Mansfield Dam (Austin, Texas) – March 2003

 I originally posted some of these pictures with a travel blog write-up (and the link to the original was below).  I decided I wanted to share all the pictures I took of a particular area of point of interest, so some of these you will have seen before if you’ve been following this blog for a bit.

 The link below gives more of the details, so I’m not going to rehash them here.  But as my parents and some other relatives came down, when we started the driving trip this was the first place I took them too.  It gave us a chance to stand around and look at the terrain, and as you could see by the pics, good off a bit.  There were a few other places we pulled off in addition to Mansfield Dam proper to get some of the pictures.

https://traveljournalbydave.blogspot.com/2014/01/daves-family-visits-austin-area-march.html

 

Empire State Building (New York City) – June 2002

 I originally posted some of these pictures with a travel blog write-up (and the link to the original was below).  I decided I wanted to share all the pictures I took of a particular area of point of interest, so some of these you will have seen before if you’ve been following this blog for a bit.

 By this time, I knew I’d be moving to Texas soon, so I was taking the opportunity to visit some relatively close-by people and places before they became too far away.  Part of that was going up to the top of the Empire State Building.  Usually when I’m at a high place, I’d try to get a picture from every compass direction as I could.  Here was the best I could do, given the crowds and such.  To the east is the United Nations building.  To the north is Central Park.  To the west was Madison Square Garden.  And to the south was the clump of buildings where the World Trade Center had once stood.

https://traveljournalbydave.blogspot.com/2013/12/new-york-city-empire-state-building.html

 

Appalachian Trail Hike and Lake Placid (NY) – August 1998 & October 2000

 I originally posted some of these pictures with a travel blog write-up (and the link to the original was below).  I decided I wanted to share all the pictures I took of a particular area of point of interest, so some of these you will have seen before if you’ve been following this blog for a bit.

 I had an opportunity in August 1998 to do a day-hike on the Appalachian Trail near Harrisburg, PA.  It had been awhile since I’d done any intensive hiking, so it was a nice challenge.  The views were worth it.  Not a whole lot of pictures were taken, as I enjoyed seeing things with my own eyes.

 The second part of this entry has the few pictures I took from an October 2000 weekend visit to Lake Placid.  This was a nice place to visit, and it continues to be so.  Besides the lake itself, there’s also the Olympic venues to check out, as well as the nearby High Falls Gorge.

 

https://traveljournalbydave.blogspot.com/2013/10/fort-william-henry-appalachian-trail.html

https://traveljournalbydave.blogspot.com/2013/11/prospect-mountain-and-lake-placid-ny.html

 

Whale Watching Off of Cape Cod (Provincetown, MA) – May 1998

 I originally posted some of these pictures with a travel blog write-up (and the link to the original was below).  I decided I wanted to share all the pictures I took of a particular area of point of interest, so some of these you will have seen before if you’ve been following this blog for a bit.

My friends and I had taken a trip to the Cape Cod area, and one of the highlights was going on a whale watch.  Certainly that generated the most pictures.  The link below talks about the trip, and what you see in the pictures was pretty much what we got.  Whale activity wasn’t guaranteed, although it probably would be if they were getting a cut of the profit.  Still, it was a nice day for a boat ride on the Atlantic Ocean.

https://traveljournalbydave.blogspot.com/2013/10/cape-cod-may-1998-part-two.html