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Williamsburg, Virginia: Part I, Busch Gardens     1st position

   Almost everyone loves Disney World. I do, my wife does, and my children do. While my children and I still love the Disney experience, but we also love roller coasters, and there are no better assemblage of these rides in the South that are equal to Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Virginia.   Read more.

National Parks: Part III, The Cape Hatteras Light Station     2nd position

    Living less than an hour and fifty minutes from Nags Head, my staging area to the National Seashore, I am regularly drawn to the beauty of one of the most beautiful and unspoiled seashores on eastern coast of the United States of America.     Read more.

Williamsburg, Virginia: Part II, Colonial Williamsburg, Part I     3rd position

    The Commonwealth of Virginia, along with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, are the cradles of English civilization in the New World. Jamestown, Virginia was established in 1607, Plymouth Rock was established in 1620.     Read more.

Washington, DC: Part I, Arlington Cemetery     4th position

   Washington, District of Columbia is one of the most important cities in the world. It is a young city, even by The United States of America's standards; but considering the legislation and executive decisions that have been made within its limits over the last 70 years, it is inarguably, the most important city ... read more.

Savannah, Georgia: The Grand Lady of the Old South is Preserved for Posterity     5th position

    The most enduring commentary on Savannah's citizen's commitment to preserving their past, and the legacy of their ancestors, is the preservation of the park squares and the architecturally significant structures that are prevalent throughout the downtown of one of the South's busiest seaports.    Read more.

National Parks: Part II, The C & O Canal     6th position

    From Rock Creek Parkway on the west side of Washington proper, the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal runs through Georgetown, and further west through the District of Columbia, and further west through Maryland north of the Potomac River to the crest of the rocky falls of that great river ... read more.

Hilton Head Island, South Carolina     7nth position

   Or you could just play golf or tennis. Hilton Head Island, the island that resembles a basketball shoe, is world famous for its number of championship golf courses, including The PGA sponsored Verizon Heritage Golf Tournament held at the Harbour Town Golf Links, located on Calibogue Sound ... read more.

"Every Picture Tells a Story ... Don't it:" The Southern North Carolina Coast: Part I     8th position

   As it grows colder, and as we step gingerly into winter, I recall one of the hottest days of the summer, when I explored the counties of Pender, New Hanover, and Brunswick. I traveled through this sector of the Old North State on my way to Myrtle Beach in the late July, 2010.    Read more.

"Every Picture Tells a Story ... Don't It:" On the Road, Busch Gardens     9nth position

    I have always loved theme parks. It is an incurable urge that draws me to these monstrous ribbons of steel that allow roaring, rolling collective groups of stangers strapped into a transitory thrill box to be shot up and down and all around, until the itch to be thrilled is surely satisfied.     Read more.

Celebrating Independence Day Down East     10nth position

My home in eastern North Carolina is famous for a number things; not least of which is the celebration of Independence Day - July 4th. In my home county of Beaufort, there is the annual, and most traditional, Town of Belhaven’s Independence Day Parade and subsequent barbeque at the Mayor’s ... read more.

Walt Disney Adventures: Part I - Animal Kingdom     11nth position

    Whether one loads up the family into the minivan and heads down Interstate 95, or they pile into the SUV and head down Interstate 75 to the sunshine state of Florida, what they have in common is that they're heading south ... deep south: where the air is hot, the men well fed and the women are better ... read more.
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Washington, DC: Part II - Pictorial Expose’ of One of the World's Most Important Cities     12th position

    Every trip of mine to Washington, DC, for a conference, involves me taking a measure of my time, often limited, to visit the southern sector of Washington, DC. On these short visits to the United States of America's national capital, I try to visit one or two of the exhibits, museums, or a national point ... read more.

Tybee Island, Georgia: The Keeper of the Mouth of the Savannah River is Tybee Island ...     13nth position

   And it has been since 1736. In that year, British General James Oglethorpe understood the imperative need to mark the entrance of the river, so he ordered a lighthouse constructed at its mouth on Tybee Island.     Read more.

North Carolina State Parks: Part I, South Mountains Range, Part I     14nth position

    Rising high from the foothills and lower piedmont of North Carolina, the South Mountains Range of North Carolina is a unique geological formation that boasts streams leading to waterfalls, such as the High Shoals Waterfall that I visited, and some elevations approaching 3,000 feet above sea level. South read more.