Alligator lizards mating Sacramento, California

Cao Dai Great Temple priests Tay Ninh, Vietnam

castle crags state park in northern california

elephant seal pup at Ano Nuevo state park, california coast

Elephant seals Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve, California

Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco Bay, California

salmon fishing at mouth of Yachats Creek, Oregon

Castillo de San Marcos National Monument St. Augustine, Florida

Vikingsholm Emerald Bay State Park Lake Tahoe, California

Ehrman Mansion pier Sugar Pine Point State Park Lake Tahoe, California

Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park North Coast, California

Messina, Siciliy, statue is Fountain of Orion.

The Teatro Greco ruins in Taorimina, Sicily

ancient ruins on the north coast of Sicily

brightly painted boat in Messina, Sicily

group hiking in jungle in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

black vulture eating fish on beach near El Coco beach, Costa Rica

flying osprey at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge

Crocodile Palo Verde National Park Tempisque River, Costa Rica

market display of colorful maracas, Costa Rica

U.S.S. Midway Museum (aircraft carrier) San Diego, California

school girls in uniforms along bank of the Perfume River near Hue

Grave of Mother Goose in Boston Massachusetts cemetery

Horse-drawn cargo wagon on Mackinac Island, Lake Huron, Michigan

marks the burial places of John Hancock, Samuel Adams and Robert Treat Paine.

Brigham Young's daughter's bedroom, Salt Lake City, Utah

Home of sculptor Daniel Chesterwood French in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

famous fountain in Chicago park near shore of Lake Michigan

Where the first shots of the American Revolution were fired, Concord, Massachusetts.

Glass blower working at the Tacoma, Washington Museum of Glass

Museum of Glass exterior, Tacoma, Washington

art glass exhibit at the Museum of Glass

House of the Seven Gables, esterior in fall, Salem, Massachusetts

One of four corner arches in Jackson, Wyoming park.

Exterior of John Adams library, Quincy, Massachusetts

Fast approaching thunder storm on Jeckyll Island, Georgia

President Garfield's home, exterior, in Mentor, Ohio

Plantation oak Jekyll Island Club, Georgia

buriel site of John Quincy Adams in Quincy, Massachusetts.

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Oval Office Boston, Massachusetts

Pasenger steamship on Lake George, New York

Lynden Museum, Lynden Washington. Indian motorcycle

Mackinac Island Harbor in lake Huron, Michigan

Luxury coach drawn by horses on Mackinac Island, Lake Huron, Michigan

Red farmhouse in New England surronded by fall color

Mill City Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota

St. Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River Minneapolis, Minnesota

Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle pipe organ Salt Lake City, Utah

visitor taking photo of Mount St. Helens

Muskoka Steamboats Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada

U.S. Naval Undersea Museum Keyport, Washington

Old Chatham, New York bike rider on country road during fall color

Vermont pumpkin farm during fall celebrations

Old Chatham Sheepherding Co. (cheesemakers) Old Chatham, New York

Old Statehouse Museum Boston, Massachusetts

D.O. Pearson House, display of musical instruments on lounge in historic house. Stanwood, Washington

Historic Plimouth's Mayflower II Plymouth, Massachusetts

clay cups made by craftspeople at historic Plimouth Plantation Plymouth, Massachusetts

Reconstructed village houses at Plimouth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts

exterior view of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio

Exhibits of radios in the SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention, Bellingham, Washington

Norman Rockwell's studio is open for tours in Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Washington State ferry heading through Puget Sound, Washington

women and girls' clothing display at Hancock Shaker Village, Hancock, Massachusetts

Round stone barn at Hancock Shaker Village Hancock, Massachusetts

Firing an old flintlock rifle demonstration at Old Sturbridge Village Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Stagecoach in action at Old Sturbridge Village

Apple harvest at Old Sturbridge Village Sturbridge, Massachusettss

Pond at Shore Acres State Park near Coos Bay, Oregon

Tillamook Air Museum exhibit of a P2V-7 Neptune in hangar at Tillamook, Oregon

Tillamook Air Museum exhibit of a P-38 Lightning in Tillamook, Oregon

Vietnam-era historic DD Turner Joy Museum Bremerton, Washington

Lynden Pioneer Museum exhibit of an century-old Shell Morot Spirit gasoline transport wagon.

Free spirit hippie sign in Woodstock New York

Yellowstone National Park's Madison River

Swallowtail butterfly on flowers in California's gold country

dust-covered bottles of aging wine at Ficklin Vineyard, Madera, California

Twisted Oak Winery sign "watch for rubber chickens" in Vallecito, California

Cooper Vineyards in fall color Shenandoah Valley, California

Local Plymouth, California wine country sign showing a farmer drinking wine while driving a tractor.

Vivid colors of Wild Coyote Winery and B&B in Paso Robles, California

Which closed lane do you choose? Conflicting closed signs on I-5 in Northern California

reconstructed Fort Clatsop where Lewis and Clark spent a winter on the Oregon coast.

Winery sign painted on wine barrel staves and nailed to a tree.

