Putting Pins in a Map

0: The "Y" - Provo, UT

The Famous Y above BYU's campus has a great story, presents a great hiking trail and provides awesome views. See More

1: Fenway Park - Boston, MA

Sean and I watched Toronto beat up the Red Sox here in 2005. Those seats will make you understand why the 7th inning stretch was invented.

2: Flooded Home in Meraux, LA

3: Deer Valley Music Festival - Park City, UT

A festival set right in the middle of the picturesque Rockies in Utah.. oh and great music too. See More

4: Olympic Park - Park City, UT

On the way to the Deer Valley Music Festival (Park City, Utah) you'll pass Olympic Park. The thing you can actually see is the ski jump platforms/landings that were created for the Salt Lake Olympics. Of course in the winter the grounds are used for practicing athletes.

5: Camden Yards - Baltimore, MD

The beginning of the 2005 baseball tour/road trip with Sean started here.

Stinks the Orioles lost but they lost to the Indians so that made Sean happy. This is honestly my favorite ballpark to date. The feel and atmosphere of it are amazing as it gives you some historic feeling and things very specific to the park all the while still being very up to date and accommodating for fans just watching the games.

6: Natchez Steamboat - New Orleans, LA

When Kelly and I had just started the long distance dating thing; I wanted to show her around New Orleans while she was in town visiting a friend. So for a day we went through town and then capped it off with a  a ride on the Steamboat Natchez (complete with calliope) which is when Kelly took this great picture of the city-scape.

3 days later Hurricane Katrina hit.

7: Superdome - New Orleans, LA

I've been many times growing up in N.O. with empty dome after empty dome in the 90s version of the Saints. The picture is of  Kelly's first Saints game post Drew Brees/Reggie Bush in a packed dome: Sunday November 19, 2006 vs. the Bengals. Picture below is of pre-game festivities outside the Dome, usually a concert and live local radio show.

8: Desert Canyon Golf Course - Mountain Home, ID

We went to Mountain Home to see Kelly's sister graduate; one day Kelly had shopping planned so I had her drop me off to play golf.


This is to date my favorite golf course I have played, a wonderful mix between open and trees.I'm still kicking myself for not getting a picture of the "canyon" par 3 hole.

9: Jackson Square & St. Louis Cathedral - New Orleans, LA

Kelly and I roaming downtown standing in front of Jackson Square and the Cathedral. Just down on the street corner is the original Cafe Du Monde. If you visit the city this is a must.



Jackson Square is the true center of New Orleans. If you visit, start there and go in any direction to Canal Street, Cafe Du Monde, Bourbon, or the French Market.

10: Driving on the Wrong Side of Interstate 10 - Louisiana

Look closely in the picture and you'll notice the information sign is backwards, or more correctly , that we're driving backwards on the interstate. This was "contraflow" for Hurricane Katrina. 

For those not familiar with Hurricane evacuation procedures "contraflow." In order to help everyone get out of town faster they close the inbound interstate into the city and people drive on both sides of the interstate out of the city.

11: White Christmas 2004 in South Louisiana!?

A year before Hurricane Katrina we had snow!? A week later back to shorts...I guess snow should have been a hint to us all that something crazy was going on.

My dad says that there was actually snow a year before Hurricane Betsy happened, wonder if that's the tipoff to look for.

12: LSU Museum of Art - Baton Rouge, LA

Google maps image of downtown Baton Rouge is so old that the building this is in (Shaw Center for the Arts) doesn't even exist yet, all that parking you see is actually a big building now. www.shawcenter.org
The museum itself is ok, I'm not a huge art buff, however the rotating exhibits is the part of this museum to like as there are many good an interesting ones.

13: St. John the Evangelist Cathedral - Plaquemine, LA

In Feb. 2007 Kelly and I went to Plaquemine, LA and saw the Vienna Choir Boys perform in this truly magnificent and historical church built in 1850. Historic downtown Plaquemine is trying to do an annual concert every year now with different performers; 2008 is the Canadian Brass.

http://www.neworleanschurches.com/stjohn_ev_plaque/index.htm

14: Punk Rock Prom @ The Ark - New Orleans - LA

June 8, 2002 - the band I played in (The Robinsons) were asked to play for a Punk Rock Prom.

