Posted in College Road Trip on May 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A recent roadtrip afforded the opportunity to visit Charlottesville, Virginia. I had not been in some time and was once again struck with the beauty of the Virginia countryside and Monticello (Italian for little mountain) — home to the third President of the United States.
Jefferson is buried at Monticello, and his obelisk marker over his grave cites [...]
Posted in College Road Trip on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Upon arriving in Lincoln we hit a thunder and lightning storm that left us in awe. Barely able to see through the windshield we pulled off in Lincoln as light flashed and thunder rumbled within two seconds of each other. As they do in the Midwest, the storm passed along quickly and the rain stopped [...]
Posted in College Road Trip on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have greatly enjoyed the Windy City before and wanted to share my enthusiasm for it with the family. We started at the Hancock Tower on its skydeck to give them a feel for the city’s layout. After walking Michigan Avenue’s Magnificent Mile, we headed to Millennium Park and then over to Navy Pier. We [...]
Posted in College Road Trip on August 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We did not know what to expect when we pulled into South Bend, Indiana. For one, I did not know the town suffered from economic hardships and an examplar of the Rust Belt. Besides its famous university, South Bend once served as home to the Studebaker Corporation of America. The car, now but a faded memory, [...]
Posted in College Road Trip on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is not football but the stadium pictures come from the beautiful Johns Hopkins University campus in gritty Baltimore. The Blue Jays own nine national championships in lacrosse with the most recent two in 2005 and 07. They lost to the Syracuse Orangemen in the championship this year.
Other than lacrosse, all sports are Division III and [...]
Posted in College Road Trip on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have fond memories visiting the Naval Academy as a kid and also annually watching the Army/Navy game — I still do. My grandfather served in the Navy and then spent thirty years working for them as a machinist. They lived near the Academy and whenever we visited my grandparents we made a point to head over [...]
Posted in College Road Trip on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The College of William and Mary, founded in 1693, sits at the end of Colonial Williamsburg in southeast Virginia. In the historical triangle you can find Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement, and further down the road Yorktown, where the Yanks led by George Washington in 1781 delivered the final blow to General Lord [...]
Posted in College Road Trip, Uncategorized on August 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
That other school just down tobacco road.
Posted in College Road Trip on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill should easily rank as one of the best college towns with its beautifull landscape and buildings. It definitely surpassed my expectations. Adding to the college ambience runs Franklin Street with its collection of shops and eateries. After walking through campus, the football stadium and the Dean Smith Center, we headed for Franklin Street for [...]
Posted in College Road Trip on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I never thought we would have made it inside the Dean Smith Center. When we approached the entrance there were many people milling around due to a swim meet next door. All the doors to the Smith Center’s front entrance were locked. Not deterred, we headed around back and found a door [...]
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