Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Short Trips - Summer 2019

 Houston : Some interesting attractions to visit.

The "Cloud Column" monument-created by the same scuptor of Chicago's "The Bean" @
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston


San Jacinto Battle Monument and Museum, Houston


USS Texas (BB-35) - Houston, TX

Raleigh: Have Paris experience at Lafayette Village (Market Place)

Eiffel Tower - La Fayette Village, Raleigh

At Simply Crepes restaurant in Lafayette Village


Bath and Aurora, NC : Nice towns to visit : Historic Bath (about 120 miles from Raleigh) located in Beaufort County. From Bath, we tood a Bay View-Aurora ferry to cross the Pamlico River to Aurora to visit the Aurora Fossil Museum.

 

Aurora Fossil Museum has large displays of marine fossils from Eastern North Carolina.

Carthage, NC: About an hour drive south of Raleigh. There is a good BBQ restaurant called Pik N Pig where diners can enjoy lunch while watching airplanes taking off and landing on the airstrip behind the restaurant. 

Pik N Pig BBQ restaurant in Carthage

Carthage 

Airstrip at Pik N Pig

A weekend in Washington DC:  Highlights: Tour of the White House; the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museuem; the National Zoo.

At the White House





 Bei Bei in DC zoo before returning to China -- Bye bye Bei Bei  

Emily and Cody joined us for lunch


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