Forth worth- saw rodeo opening parade in downtown, lunch at Joe T.
Garcia's Mexican resto- cash only, be ready to stand in line. Then off
to stockyards- old western town feel, with real live cattle drive daily!
Dallas- "x" marks the spot where JFK was shot, nice monuments, nice to
note also that there were actually 2 shots fired- 2nd one was the
fatal one
Mesquite- hosted by Rafal couple, take out dinner from Boston Market-
yummy chicken & corn bread! :-)
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Saturday, February 20, 2010
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Portland Tour...
View of Portland's port, of course... :)
Poet Henry Woodsworth Longfellow sitting and looking at his childhood home...
Monument square
views of Portland Observatory...
Then headed to Cape Elizabeth and stopped at Portland Head Light.... One of the most pictured lighthouse in America....
Bottom is made of stone, then after that white ring it's made of brick... consequence of indecision... it has changed heights so many times in the past because first they thought it was too tall, then too short, and back and forth...
views from around the lighthouse...
one last self-portrait at the lighthouse before heading back...
Back to Old Port...
Commerce street...
Water taxi pick-up...
to be contd...
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Maine....
09.19.09
Portland Discovery Land & Sea Tour
So our first full day off from training, I decided should not be a
total waste spent inside my hotel room. Decided to take a taxi to
Portland and take a little city tour. I figure at least I would get
some idea of what this place was like. ;-) if it's worth coming back
to with the family.
We got dropped off at Long Wharf in Old Port. The line was unexpectedly long when we got there. By the time we got to the front of the line, we were told that we would have to take the boat tour in the morning and then the trolley in the afternoon. That put us in a little predicament because our other coworker was planning on catching up with us for the boat ride in the afternoon. After a little bit of nice persuasive talk, they told us we could be squeezed in on the 1115 trolley, and take the 330 boat. Awesome! :)
This was right next door. Haven't had a chance to test taste it, but supposed to have very good lobster.
Wyland's "Whaling Wall" mural in the Old Port area... whales are life sized.. whole mural done in one week...
One of 16 granite markers of Portland's Freedom Trail, marking historic underground railroad sites...
loving the beautiful Victorian houses here that line the streets... such a nice peaceful atmosphere...
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Portland Discovery Land & Sea Tour
So our first full day off from training, I decided should not be a
total waste spent inside my hotel room. Decided to take a taxi to
Portland and take a little city tour. I figure at least I would get
some idea of what this place was like. ;-) if it's worth coming back
to with the family.
We got dropped off at Long Wharf in Old Port. The line was unexpectedly long when we got there. By the time we got to the front of the line, we were told that we would have to take the boat tour in the morning and then the trolley in the afternoon. That put us in a little predicament because our other coworker was planning on catching up with us for the boat ride in the afternoon. After a little bit of nice persuasive talk, they told us we could be squeezed in on the 1115 trolley, and take the 330 boat. Awesome! :)This was right next door. Haven't had a chance to test taste it, but supposed to have very good lobster.Wyland's "Whaling Wall" mural in the Old Port area... whales are life sized.. whole mural done in one week...One of 16 granite markers of Portland's Freedom Trail, marking historic underground railroad sites...loving the beautiful Victorian houses here that line the streets... such a nice peaceful atmosphere...Sent from my iPhone
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