Basically its the same concept of any high-school dance except it was at this big open warehouse in downtown N.O. instead of a school gym.

People still dressed up in suits and dresses, there was a dancing area, and a photographer, the only difference is that instead of a DJ blasting Unchained Melody, Forever Tonight and whatever was the current bump and grind music, they had bands play; such a great idea!

15: Poker in - Hattiesburg, MS

All the while at USM my friends and I would get together to play poker and video games. I honestly don't remember where Donnie's apartment was so I placed this pin in the general vicinity.

This picture is from a particular game in 2004 when I showed up to the game only with 30 cents while everyone else started with $5-$10. I left with about $25, mostly thanks to Donnie.

16: Way Cool Snowballs - Baton Rouge, LA

For those not from the area, "Snowballs" in Louisiana have nothing to do with snow. They are the southern version of "Sno-Cones" except because of the taste buds in Louisiana, go a step further. Snowballs are much bigger and have about double the amount of flavor in them, plus a vast array of flavors and toppings are possible, they are amazing! You can see the amount of flavors to choose from in that picture. If you have never had a snowball, I highly recommend them.

This pin (of Way Cool Snowballs) is just one of many snowball stands you can find in Baton Rouge or New Orleans.

17: Citizens Bank Park - Philadelphia, PA

Baseball Tour 2005 with Sean in Philadelphia began with a rain delay...

but it dried up quickly and we watched a pretty good game.

I believe that construction next to the stadium on google image is actually where the football stadium now exists. The stadium itself is very nice, but I couldn't help thinking it really didn't have anything unique being set outside of the city, it was simply a ballpark.

18: Baseball Hall of Fame - Cooperstown, NY

Google image is fuzzy so I'm going off the address to pin this one. If you are a baseball fan you should visit the Hall at least once, its just great to see all the things they have there, so much history and stories to learn and things to see.

19: Doubleday Field - Cooperstown, NY

Just down the street from the Hall of Fame is a great baseball stadium/field. It reminds you of most college Fields and even some high school stadium/fields. A lot of development leagues play in that stadium, we just walked right in and watched a game, they have games going on all day.

20: Old Ironsides - Boston, MA

That boat is still in great shape; though you really have to be searching for it to find it.

21: No Stopping Fascism? - Harvard

During the baseball tour in 2005 Sean and I walked around Harvard's campus or as Sean likes to say "We both went to Harvard."

Anyway theres a great bit of graffiti there thats had me rolling, its a No Stopping sign on the side of the road and someone added "fascism?"

Not exact pin, but definitely in that area.

22: Yankee Stadium - New York, NY

This honestly as far as baseball stadiums go has been my least favorite so far. Its like Boston kept old history in their stadium with the original seats, Yankee stadium got caught somewhere between old stuff and the 70s; a lot of the stadium just looks run down.

We also saw the most ridiculous game between the Orioles and Yankees here on July 4, 2005. Apparently neither team wanted to win as each team gave up big leads back n forth repeatedly.

23: Rockefeller Center - New York, NY

We were there in the summer but I'd love to go ice skating when they turn that thing into a rink.

Notice the signs around when New York was trying to get the 2012 Olympics.

24: Mickey Mantle's Resturaunt - New York, NY

Good food but definitely not better than anything I've paid less for in many other places however what makes this place worth it is all the memorabilia in there. If I lived in NY I could see going here often for a bite to eat.

However I wish I took another picture from inside this place. You'll notice there's a boxing picture on the right, well that picture is autographed by both boxers... not kidding some dude autographed a giant poster of himself getting punched in the face.

25: Union Station - Washington D.C.

I was honestly amazed by the amount of people that use the trains running through here. Really wish we could get better train travel across the country as a whole; I'd use it all the time to make all these trips, it'd be a lot cheaper too.

26: White House - Washington D.C.

The more impressive thing about the White House is everything surrounding it, all the media set in one spot, all the guards you can see and I'm sure many you can't plus the property around there has to be astronomical in price.

