Every Fourth of July Nancy and I invite a group of friends and neighbors to cruise on a deckboat on Lake Thoreau at sunset, to watch the evening’s impromptu celebrations of Independence Day. Enormous, professional-grade starburst shells go off overhead as bottle rockets inscribe arcs over or between the boats. The whole thing is spontaneous and unplanned. Our music was a mashup of Sousa marches and patriotic country. This is America’s birthday, lake-style.
Jul 10, 2010 | Categories: Land & Air, thePhotoTourist | Tags: 2010, 4 July, 4 July 2010, 4th, 4th of July, 7-4-2010, 7/4/2010, barge, boat, Boating, boats, Celebration, Celebration Fun, countryside, deck boat, Deckboat, fireworks, Fourth of July, geotagged, HDR, Independence Day, July, July 4, July4th2010, lake, Lake Thoreau, Lakewinds, landscape, lights, national day, party, party barge, Patriotic, People, Reston, South Lakes, summer, Thoreau, United States, US, USA, VA, view, views, Virginia | Leave A Comment »
High Definition Images (HDR) images taken during a tour group visit to Quirigua Archaeological Park in central Guatemala. Quirigua is home of one of the largest and most well-preserved collections of Mayan stelae and zoomorphs of the Mayan classic period, displayed under thatched roofs in beautifully manicured gardens.
Mar 30, 2010 | Categories: Land & Air, thePhotoTourist | Tags: archaeology, Caribbean, classic, cruise, forest, garden, grass, Guatemala, HDR, high dynamic range, Holland America, Holland America Line, jungle, lawn, Maya, Mayan, not_uw, pole, post, Quirigua, Quirigua Archaeological Park, Quirigua Park, Ryndam, stairs, stelae, stele, steps, temple, thatch, tour, tourist, tourists, tree, trees, western Caribbean, zoomorph | Leave A Comment »
Coles Point, Virginia, USA Click here to share or send a greeting with this image. My darling wife Nancy just told me this is her favorite view. We are sitting on the screened porch of her sister’s river cottage, here on the Northern Neck of Virginia overlooking the Potomac River. Nancy loves coming to the […]
Aug 10, 2009 | Categories: Land & Air, thePhotoTourist | Tags: boat, boats, Coles Point, dock, flag, hammock, HDR, lawn, motorboat, Northern Neck, not_uw, river, shade, shore, shoreline, surface, tree, USA, Virginia, yard | Leave A Comment »
