2014 Road Trip

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2015 Cabin Stay with Grandchildren

August 2015. Only the cabin photos open in this folder, all the others open in a new tab.

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2017 Road Trip

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2019 Road Trip

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2021 Birthday Road Trip

Trip to Smoky Mountains

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2022 Mini Road Trip

Trip to Ohio, August 2022, to attend the Chalker High School Alumni Banquet

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2022 Ohio Road Trip

Trip to Ohio and back via NC, WV, and VA.

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2023 Anniversary Road Trip

Anniversary trip to the Golden Isles of Georgia

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2024 - 40th Anniversary Trip

Photos taken during our trip to Maryland to spend our 40th anniversary with family.

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2024 Trip to Attend a Memorial Service

Trip to attend memorial service for our friend Hal Clifford who was interred in the Veteran's cemetery in Crownsville, Maryland.

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Aircraft

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Aircraft in America

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Alabama

834 images

Alaska

548 images22 videos

Altun Ha
Belize Ruins

Visited 6 March 2005.

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Amsterdam

Visited April 2015.

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Appomattox Court House
National Historical Park

Site of the surrender of the Confederacy at the end of the American Civil War. Visited 24 October 2019.

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Arizona

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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum was a large state-owned park and museum where your grandparents spent half a day hiking in the desert and looking at exhibits on 19 May 2014.

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Arkansas

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Atlanta, Georgia

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Australia

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Austria

Road Trip to Austria in 1973.

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Azores

116 images1 video

Babi Yar

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The Bahamas

Photos of The Bahamas

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Battleship Memorial Park, Alabama

Date visited 20 May 2018

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Belgium

Photos taken in Belgium

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Berlin
When it was still divided

Photos from when Germany was still divided after World War II and Grandpa Roy was stationed in the western sector of the divided city of Berlin from 1971 to 1974.

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Big Cypress National Preserve

Visited March 2022.

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Bill Mauldin Cartoon Collection

Bill Mauldin Cartoon Collection The museum has the largest collection of Mauldin cartoons in the nation, if not the world. A few have never been published and at least one was drawn for the museum. Mauldin was a G.I. who drew cartoons when he wasn't being shot at. His two main characters were called Willy and Joe. At least one movie was made about Willy and Joe based on Mauldin's cartoons.

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Birds in Our Backyard

Species number 74 photographed at the house by Grandpa Roy on Saturday, 13 May 2023. It was a female Orchard Oriole.

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Blarney Castle

Kissing the stone is supposed to give one the gift of eloquence.

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Blue Ridge Parkway

Driven 26 and 28 October 2022.

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Bryce Canyon

Bryce Canyon was another site your grandparents had not scheduled for a visit. They were certainly glad that they did.

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Buckingham Palace

Visited 13 May 2015

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Byelorussia

Most people call the country Belorus. That is not correct in Grandpa Roy's opinion. It is Byelorussia. It translates to White Russia, which it was called years ago.

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California

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Canada

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Carlsbad Caverns

The magnificent caverns in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Visited 14 May 2014

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Cemeteries

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Charleston Harbor Tour

Taken 7 May 2016

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Chesapeake Bay Cruise

Day trip to St. Michaels, Maryland, on the Eastern Shore. 19 August 2006.

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Chichen-Itza

19 images

Cleveland, Ohio

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Colonial Williamsburg

Visited in August 1990.

42 images

Colorado

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Connecticut

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Costa Rica

Costa Rica Photos

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Craters of the Moon

This volcano erupts about every 2,000 years. The astronauts trained here for their voyage to the moon. Visited 22 June 2019,

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Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Groom, Texas The cross also was not on the itinerary. Visited 29 May 2014.

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Cruises

Ocean cruises, river cruses and one-day cruises are included.

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Cumbres & Toltec Railway

A full-day's, wonderful, scenic trip in the Rocky Mountains with a nice lunch. The trip covered 64 miles. Summer 2019.

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Deadwood

Date visited 28 June 2017.

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Delaware

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Denali Tundra Tour

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Denver

240 images

Disneyland

70 images

Disney World

Now includes Epcot.

160 images

Dodge City

306 images3 videos

Egypt

776 images10 videos

England

3441 images4 videos

Family and Friends

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Florida

Photos of our various trips to Florida.