27: Franklin D Roosevelt Memorial - D.C.

Looking at more Memorials from another Memorial...

The FDR memorial itself is nice to walk though, and its situated in a very nice place offset from all the other monuments, a lot of man made little streams and waterfalls give it a nice setting.

28: Memorial and Monuments in D.C.

I think we visited upwards of 10-12 memorials all around D.C., here's my version of the same photo everyone else takes here.

29: R.F.K. Stadium (baseball) - Washington D.C.

Or seats when watching a baseball game in a football then soccer stadium... it was actually quite nice. See More

30: Downtown - Philadelphia, PA

I honestly don't remember the name of this building but it was a big food court on the 2nd floor and across the street from the Liberty Bell.

31: Haym Salomon - Philadelphia, PA

This poor guy... hopefully you can see this picture (maybe copy link and save picture?) telling of a man who went into debt funding people at war and was never paid back.

32: World Trade Center "Ground Zero" - New York, NY

It's an amazing space to stand there and look across where the towers used to be. However, its embarrassing that there is still nothing there...

33: Hole N' the Rock - Moab, UT

We saw this very explanatory attraction on our kinda cross country road trip when Kelly moved.

And no it's not really just a hole in the big rock, it's a cave: http://www.theholeintherock.com/

34: Four Corners

If the platform they have for you to stand on and take pictures of people from was made out of toothpicks it might be safer.

Three unfortunate things about four corners... 1. I didn't come up with anything inventive to do for a picture 2... that the guy who took the picture for us didn't really take a great one but its not exactly polite to ask him to take more hehe. 3. there's no cellphone coverage so you can't like screw with anyone on the phone.

35: Welcome to Colorful Colorado

"Colorful Colorado" offer not valid on this particular part of Colorado, or more specifically this Highway which is barely in Colorado for very long and not near the actual colorful part of Colorado, enjoy smelling the farms...

36: Spanish Moon - Baton Rouge, LA

Played a couple shows here, but this is a picture of the last one on April, 27, 2007.



Without a doubt they employ the best sound guy I have ever seen. He makes sure all things are audible, and not that all things are loud. If you go here, you will hear music and not just bass and drums.

37: Kayaking in the Bay - Destin, FL

38: Biking Around the Resort - Destin, FL

The best part about Sandestin are the bike/pedestrian paths to get around (including a tunnel under HWY 98). You should be able to see them all from the satellite photo.

Don't learn like Kelly and me that sprinklers go on some nights and they do not water any plants, but simply shoot across all the bike paths at unsuspecting cyclists. See More

39: Olympia Park - Baton Rouge, LA

A great place for some minor league soccer (and high-school football), watching the Baton Rouge Capitals

40: "The Rock" - Hattiesburg, MS

M.M. Roberts Stadium
a.k.a. "The Rock"
University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles


Kelly and I try to go to at least one Golden Eagle game a year. Next time I'll get a picture of my favorite football stadium ever so you can see it. I love the energy in the stadium, plus you can't discount the joy in hearing some crazy southern accents say some pretty off the wall things throughout the game.

41: Paradise Island Snorkeling - Nassau

If you spend some time in Nassau make sure you take the chance to do some snorkeling around the coral reefs and islands. And buy an underwater camera before you leave for vacation unless you want to pay a 2000% markup.

42: CocoCay - Bahamas/Caribbean

Great private island owned by Royal Caribbean, so fortunately/unfortunately (however you see it), you have to cruise with them to visit it, its a great getaway totally uninhabited island. Not entirely sure of the placement on the map itself but this island is in the near vicinity.

43: The Water - Port Canaveral, FL

One of the more startling things on a cruise. Compare the water in port to the water a little southeast in the ocean/Caribbean.

44: Water - Atlantic Ocean/Caribbean/Bahamas

BLUE WATER!