Alligator lizards

Sacramento, California

Chicken lady

Perfume River, Vietnam

Canada geese in fall

New England pond

Cao Dai Great Temple priests

Tay Ninh, Vietnam

Castle Crags State Park

Northern California

Young elephant seal

Año Nuevo State Park

California

Street market cookies

Venice, Italy

Venice

Italy

Elephant seals

Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve, California

Koi pond

Salt Lake City, Utah

Golden Gate Bridge

San Francisco Bay, California

Baby king snake

Sacramento, California

Salmon fishing

Yachats, Oregon

Castillo de San Marcos

National Monument

St. Augustine, Florida

Vikingsholm

Emerald Bay State Park

Lake Tahoe, California

Ehrman Mansion pier

Sugar Pine Point State Park

Lake Tahoe, California

Lovers' Point

Pacific Grove, California

Prairie Creek Redwoods

State Park

North Coast, California

Wooden kayaks

Sacramento River, California

Dahlynn wearing a

masquerade mask

Venice, Italy

Fountain of Orion

Messina, Sicily

The Teatro Greco ruins

Taormina, Sicily

Pottery painting

Sicily, Italy

Ancient ruins

Mediterranean Sea coast

Sicily

Ancient ruins

North coast, Sicily

Street market

Messina, Sicily

Sicilian appetizers

Abruzzo, Sicily

Catholic church

Messina, Sicily

Boat near Messina

Sicily, Italy

Pacific Ocean private beach

Costa Rica

Hiking in Guanacaste

Costa Rica

Macadamia nut processing

Costa Rica

Black vulture

Near El Coco Beach, Costa Rica

Osprey

Sacramento National

Wildlife Refuge

Crocodile

Palo Verde National Park

Tempisque River, Costa Rica

Lemurs

Costa Rica

Maracas

Costa Rica

U.S.S. Midway Museum

(aircraft carrier)

San Diego, California

Trinidad Lighthouse

Trinidad, California

School girls in uniforms

Perfume River, Vietnam

Mother Goose's grave and

headstone

Boston, Massachusetts

Mackinac Island

Lake Huron, Michigan

Yellowstone National Park

Wyoming

Historical names marker

Boston, Massachusetts

Home of Brigham Young

Salt Lake City, Utah

Home of sculptor

Daniel Chesterwood French

Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Buckingham Fountain

Chicago, Illinois

Old North Bridge

Concord, Massachusetts

Old Fort Erie

Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada

Museum of Glass

Tacoma, Washington

Washington State History Museum

Tacoma, Washington

Museum of Glass

Tacoma, Washington

Grand Teton National Park

Wyoming

House of the Seven Gables

Salem, Massachusetts

Antler Arch (one of four)

Jackson, Wyoming

President John Adams' home (and library)
Quincy, Massachusetts

Jekyll Island, Georgia

President James Garfield's home

Mentor, Ohio

Plantation oak

Jekyll Island Club, Georgia

John Quincy Adams' burial site

Quincy, Massachusetts

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Oval Office
Boston, Massachusetts

Lake George, New York

Lake Michigan dune rides

Mears, Michigan

Lynden Pioneer Museum

Lynden, Washington

Mackinac Island Harbor

Lake Huron, Michigan

Mackinac Island

Lake Huron, Michigan

Fall in New England

Mill City Museum

Minneapolis, Minnesota

St. Anthony Falls on the

Mississippi River
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle pipe organ

Salt Lake City, Utah

Mount St. Helens

Pacific Northwest, Washington

Museum of Ancient Life

Lehi, Utah

Museum of Ancient Life

Lehi, Utah

Muskoka Steamboats

Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada

U.S. Naval Undersea Museum

Keyport, Washington

U.S. Naval Undersea Museum

Keyport, Washington

Old Chatham, New York

Pumpkin farm

Vermont

Fall pumpkins

Vermont

Old Chatham Sheepherding Co.

(cheesemakers)

Old Chatham, New York

Old Statehouse Museum

Boston, Massachusetts

D.O. Pearson House

Stanwood, Washington

Historic Plimouth's Mayflower II

Plymouth, Massachusetts

Plimouth Plantation pottery

Plymouth, Massachusetts

Plimouth Plantation
Plymouth, Massachusetts

Rock and Roll

Hall of Fame and Museum

Cleveland, Ohio

SPARK Museum of

Electrical Invention

Bellingham, Washington

Norman Rockwell's studio

Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Washington State ferry

Puget Sound, Washington

Downtown waterfront

Seattle, Washington

Hancock Shaker Village Hancock, Massachusetts

Old Sturbridge Village Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Apple harvest,

Old Sturbridge Village Sturbridge, Massachusettss

Shore Acres State Park

Coos Bay, Oregon

Tillamook Air Museum

P2V-7 Neptune

Tillamook, Oregon

Tillamook Air Museum

P-38 Lightning

Tillamook, Oregon

DD Turner Joy Museum

Bremerton, Washington

Lynden Pioneer Museum

Lynden, Washington

Hippie sign

Woodstock, New York

Madison River

Yellowstone National Park

Swallowtail butterfly

Gold Country, California

Ficklin Vineyards

Madera, California

Twisted Oak Winery

Vallecito, California

Cooper Vineyards in fall color

Shenandoah Valley, California

Bray Vineyards

Plymouth, California

Wild Coyote Winery and B&B

Paso Robles, California

Which lane do we use?

Interstate 5, California

Fort Clatsop

Lewis and Clark NHP

Astoria, Oregon

Dobra Zemlja Vineyards

Plymouth, California

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