Wet Dogs

These are our dogs looking like drown swamp rats after getting a bath.

Happy Birthday Troy

Happy Birthday today to my brother, Troy!

More pictures of Troy on this page-http://www.eriksmith.com/Family/troyfront.htm

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace NHS

Most commonly associated with Illinois, Land of Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln was actually born on this site in Central Kentucky. The building in the photo protects the cabin where he was born.

See the rest of the pictures of National Park #188- http://www.eriksmith.com/Midwest06minis/AbrahamLincolnBirthplaceNHS.htm

Newborn Eli

This is my Brother Troy, his wife Adrienne, my nephew Colin, and my second nephew, the newborn Eli.
Here are more pictures of Eli Kenneth as a newborn- http://www.eriksmith.com/Eli/elikennethsmith.htm

Our First Anniversary

Today is our first wedding Anniversary. I am a very lucky man to get to spend the rest of my life with my soulmate and best friend.

Here is a link to the main page for our wedding-http://www.eriksmith.com/Wedding/weddingMain.htm

Hong Kong

This is a picture of the skyline in Hong Kong from our 1996 visit. The peak in the background is Victoria Peak, which we took a tram to the top of. This was a year before the British gave control of Hong Kong back to the Chinese.

Hong Kong Pictures-

http://www.eriksmith.com/Asia/HongKong.htm

Fort Sumter NM

This is famous Fort Sumter National Monument, located in Charleston Harbor. It is where in 1861 the first shots of The Civil War were fired.

Here are more pictures from my tour on a sunny 70 degree February day in 2007-
http://www.eriksmith.com/Florida2007/FtSumterNM.htm

West, South, East

So far, I have been to three of the four furthest points in the 48 conterminous states.

The Top is Cape Flattery in Washington state, the Westernmost point.

http://www.eriksmith.com/Pullman05/capeflattery.htm

The Middle Picture is Tone, Keath and I in Key West, Florida, the Southernmost point.

http://www.eriksmith.com/FLA04/florida04.htm

The Bottom Pics is from my last trip, the Easternmost point, West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, near Lubec, Maine.

http://www.eriksmith.com/NewEngland2008/WQHlighthouse.htm

The northernmost point is the Northwest Angle in Minnesota. I hope to visit there next summer.

Dad & Colin

This is a picture of my dad and my nephew, Colin, at Lindsay and Adam's wedding on Mackinac Island in May of 2005. This is a favorite photo of everyone in our family, because it shows how much Colin loves his Papa.

More pictures from the wedding are here- http://www.eriksmith.com/LinsWedd/afterwards.htm

Michigan State- Oakland Game

Mom, Dad, Janeen and I went to this game in early December 2007. State beat an undermanned Oakland team, but did not impress anyone. Oakland beat Oregon at the Palace two weeks later on the same day MSU had it's biggest win of the regular season against Texas.

http://www.eriksmith.com/Family/MSUOaklangGame.htm has the rest of that day's pictures.

Dordrecht

This is one of the rally cute Dutch cities that is often missed by tourists. It is about an hour's train ride from Amsterdam.

http://www.eriksmith.com/Am2004/dordrecht.htm

Flight 93 National Memorial

This is the temporary memorial to the victims of Flight 93, on September 11th, 2001. It is located near Shanksville, PA. A larger permanent memorial is being built and should be finished by 2011.

Here are more pictures of this tribute to those brave souls who fought back against terrorism-
http://www.eriksmith.com/PANY/flight93NM.htm

Happy Birthday Lindsay

Happy Birthday today to my little sis!

Here are some more priceless pictures of her-
http://www.eriksmith.com/Family/lindsay.htm

Innsbruck

This picture is from our family's 1986 tour of Europe.

Quokkas

These furry little guys are found only in a couple of places in Australia, but they are almost domesticated on Rottnest Island off the Western Australia coast from Perth. I spent a couple of hours pulling down braches and handing them to these cute little marsupials. Rottnest Island comes from the Dutch 'Rat's Nest', which is what the first Dutch explorers thought the Quokkas were.