45: Taxes, We Don't Need No Taxes! - Nassau

Pretty sure this was taken after snorkeling... For those not into the sightseeing stuff, then your best bet for fun on any of the islands is that they are all out of U.S. direct jurisdiction so they are all tax & duty free shopping! Kelly bargained a lady down to $40 for a ($300 retail in U.S.) designer purse. Get plenty jewelry, cigars & tons of alcohol, although I believe there is a limit to how much alcohol you can bring back into the states, but you can get the good stuff of any kind of item on the islands for very cheap. Me...? I got sunglasses.

46: Trunk Bay - St. John (Virgin Islands)

Voted by the National Geographic Society as the "most beautiful beach in the world" I completely agree. Its also the best snorkeling in your life (complete with underwater plaques to help you learn and identify things).

If there is one place I saw before I met Kelly that I absolutely want her to see, and if there is one place you asked me to put on the top of a list of places you need to see, its Trunk Bay; absolutely breathtaking, not only the beach, but also the reef, the fish, everything... and don't feed the donkeys.

47: Arena Bowl XXI - New Orleans, LA

We got to watch the San Jose Sabrecats overpower the underdog Columbus Destroyers, it was a LOT of fun, great entertainment before and during the game, a billion mascots everywhere!

That would be the VooDoo mascot "Bones" coming to hang out in our section.

48: Turn 3 at Kentucky Speedway - Sparta, KY

The cool thing about Kentucky Speedway is that they've installed some bleachers outside turn 3 by their gift shop so that you can watch the cars on the track before the official gates to the track open and you're literally like 10 feet from the track.

(and no they don't let you stay here once the gate opens.. no watching for free)

49: Grandstands at Kentucky Speedway - Sparta, KY

Possibly the greatest thing about Kentucky Speedway is that from pretty much everywhere you can see the entire track. Take a second and watch a car the whole way around, its truly amazing to see the speeds (for me Indy Cars) they are going at and how quickly they go a mile and a half.

the worst part is that there is absolutely no cover for the stands, take plenty sunscreen and drink plenty water!

50: Great American Ball Park - Cinncinnatti, OH

This is one of my the more favorite baseball parks I've been to. A great location and they have parking under the city so you aren't parking a mile away. The park has a great feel to it nice and friendly, more of a family summer baseball feel.

51: Jacobs Field "The Jake" - Cleveland, OH

I took a tour of Jacobs in 2000, 7 years later we finally attended a game there and got to see A-Rod. Its a great stadium, very large and some great setup to it. The 2nd largest scoreboard in the world (used to be 1st).

My favorite part is that you look right into the park from the street in the outfield (much like Camden Yards' Eutaw Street). There is also now a hall of fame "Heritage Park" in center field.

52: Henry Ford Museum - Dearborn, MI

An amazing museum collection for all things in the history of machinery, not just automobiles, though it does include MANY automobiles. See More

53: Old Tigers Stadium - Detroit, MI

This old stadium unfortunately serves as a representation of whats happening to Detroit. Just old and run down seemingly in a not so great neighborhood but then again after going through Detroit it seems the whole city is suffering still from their industrial/economic recession.

54: Comerica Park - Detroit, MI

To say that this stadium is a out of place is as large an understatement as possible. Its a good move to try and get the city going but basically you go through Detroit, abandoned building after abandoned building all kinds of things in bad shape and decaying and then all of a sudden this brand spanking new baseball park! (the shape the city is in I honestly can't fathom how they had a Super Bowl)

Don't get me a wrong its a great ballpark from the inside and it had some of the best prices I've seen... hopefully it might help revive Detroit to have people try and follow in its footsteps...

55: CN Tower - Toronto, Ontario

Check out the beautiful city of Toronto from the former tallest structure in the world, especially from the glass floor! See More

56: Hockey Hall of Fame - Toronto, Ontario

Of all the museums I've been to this one has the oddest quirk... Its actually at the end of a strip mall. I'm sure they didn't plan it that way, I'm sure they expanded to there cause the original topside building looks too old, but still odd that it is literally next to a Starbucks in the Mall.

57: Rogers Centre/Skydome - Toronto, Ontario

By far the cleanest ballpark we've ever seen. Open the roof, let in some great Toronto weather in & enjoy: See More

58: Niagara Falls - Canada/U.S.A. border

We saw it from the Canadian side which is apparently the better side for viewing while the U.S. side is better for touring and going around the falls.

