Category Archives: Travel The Twin Dragons of Bellagio I wonder what it’s like to build your own dragon? The folks at the Bellagio built a lot of them to display for Chinese New Year. Moving, breathing, snorting smoke and snapping jaws. It’s like a middle school science project on steroids. As much as I appreciate the constructions, it really…
 George Washington in the Rotunda Poor George. Everyone else had all these plans and schemes to honor him, but all he wanted to do was relax on his farm. He knew they would name the new Federal City after him. He also knew they wanted to bury him below this floor in the crypt –…
 Never Go Faster Than Your Angel Can Fly I’m constantly amazed by people who don’t understand that simple phrase. Hang out with a few bikers and you may see a helmet sticker or a patch on someone’s jacket that says “Never Go Faster Than Your Angel Can Fly.” It’s a cute way of reminding people…
 George Washington’s Farm Having read a lot of Revolutionary War history, I’m struck by the number of our Founding Fathers who wrote about their desire to be almost anywhere else. Most of them just wanted to go home to their farm and live a simple life. Yet, of course, they kept getting drawn back into…
 Inside the Hoover Dam Did you know that you can take a tripod inside the Hoover Dam? I couldn’t take my camera bag (it was too big for their size restrictions), but I could take my D700, a couple of lenses and a tripod. Basically, I carried my camera mounted to the tripod in one… 
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