The Adventures of Travel Penguin

There was professional bicycle racing near the nest today. How exciting . 20 teams, over 120 riders, 14 laps, 109 miles on a closed circu...

American Military Cemetery in Normandy

At the moment there is order in the court. This court room in Williamsburg was used from the 1780's until 1952. If you get out of li...

I decided to get a feel for the lay of the land in Williamsburg last weekend. These relief maps are just my size. TR

Thirty plus years ago, DG visited Williamsburg with his grandmother. His favorite picture of his grandmother was taken in the courtyard...

Who ever came up with the idea of sitting grand houses at the back of a big green lawn must have been carted around in a carriage on not be...

I went out to Mt. Vernon to visit the quadrupeds today. Baah ! They are so cute, warm and fuzzy and it is a beautiful spring day. Clear...

Here I am leaping tall buildings in a single bound once again. I like to perch high up and observe the world. The nest has a nice view of...

Will they cast me in bronze someday? I would be so majestic. TR

Spring in the city. Getting a little sun to warm my avian soul. TR

It was cool, but pretty out on Sunday. The trees are starting to bloom, another week and the cherry blossoms will be at their peak. TR

Go to the end of L'Enfant Plaza Southwest and either scramble down the grassy cliff or take the spiral street down to the river front a...

Here I am waiting for my carriage to take me someplace. It is hard to tell from the picture, but it was about 40 degrees and raining. Grea...

George Washington had a great view from the rambling front porch out over the Potomac . Really quite wonderful. The front lawn is a favor...

I went out to Mt Vernon, George Washington's estate today. It is lambing season, the soon to be mom's are being confined for the in...

Two weekends ago it snowed, not alot, but it does not take much to put DC into panic mode. Last weekend was warm and it truly felt like s...

You can hear this place from half a block away and it is not the bird. No self respecting penguin would be caught dead in the place, it is...

I could perch here and watch the people looking at the city for hours. They are so interesting, ohhing and ahhing . They are always sear...

You never know what you are going to stumble across in DC. Last Saturday we went for a 3 mile stroll into the city including a nice visit a...

That all flightless aqutic fowl are created equally, and they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, among them f...