The sheer size of the falls and the power you can hear from them just gives you a sense of awe. Unfortunately being on the Canadian side and short on time we didn't get a fun ride in the Maid of the Mist, but next time...

59: PNC Park - Pittsburgh, PA

The view behind the outfield is great overlooking Roberto Clemente bridge.
And while most parks shoot T-shirts into the stands as a promotional giveaway, PNC shoots hot dogs into the stands!! Easily my favorite in-game promotion ever.

"It's time to shoot some hot dogs..."
"It's time to shoot some hot dogs..."
"It's time to shoot some hot dogs..."
"And catch yourself some meat!"

60: The Village at Baytowne Wharf - Destin, FL

A cool little downtown/inner harbor area with plenty restaurants, a candy maker, gondola rides and entertainment. See More

61: Beachwalk Villa at Sandestin, FL

62: Sandestin Beach - Destin, FL

63: Death Valley #1 LSU d. #9 Florida - Baton Rouge, LA

It was the first time in a half century that LSU had the #1 ranking, and the first time they retained it. Loudest Stadium ever, and that's not exaggeration.

64: Tailgaiting @ LSU - Baton Rouge, LA

Trust me, there is NO school that can contend with how involved tailgating is at LSU; Its just gobs and gobs of people for miles and miles; more than half of them aren't even going to the game; people pay tens of thousands to park their tour buses and RVs just for the spots to tailgate...

More food selections than any metropolitan downtown and on this particular day it set a record for the largest collection of people in a set area estimated well above 150,000 people on campus (the stadium only seats 90,000)

65: St. Tammany Bike Trail - Mandeville/Covington, LA

Take an old railroad track, pave it smooth and you have possibly the most beautiful calm and easily nicest bike trails I've ever been on. Probably 95% of this trail runs between large pines and oaks keeping you shaded all the time.

66: Abita Brew Pub - Abita Springs, La

If you love Great Food, Root Beer, or Beer you MUST visit the Abita Brew Pub. It is the juiciest yet crispiest burgers you will ever eat along with a TON of other great selections from sadwiches pasta and all of the Louisiana/New Orleans staples (muffelattas, po-boys, seafood)

But more importantly Root Beer and Beer straight from the brewery! If you love Root Beer, there is none better, and if you like Beer (thoguh this is not from personal experience) I've heard that Abita's different Beers are the best starting with regula Abita Beer to its famous Purple Haze & Turbo Dog brews.

The Brew pub is actually on the St. Tammany bike trail, but if you plan on drinking beer, take a bicycle built for 2... and strap yourself to it while the other person drives.

67: Rubber Duck Race - Downtown Baton Rouge, LA

Take one city street, sandbag the curb and drains, then fill it with water...

then dump 10,000 rubber ducks in it all with ID numbers on bottom

winning duck's owner gets a car!

we didn't win the car.... or the other top 20 prizes...

68: Old Alex Box Stadium - Baton Rouge, LA

A stadium with a lot of history (5 National Championships in a 9 year span) though it is in much need of a renovation; instead they are soon to demolish it and turn it into a parking lot for the football stadium & open a brand new Alex Box down the street.

Not many will argue with the move as the stadium itself has nothing specifically special, just the history of teams/players who played in it... and the bat girls in miniskirts...

69: Privateer Park/Maestri Field - New Orleans, LA

Privateer Park (recently re-named Maestri Field) has a special place in my heart. Its a baseball lovers ballpark, not extravagant, not a dump; its sole purpose over the years has just been to be a good place for baseball of all levels. I grew up with it, as a little kid I went there to see the UNO Privateers play, then the Zephyrs AAA team (they played there for the first years as they built their own stadium across town), I remember when the scoreboard caught fire, I watched my older brother play many games there as well as playing one game there myself (in a fall development baseball league at which I made a diving catch).

The field has been remodeled and re-sodded since Hurricane Katrina. If you go to a game there (highly recommended) bring a jacket because the field is literally right on Lake Pontchatrain, and that cold wind off the water will freeze you in the stands...