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Fort Pulaski National Monument

Visited 12 May 2016

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Fort Sumter

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France

Photos taken in France

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Francis Scott Key Memorial

Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner after witnessing the British Bombardment of Baltimore's Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.

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Free Rolling Stones Concert at Altamont, California

Grandpa was there with Aunt Terri (who was not quite a year old), an Army colleague and a Marine Colleague. Concert attended on 6 December 1969.

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Frontier Culture Museum

Staunton, Virginia. Photos are arranged, for the most part, in the order visited.

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Garden of the Gods

A Colorado state park Grandpa Roy always has heard of but did not know was on the route south.

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Gardens

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Georgia

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Germany

Photos of Germany and West Berlin when the country still was divided.

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Gettysburg National Military Park

The Gettysburg National Military Park, the veteran's cemetery, the Eisenhower Farm, the Evergreen cemetery and some local shots.

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Graceland

Home of Elvis Presley Visited 10 May 2014.

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Grand Canyon Helicopter Flight

This flight was made during the trip in 2000 to the South Rim.

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Grand Canyon North Rim

Your grandfather actually felt the view from the North Rim is more beautiful, but he cannot really explain why. 23 May 2014

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Grand Canyon South Rim

The trip to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon was in 2000.

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Grand Cayman Island

Photos of the island and "Hell"

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Grandson Aaron's Trip West

Aaron visited the West after graduating from University of Maryland in 2022.

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Grand Teton National Park

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The Great Moscow Circus

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

The park spans two states: Tennessee and North Carolina. Visited in June 2014 and again in October 2021.

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Guinea Gold Newspaper

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Hawaii

111 images

Hilton Head Island

Hilton Head Island's Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn A walk along the Around the Horn trail. Visited 10 May 2016

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Holland America Line Cruise

Albums are presented in order visited.

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Honduras

23 images4 videos

Hot Springs National Park

Visited 11 May 2014.

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Idaho

185 images4 videos

Illinois

151 images

Indiana

292 images

Iowa

247 images

Jamaica

16 images

Japan

465 images

Kansas

336 images3 videos

Kazakhstan

7 images

Kentucky

310 images

Kentucky Horse Park

First visit in 1983 and second in 2017.

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Kharkiv, Ukraine

The Russian spelling (transliterated) is Kharkov, with an "O."

12 images

Kiev, Ukraine

36 images

Kremlin

37 images

Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument

Visited 17 June 2019.

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Louisiana

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Luray Caverns

Grandpa Roy took these photos in spring of 1965 when he took Great Grandma Teenie to see her brother in Florida.

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Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

Tacky and very crowded. Visited 14 May 2015

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Mall of America

Billed as the largest mall in America, it basically is a large indoor amusement park surrounded by a mall. Date visited 14 June 2019.

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Maryland

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Meteor Crater

Another unplanned stop 25 May 2014

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Mexico

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Michigan

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Minnesota

221 images2 videos

Mississippi

303 images

Missouri

636 images3 videos

Mobile, Alabama

419 images

Montana

510 images1 video

Monticello

24 images

Mount Rushmore

Date visited 27 June 2017.

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Mount St. Helens

Visited June 1995.

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Munich

Munich is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria, as well as home of the famed October Fest.

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Museums

Includes homes open to the public.

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Museum of the Shenandoah Valley

The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley is located in Winchester, Virginia. It endeavours to preserve and enrich the cultural life and heritage of the Valley. Visited 12 July 2024.

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Myrtle Beach

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National D-Day Memorial

Bedford, Virginia Date visited 16 October 2019.

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National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium

This was our grandson Noah's favorite site of the whole trip to South Dakota and return. Visited on 22 June 2017

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National Museum of the Marine Corps

Aircraft are in another album which opens in a new tab.

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National Museum of Naval Aviation

Visited 20 May 2015.

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National Museum of the United States Air Force

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio Several visits over the past 35 to 40 years.

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Natural World, Our Backyard

Photos of wildlife, plants, caves, canyons, parks, insects, and space (moon and planets).

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Natural World, Rest of World

Worldwide photography away from home. Includes zoos, hiking trails, parks and more.

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Nebraska

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Netherlands

Photos of Holland

225 images2 videos

Nevada

50 images

New Jersey

262 images

New Mexico

472 images

New Orleans

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New York

221 images

New York City

58 images

Niagara Falls

50 images

The Nile River

132 images

North Carolina

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North Dakota

243 images

Off the Beaten Track

Destinations not frequently considered by travellers.

