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Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center (5/5)
Chantilly, VA, May 2026 It turns out that there are a few issues with image maps. None of those options were going to solve the problem in the next 24 hours at a price point that was acceptable. The compromise that we used below is a fixed 650 px image map inside of an HTML…
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Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center (4/5)
Chantilly, VA, May 2026 Overview This is all of the selfies and panoramas from the visit to the Udvar-Hazy Center. Or at least, all of the ones that turned out okay. The selfies and panoramas appear periodically along the path shown in the first post of this series. If we can get it working, an…
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Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center (2/5)
Chantilly, VA, May 2026 The Space Hangar is about one-third the size of the Aviation Hangar, and we only spent about fifteen minutes in it. We spent more time at the restoration area and walking the Aviation Hangar. We probably need to go back and spend more time in that room; there are some neat…
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Fort Monroe National Monument
Fort Monroe National Monument, VA, May 2026 Fort Monroe National Monument was between Machicomoco State Park and Edith’s house, so Kate thought we should stop by on the way. On an unrelated note, they have a national park cancel stamp. Coincidence? You decide. (Panda Express was on the way too, so it seemed a fair…
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Machicomoco State Park
Machicomoco State Park, VA, May 2026 Overview Machicomoco State Park is the second park we are looking at to replace Chippokes State Park. This park is supposed to be much newer than the other two. Machicomoco is north of York instead of east of Williamsburg. It is about the same distance to Norfolk as Chippokes…
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Chickahominy Riverfront Park
Chicahominy Riverfront Park, VA, May 2026 Overview Nine days into our stay, Chippokes State Park is going to kick us out of our campsite to pave campground loop B. We booked the site a year in advance, and they gave us two weeks notice to find something new during Memorial Day week. This is completely…
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Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge Hike
Gasque, AL, April 2026 The lady at the visitor center wanted to know if we wanted to see song birds or shore birds. John said that he did not care how certain the birds were. He was fine with shore birds or unshore birds. He doesn’t think the lady understood the joke. She told us…
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Dauphin Island Audubon Bird Sanctuary
Dauphin Island, AL, March 2026 Along with the Mississippi and Florida Gulf Shores, we planned to visit Dauphin Island one day during this stay in Alabama. John thought we were going to Dolphin Island, so he was disappointed that the only Dolphins were decorations. He thinks that the dolphin decorations were added to appease disgruntled…
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Chickasabogue Hike
Chickasabogue Park, AL, March 2026 We did not want to drive too far, but we wanted to get out and do something. We decided to go back to Chickasabogue Park and hike a trail. On a random note, this park is not pronounced like Bogue Chitto. The Choctaw influenced pronunciation rhymes with “Yoga”. Louisiana is…
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Poverty Point Marina Store
Poverty Point State Park, LA, February 2026 Poverty Point State Park has so many amenities like many fishing piers, fish cleaning facilities, parking and picnic areas. On top of this, the park has a large well-maintained marina with a store. The back of the store next to the minnow tubs had information related to native…