70: Turchin Stadium - New Orleans, LA

I'd never been to Turchin Stadium until after it was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina flooding and then FEMA turning it into an emergency station and parking lot (see google satellite imagery). My Dad tells me it used to be an ok stadium... well now its a VERY nice one:

They started from scratch demolishing the old remaining pieces and built a new stadium in its place complete with field turf instead of grass (and even the infield's "mud" is turf painted orange!?)
My only complaint about it (though it is being worked on) is a complete lack of parking as the stadium would remind you of Fenway being stuck right in the middle of the city...

71: Pete Taylor Park - Hattiesburg, MS

My personal favorite place to watch a good baseball game, the doubly named: Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field.
 
I've spent many afternoons and nights watching games at "The Pete." The fun college atmosphere but a field that looks like its maintained by an MLB staff:


One great unique thing to the Pete (after the boiled peanuts) is the "Right-Field-Roost."  The stadium itself is a good story lower than the ground surrounding it and the land outisde right field in particular is level to the outfield fence, so for a price you can get a parking spot on right field and tailgate during the games!

72: Island Pond - Hattiesburg, MS

I have honestly no idea if this thing has a real name or not, but its a nice quiet spot on the front of the campus, except on football game days as its right in the middle of tailgaiting....

73: Beautiful Oaks of USM - Hattiesburg, MS

Though they very unfortunately lost a very many of the historic and beautiful trees (mostly oaks) on USM's campus, from Hurricane Katrina; this is one of the few that remain still (one amazing tree to look at as is quite very horizontal).

74: N.O. Arena - New Orleans, LA

Though I've personally seen one of the few New Orleans Brass (minor league hockey) games in here when I was in high-school/college, the bulk of the visits are for the Arena Football New Orleans VooDoo:

Kelly and I also saw an Arena Bowl here, (see pin next to this for those pictures)

75: Bruneau Sand Dunes (lakes) - Idaho

While the Great Sand Dunes in Colorado may be numerous, the dunes in Idaho are the tallest single structure dunes in the nation (basically sand mountains) and to make it the more beautiful there are these two lakes between the dunes (and at one time, as recent a decade ago, were actually one lake)

76: atop Bruneau Sand Dunes - Idaho

Kelly, Alison and I took a 20-30 minute trek to the top of the shortest of the dunes. Its not the distance or climb that is difficult in itself its that your footing breaks and you sink 6-30 inches every time you take a step that completely wears a you out.

Unlike the dunes in Colorado, these have formed in the center of a basin as a result from competing winds which has resulted in their stability in location and height.

Kelly's Dad says doing the big dunes would take a good 2 hours or so and you'd need it to be at least 10 degrees cooler, but the great thing about being atop any of the dunes is that you can see the recently sanded in pass where the lakes used to connect.

77: Bruneau River Canyon - Idaho

There's nothing more reassuring on a road trip than a sign saying you are entering a U.S. Air Force bombing range; however the Bruneau River Canyon Outlook is much worth the drive through its obviously a little less known than say the Grand Canyon, it looks like it could be a lot of fun to raft down the river itself when it is high enough.

78: Bear Lake - Colorado

79: Capulin Volcano - New Mexico

A 60,000 year old nearly perfect cylinder cone-shaped volcano, 1000 feet above its surroundings with a road paved so you can actually drive to its summit... and yet when you and your two brothers are 5, 11 and 13 your poor mom ends up with one "word up" gesture, one tongue sticking out, and a weird face next to an embarrassed sister...

80: Dream Lake - Colorado

81: Garden of the Gods - Colorado Springs, CO

Garden of the Gods is (like much of Colorado) a wonderfully scenic park with much in geological formations and anomalies like the Balanced Rock; much hiking, bike trails and all with a great view of Pikes Peak just in the distance..

82: Manitou Cliff Dwellings - Manitou Springs, CO

With mountains and heavy forest all around, the native Americans did what is only astonishing; the lived IN the mountains and rock formations. Though Manitou Springs is not the original location of the tribe's dwellings (Mesa Verde is), these are the original dwellings reassembled accurately enough to depict the Anasazi tribe's way of life.