More pics from Rottnest Island here-http://www.eriksmith.com/Australia/RottnestIsland.htm

Another Arcadia Sunset

Camp Arcadia's location on Lake Michigan makes it the perfect spot for the most amazing sunsets.

Statue of Liberty

This picture was taken from the Statue of Liberty ferry this past June when Matt and I visited on a steamy day.

More pics-
http://www.eriksmith.com/NYC2008/StatueofLibertyNM08.htm

Detroit Zoo

Janeen and I went to the zoo with Matt, Jessica and Alexis Jackson this past summer.
See more pictures here-
http://www.eriksmith.com/DetZoo/DetZooP1.htm
http://www.eriksmith.com/DetZoo/DetZooP2.htm
http://www.eriksmith.com/DetZoo/DetZooP3.htm
http://www.eriksmith.com/DetZoo/DetZooP4.htm
http://www.eriksmith.com/DetZoo/DetZooP5.htm

Vatican City

This is Tone, Stan and I in front of St. Peter's in Vatican City. It is the smallest independent country in the world, but is essentially a part of Italy as Rome surrounds it.

Here are more Pictures from both 1997 & 1998 Visits-
http://www.eriksmith.com/Europe/vaticancity.htm

Hovenweep National Monument

This site is one of the lesser known groups of Indian ruins, but is fascinating and quite a contrast from Mesa Verde, which is less than an hour away.

http://www.eriksmith.com/sw03/hovenweep.htm has more of my pictures.

Auchwitz

This picture is from the concentration camp at Auschwitz in Poland. It was one of the grimmest places I have ever been.

See more pictures here-http://www.eriksmith.com/Europe/Auschwitz.htm

It's Your Love

This is Janeen & I dancing our first dance at our wedding to Tim McGraw & Faith Hill's It's Your Love.

Here are some more wedding photos-

http://www.eriksmith.com/Wedding/receptionp2.htm

Royal Palace, Bangkok

This is a photo of me at Bangkok's Royal Palace on our 1996 cruise to Asia.

Here are more pictures from Thailand's chaotic capitol-
http://www.eriksmith.com/Asia/bangkok.htm

Fort Pulaski National Monument

This is Fort Pulaski located outside Savanah, Georgia.
http://www.eriksmith.com/GAFLA05/fortpulaskiNM.htm

Gettysburg National Battlefield

This is Keath, tone and I at Gettysburg on our 2002 trip to Washington DC.

Here are more Gettysburg pics-

http://www.eriksmith.com/dc02/gettysburgNMP.htm

Grizzly Bear in Yellowstone

That brown spot right above the river is a Grizzly Bear. I know it doesn't really look like it, but I didn't have a real good zoom and wasn't getting any closer!

More Yellowstone Wildlife Pictures-
http://www.eriksmith.com/OutWest06/YNPbearsother.htm

1985 St. Michael Mustangs

This is my grade school basketball team from 8th Grade. From Left to Right; Me, Pat Ollinger, Ben Maton, Jarrod Mills, Steve Aumann.

Kangaroo & Joey

I took this photo on a public golf course on my tour of the Great Ocean Road.
See more pics here-http://www.eriksmith.com/Australia/GreatOceanRoad.htm

Christmas 2007

This photo is from Christmas 2007, when we got the whole family together, It was Janeen & I's first Christmas together as a married couple.

Awesome Sign

I think this says it all.

Leaning Tower of Pisa

My guess is that almost every tourist who visits this famous tower has one of these photos.

See the whole collection here- http://www.eriksmith.com/Europe/Pisa.htm

African Burial Ground NM

This is America's newest NPS site, African Burial Ground National Monument is Lower Manhattan. A new building was supposed to go on this site, but the construction crew found the remaims of coffins and sarcofigas' below the ground.

See more pictures here-
http://www.eriksmith.com/NYC2008/AfricanBurialGroundNM.htm

Friendship Hill NHS

This National Park Site was once the whom to Albert Gallatin, Thomas Jefferson's Secretary of the Treasury and a driving force in the settlement of the west.

http://www.eriksmith.com/PANY/FriendshipHillNHS.htm has pics from my 2004 visit.