Holiday Inn, USA

San Francisco National Recreational Area

Golden Gate, San Francisco

Golden Gate, San Francisco
(Completed in 1937 when it was 
the longest suspension bridge in the world)

US Capitol, Capitol Hill,
Washington DC

Independence Hall, Philadelphia
(Pennsylvania State House, 
built over 21 years between 1732 and 1753, 
the birthplace of the United States.  This where the Declaration of Independence was adopted and the Constitution debated, drafted and signed)

Valley Forge
(Site of the winter encampment of 1777/78 for George Washington's troops, whilst the King's soldiers enjoyed the comforts of Philadelphia.  2,000 men died from starvation, exposure and disease, but Washington's army was forged that winter)

DPCE, Valley Forge Business Centre
(My headquarters.  Lots of American corporations 
fly the flag, and I always fancied flying 
the Union Jack here ~ but I never had the nerve)

Intercourse Village Motor Inn, Amish country
(Yes, I really was hailed by a stranger in the middle of Intercourse)

Harvey & Ben, Florida's Gulf Coast

Fishing off the bridge, Florida

Ben & Sue, Everglades, Florida

'Gators, Florida

Cape Canaveral, Florida

Old State House, Boston
(Built in 1713, the oldest surviving public building in Boston, and seat of the first elected legislature in the New World) 

'New' State House, Boston
(Built in 1798 on Beacon Hill.  The original shingles on the dome were replaced by copper, coated with gold.)

 Penn's Landing, Philadelphia

(William Penn landed in New Jersey in 1677 and acquired the area now known as Pennsylvania through a generous gift from the King, making Penn the world's largest private landowner.  He could afford to found 'The City of Brotherly Love'.)

Replica of Mayflower, Plymouth
(The original ship landed in Massachusetts 
in November, 1620)

State Capital, Providence, Rhode Island
(Providence was one of the original thirteen colonies)

Newport Harbour, Rhode Island

Trinity Church, Newport, Rhode Island
(Built 1726. George Washington worshipped in Pew 81.)

Tiffany window, Trinity Church, Newport

a summer cottage, Ocean Avenue, Newport
(In the early 1800's wealthy New Yorkers started escaping from the hot city summers, building summer 'cottages' on Newport's Ten Mile Drive) 

25 Bellevue Avenue , Newport
(Vanderbilts' summer cottage, built in 1888 
for the railroad tycoon's wife on her birthday.  
Nice gesture, but it didn't work; the couple divorced in 1895. Alva married one of the neighbours 
and moved down the street.)

Covered bridge, New Hampshire

Leaf-peeping, New England

Lake Winnipesaukee, NH
(72 square miles and 253 islands)

Weir's Beach, NH
(summer camp for native Americans for 10,000 years)

Fryeburg Country Fair, Maine

Fryeburg Country Fair, Maine

New England family, pumpkin time

Sue in the White Mountains, NH
(don't cross this moose!)

Canterbury Shaker Village, NH
(The village was founded in 1792 and built up to a community of 300 people by 1850.  Unlike the Amish, Shakers embraced new inventions, but they strict believers in celibacy and there were no children to carry on the way of life.  Communities were always dependent on new recruits, and eventually, they all died.  On our visit, our guide had known the last living shaker at Canterbury, and in the empty schoolhouse sang an impromptu song she had learnt from the old lady.  It was very moving.)

Hand-dug pond, Canterbury Shaker Village, NH

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls

Leaf peeping, New England

Camden, Maine, from Mt Battie

Whale watching, Bar Harbour, Maine

Finback whale, off the coast of Maine

Tropical Storm Joseph, New England coast

Leaf peeping, New England

Salem witch?

Salem Witch Memorial plaque
Salem, Massachusetts

Salem Witch Memorial
(On the 'evidence' presented by hysterical young girls
 19 men and women were hanged as witches.  
One man, who refused to enter a plea, was crushed to death.  Five more of the accused died in prison.)