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Ohio

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Okefenokee Swamp

166 images2 videos

Oklahoma

237 images

Our Backyard

All photos in this part of the album were taken at our home.

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Outer Banks

Visited 2-4 March 2012

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Painted Desert

The Painted Desert is vast, covering much of northeastern Arizona. This album is in two parts: what your grandparents saw during their drive to Utah and the Painted Desert on the "Petrified Forest" side of the desert.

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Panama

Panama Canal

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Panama Canal

43 images

Parks & Trails

34 images

Patrick Henry National Memorial at Red Hill

Visited 25 October 2019.

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Pennsylvania

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Petrified Forest

The Petrified Forest National Park looks like a place where someone has cut down all of the large trees; however, on closer examination it turns out every one of them has turned to stone, agate, over the centuries. 26 May 2014

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Petrozavodsk, Russia

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Red Square

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Richmond, Virginia

State Capital of Virginia.

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Riverboat Cruise on the Mississippi

Cruise taken after visiting the Gateway Arch on 06 July 2017.

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Roanoke

Visited 26 - 28 October 2022.

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Rock and Roll Museum & Hall of Fame

Visited 09 June 2019

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Rocky Mountain National Park

Grandma and Grandpa's friend, Rick Rogers drove during a wonderful tour of the best parts of the park, entering at one end and leaving at another.

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Roswell

The UFO center of the universe! Visited 14 and 15 May 2014

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Royal Air Force Hendon Museum The main RAF museum.

London (Hendon), England. The aircraft in the photos from the 1970s, for the most part, are different than those in the 1984 album.

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Royal Princess Cruise to England

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Russia

Photos of Russia, taken both during Arms Control inspections on a tour in 2012.

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Russian River Cruise

These albums are in order visited.

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Saint Martin

27 images

St Louis

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St. Peterburg, Russia

Albums here are alphabetic and not in order of visitation.

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St. Thomas

47 images

San Francisco

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Scotland

Visit to Scotland in 1976.

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Sequoia National Park

Sequoia trees are the largest in the world. In addition, they are virtually fireproof. Grandpa Roy visited while he was attending Czech language school at the Presidio of Monterey 1969/1970.

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Small Town America

Small towns that often are worth a visit.

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Sonora Desert

Your grandparents hiked the Sonora Desert in 2000.

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South Carolina

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South Dakota

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Soviet/Russian Aircraft

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Space, the Final Frontier

Outer space photographed using Grandpa Roy's Nikon Coolpix P1000 camera.

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Stonehenge

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Stratford upon Avon

The birthplace and home of William Shakespeare Visited 17 May 2015.

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Switzerland

Photos of Switzerland from 1973 trip

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Tennessee

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Thailand

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Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Visited 17 June 2019.

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Tokyo

100 images

Tombstone

Your grandparents' second trip to Tombstone was 18 May, 2014. They had more time and were able to explore the town more.

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Tower of London

Visited 13 May 2015

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Tuskegee Airmen

Many of the photos in this section are duplicated in the Non-Russian Aircraft section of this site.

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Ukraine

318 images

United States

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University of Notre Dame

Date visited 11 June 2019.

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U.S.Army Aviation Museum

This museum supposedly has the largest collection of helicopters in the world. Date visited 22 May 2018.

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U.S. Army Transportation Museum

Fort Eustis, Virginia. Visited Autumn of 1985.

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Utah

136 images2 videos

Versailles

Visited in June 1973.

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Video

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Virginia

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Virginia Beach

Where Grandpa Roy celebrated his 70th birthday.

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Virginia Museum of the Civil War

New Market Battlefield State Historical Park.

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Warsaw, Poland

19 images

Washington, D.C

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Westminster Abbey

Visited 12 May 2015

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West Virginia

838 images

The White House

22 images

Wisconsin

325 images

World of Coca-Cola

93 images3 videos

Worldwide Aircraft

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Wyoming

614 images14 videos

Yellowstone National Park

96 percent of Yellowstone is located in northwestern Wyoming, so Grandpa Roy has listed it under Wyoming.

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Zoos & Aquaria

We have taken these photos over the years.

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