Revolutionary War Battlefields of Lexington & Concord. The top picture is a memorial that marks the site where Paul Revere was captured. The bottom photo is the Minuteman statue near the battlefield where the first shots of the war were fired.

Salem Maratime NHP

This National Park unit protects the old waterfront of this important colonial shipping port. This picture is of the Friendship of Salem, a replica of a shipping vessel of the time.
Salem is more famous for the Salem Witch Trails of 1692, which still attracts more visitors to the town than the National Park does.

Fall Color

The colors aren't everywhere, but it is beautiful were it is!

Roosevelt Campbello Park

This park in New Brunswick was the vacation cottage for FDR & his family during the first half of the 20th century.

Quoddy Head Lighthouse

This lighthouse marks the easternmost point of the United States.

Cadillac Mountain Summit

These are views from the 1530 foot summit of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park in Maine. This is the highest point on the Atlantic Ocean in the United States.

Owl's Head Lighthouse

This lighthouse dates from 1825 and is located outside Rockland, Maine.

Another Fenway Pic

Here's another good shot from Fenway Park.

Fenway Park

Here I am, with the green monster in the background.

Boston from above

These are views from the 50th floor of the Prudential Tower. The top one is looking out toward downtown, the bottom one looks west toward Fenway Park.

Cheers

This bar was the inspiration for the sitcom Cheers.

John F. Kennedy NHS

This was the home in Brookline, MA, right outside of Boston where JFK and three of his nine siblings were born.

Bunker Hill Monument

This monument marks the site on Breed's Hill where the Americans won the first major victory of the Revolutionary War. It is 294 steps to the top!

Penguins!

These cute little guys are residents at the New England Aquarium, which is the best aquarium I have ever been to, and I have been to quite a few!

Fort Warren

This fort is located on Georges Island in the Boston Harbor Islands, a National Park Service area.

Dad in Boston

My dad has joined me here in Boston!

Granary Burying Ground

This is the place where many of Boston's famous residents are buried. The bottom picture is of Paul Revere's grave. Samuel Adams is also buried here.

54th Infantry Monument

This monument is to the first black infantry in the Civil War. They were immortalized in the film 'Glory'.

Massachusetts State House

This is the capitol building of the State of Massachusetts.

Sunrise Photos

The pictures I took this morning of Sunrise on Cape Cod maybe the best set of photos I have ever taken. Here is a link to the three pages.

http://www.eriksmith.com/NewEngland2008/CapeCodSunrisep1.htm
http://www.eriksmith.com/NewEngland2008/CapeCodSunrisep2.htm
http://www.eriksmith.com/NewEngland2008/CapeCodSunrisep3.htm

Adams NHP

This is the birthplace of John Adams, the 2nd President of the United States. His son, the 6th President, John Quincy Adams, is next door.

Provincetown from the Pilgrim Monument

I climbed to the top of the Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown to take these photos of the city from above. It was 252 feet up, 116 steps and 60 ramps. What a climb! As you can see from the pictures, it was worth the hike (even though I couldn't see Boston).

Highland Lighthouse

This is the Highland Lighthouse in Cape Cod National Seashore. It was moved from it's original spot in 1996 to a spot about 200 yards away due to erosion of the nearby dune.

Cap Cod Sunrise

These are a couple of pictures I took this morning of a glorious sunrise on Nauset Beach on Cape Cod.

New Bedford Whaling NHP

This park preserves a number of building near the historic waterfront of New Bedford, Massachusetts that were important to the whaling industry. During it's heyday, New Bedford was one of the wealthiest cities in America.
This building is The Seaman's Bethel, a chapel mentioned in Herman Mellville's classic, Moby Dick.

Touro Synagogue NHS

This Newport, Rhode Island Synagogue is the oldest in the country.

Roger Williams NM

This park in downtown Providence marks where Roger Williams established the colony of Rhode Island after leaving the Puritan settlements in Massachusetts after a disagreement over religious freedom.

Photo Pages

Here are links to the pictures pages for the two NPS sites I visited today.

Weir Farm-http://www.eriksmith.com/NewEngland2008/WeirFarmNHS.htm

Springfield Armory- http://www.eriksmith.com/NewEngland2008/SpringfieldArmoryNHS.htm

Also, My map page- http://www.eriksmith.com/NewEngland2008/Maps.htm

Springfield Armory NHS

This historic site was America's largest producer of guns from Civil War times to the 1960s, and now holds the largest display of antique munitions in the world.

Weir Farm NHS

This site in Southwestern Connecticut preserves the home and farm of J. Alden Weir, a New York City Impressionist who moved here in the early part of the 20th Century.

Picture for last post

The Garden State

I'm in New Jersey right now. I'm not stopping to see anything here, the New Jersey NPS sites are on another trip. The only disappointment so far is that it appears the Wifi on my laptop is not working, so it seems that I won't be posting my normal trip page until after I get home. I still will be posting frequently here.

Departure

Mario & I are on the way!

Heading out

Mario & I are on the way!!!

New England 2008

I leave for my trip to Boston and New England this afternoon. I intend to use the mobile posting feature available at Blogger to take pictures on my camera phone and post them on this blog while traveling. I hope to do this multiple time each day, so check back here for more posts.

Here is a link to the trips main page where I will post all of my photos from my regular camera.
http://www.eriksmith.com/NewEngland2008/NE08main.htm

Bear & Giz as Puppies

This is a picture I love of Bear and Gizzmo as puppies. I didn't know them then, but I just love this photo.

Grand Canyon Flight

During my visit during to Grand Canyon National Park in May of 2003, I took a helicopter flight over the canyon. It is one of the coolest excursions I have ever done.

Here is a link to more pictures from that flight-
http://www.eriksmith.com/sw03/grandcanyonflight.htm

Another Sunset

This miscellaneous photo is from my grandparents old home in Mount Pleasant.

Krakow

This is a building called the Cloth Hall in downtown Krakow, Poland. Krakow is a beautiful city in Southern Poland, with some of the best food I have ever had while traveling.

See more of my Krakow pictures here-
http://www.eriksmith.com/Europe/Krakow.htm

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

This is a picture from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. from May of 2005.

Here are more pictures-
http://www.eriksmith.com/VADC/vietnamwarmem.htm

Home of FDR NHS

This a picture of the main house at the Springwood Estate outside of Hyde Park, New York, which was the main residence of Franklin D. Roosevelt during his later years. Roosevelt's Presidential Library is also on the same sight.

Here are more pics from this site-
http://www.eriksmith.com/PANY/homeofFDRNHS.htm