Saturday, August 7, 2010

Road Trip - North Carolina to New Jersey

A few weeks ago at the end of June, Kingsley and I flew down to visit my brother in North Carolina, and to go house hunting.  So much has happened since then!  I have made an offer to buy a house, which was accepted, and now I am moving at the end of August.  I also got a new job!  Anyway, I haven't had much time to post, which I feel bad about.  :(  Here are some pictures from the road trip Kingsley and I took on the way back to NJ from North Carolina (we drove instead of flew).

Starting out:
















On Duke Street on the way out of town (which does connect down to famous Duke University!):














Entering Virginia
















In front of Lake Gaston in Virginia
















With a cool bridge in Virginia

















This made me laugh















Crossing the WW bridge heading for DC






























In the Harbor Tunnel entering Baltimore, MD
















Crossing the Susquehanna River
















A couple of pics from Philadelphia.  First the city skyline in the background (through a horribly cracked windshield, sorry), next with a plane landing at Philadelphia airport (while we cross a bridge), then in front of the famous Philadelphia Naval shipyard, then finally with the Philadelphia Eagles stadium (professional football).












































Sunday, August 1, 2010

A Stately Collection

As Kingsley and I have been visiting, I noticed he enjoys seeing different flags, symbols, and state iconography. So I have made it my mission to take pictures of as many different state license plates as possible while he and I are together. So far I have 35 out of 50 (including ALASKA - which I almost hit a guard rail trying to photograph while driving! - not good!). I am hoping to finish before Kingsley has to leave. Here they are:

Alabama:








Alaska:









Arizona:









Arkansas:
(STILL MISSING)

California:









Colorado:









Connecticut:










Delaware:









DC:









Florida (this one has two!):


















Georgia:








Hawaii:

(STILL MISSING)

Idaho:

(STILL MISSING)

Illinois:









Indiana:









Iowa:









Kansas:









Kentucky:

(STILL MISSING)

Louisiana:

(STILL MISSING)

Maine:








Maryland:









Massachusetts:








Michigan:









Minnesota:










Mississippi:









Missouri:

(STILL MISSING)

Montant:

(STILL MISSING)

Nebraska:








Nevada:

(STILL MISSING)

New Hampshire:

(STILL MISSING)

New Jersey:








New Mexico:

(STILL MISSING)

New York:








North Carolina:

(STILL MISSING, even though we went there!!! I just forgot!)

North Dakota:

(STILL MISSING)

Ohio:









Oklahoma:









Oregon:









Pennsylvania:









Rhode Island:








South Carolina:

(STILL MISSING)

South Dakota:

(STILL MISSING)

Tennessee:









Texas:









Utah:

(STILL MISSING)

Vermont:








Virginia:










Washington:








West Virginia:

(STILL MISSING)

Wisconsin:








Wyoming:

(STILL MISSING)

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Helping Me Pick Out New Sunglasses

Today, Kingsley accompanied me to the eye doctor for my annual exam and to get a new pair of prescription sunglasses.  Here is Kingsley checking out some of the options:

 

 And here we are evaluating the results: