Date of Visit: September 27, 2024
Dad I visited Ford's Theatre National Historic Site to see Mister Lincoln. It was an interesting one-man show featuring Abraham Lincoln (played by Scott Bakula) mostly chronologically telling about key moments in his life. I did find it a little long, though.
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| Ranger Dan w/ Stage before Show |
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| President Lincoln's Box |
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| Program for Mister Lincoln |
Previous Visits to this Unit:
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Date of Visit: June 23, 2024
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| Tumacacori National Historical Park Sign |
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| Mission |
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| Mission |
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| My Sketch of Mission |
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| My Sketch w/ National Park Stamps |
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Date of Visit: June 16, 2024
Dad and I visited the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park in the morning before the visitor center was open. I sketched Theodore Roosevelt's Maltese Cross Cabin. We also drove some of the scenic drive and saw buffalo and prairie dogs. We had done the drive when we last visited Medora in 2007. Thus, we only spent enough there for the visitor center to be open and get the passport stamp (this was where I got my first National Park Passport and starting collecting the stamps in 2007), so we could have enough time to then play mini golf and do the Enchanted Highway that day.
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| Theodore Roosevelt's Maltese Cross Cabin |
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| My Sketch |
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| Prairie Dogs |
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| Buffalo |
Date of Visit: June 15, 2024
Dad I visited the Painted Canyon Visitor Center and hiked a little of the trail down into the canyon.
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| Theodore Roosevelt National Park Sign |
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| Theodore Roosevelt National Park Sign |
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| Painted Canyon |
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| On the Trail |
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| On the Trail |
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Date of Visit: July 20, 2024
Every time we used to go to Lowe's in DC, we would say sometime we should go to Kenilworth Gardens when we passed the exit for it. While eating lunch Dad was going through his email and discovered that the Lotus and Water Lily Festival was this weekend. We knew it would likely be crowded, but it seemed a good time to finally visit.
Parking was a little difficult. Also, it did rain most of our visit, but that might of helped some with the crowds. The rain was mostly light and the water on the giant leaves was fun to watch.
We enjoyed seeing the Lotus blooms and one or two water lilies. It was interesting to learn a little about the history of the aquatic gardens and the woman that ran it before it became public land.
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| Visitor Center |
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| Lotus Bud |
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| Lotus Buds and Lotus beginning to Open |
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| Lotus Opening |
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| Fully Open Lotus |
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| Ranger Dan with Fully Opened Lotus |
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| Ranger Dan with White Lotus |
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| Fully Opened Lotus |
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| Ranger Dan with Marsh Land |
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| Blooming Lotus |
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| Water Lily |
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| Ranger Dan with Water Lily |
Date of Visit: August 14, 2023
Date of Visit: August 14, 2023
Administration Clock Tower Building Visitor Center
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Date of Visit: August 10, 2023