83: Seven Falls - Colorado Springs, CO

84: Great Sand Dunes - CO

Though they don't have as high a peak
(in single structure height) as the Bruneau Dunes in Idaho, the Great Sand Dunes in Colorado make up for 'relative' height in real estate covered by the many, many dunes and flats of sand and even the constant changing shallow streams running across them, 85,000 acres in all. And multiple visits will result in multiple formations as they change with the winds over time.

85: Royal Gorge - Cañon City, CO

A ridiculous gorge in the earth with train tracks at its base and the Arkansas  River very worthy of Class IV white water rafting and to top it off, a bridge at the top 1053 feet above the water making it the highest suspension bridge above water in the world... So many things to check out and do here and even a suspended tram to take you from top to bottom to get the full view.

And though normally illegal, the occasional event comes along to allow base jumping & bungee jumping from the bridge.

86: Nashville Superspeedway - Lebanon, TN

For what was the final IndyCar Series race at Nashville Superspeedway, it sure wasn't short on crazyness as we were joined by Donna, Mike, Nolan and Conor.

We got hit by one of the hardest rain storms I've seen, hurricane like for an hour; then Ana Beatriz became the first female to win an Indy Lights race, and then Scott Dixon went on to win the crazy rain shortened Firestone 200 basically because he messed up and missed a shot to pit under caution with everyone else but then it started to rain and he was in the lead because he missed his pit-stop and the race was called as we got hit with another bad storm 171 laps of 200 done and with Dixon the winner.

87: Life in a Box - Baton Rouge, LA

88: Tight Rope Walking - Antioch, TN

89: Washington Monument - Washington D.C.

Needing to get some shade on a very, very hot day. The line to get to the top of that thing is very very long, buy tickets ahead of time online.

90: WWII Memorial - Washington D.C.

A View of the World War II Memorial from the reflecting pool... with the Washington Monument in the background...

Starting to wonder what's the most amount of monuments you can get into the same picture...

91: Abita Brewery - Abita Springs, LA

The craziest tour you will ever take!

You walk in, they ask for your I.D., and then they give you a cup and tell you to have fun. ALL 14 Abita beers and the Root Beer on tap for free while you wait an hour for the tour to start.

Then a really cool 20 minute tour; and then drink more until you leave.

92: R.F.K. Stadium (soccer) - Washington D.C.

93: Nationals Park - Washington D.C.

The satellite image isn't yet updated to show the stadium, but we were able to catch one of the final games in Nationals Park's opening season.

A very nice ballpark, just needs something unique; if you take down the logo's you'd have no idea you were at the Nationals Park.

94: Fed-Ex Field - Landover, MD

95: Sea Lions @ National Zoo - Washington D.C.

The sea lions are a bunch of fun to watch, splashing water trying to catch it in their mouths, jumping over each other, racing around. If you have kids or even for adults a complete joy to watch.

You can watch them from above or underwater.

96: National Zoo - Washington D.C.

Pandas...
Flamingos..
and much much more, the National Zoo (free to all public) is a MUST for anyone, just imagine walking through a general central park but its filled with Cheetahs, elephants and much more.

97: Verizon Center - Washington D.C.

Our first, of hopefully many, Capitals game was a ton of fun. Employee's of Kelly's company are offered a discount on tickets so we decided why not try it even if we got horrible end nosebleeds,, it was a pin we needed to add.

Man it turned out we got front row of the top level perfectly at center ice. The games and fans are a lot of fun and the metro stop is actually part of the Verizon Center itself so there's no navigating or getting lost possible. oh and the Capitals won! I still stand by my theory that soccer fans and then hockey fans are easily the best loudest and yet fun, football fans have nothing on them.

98: Bellingrath Gardens & Home - Theodore, AL

Being crowned Winner of 2004's Best Public Rose Garden doesn’t begin to describe the 65 acres of the Bellingrath Gardens. See More

99: S.G.R.A. R/C Boat Racing - Slidell, LA