Logs for BilboB 

I liked this one. It was pretty much urban chaos around GZ, but I was able to still get the required info without any problems. TFTC. 

There was a very big to-do at the embassy tonight, so I could only get to within 100' of GZ. Considering the uniformed guards at the door, I thought it better and not waltz up and start looking around, especially with my GPS in hand. I sat on the nearby wall and while figuring out the best course of action, I could actually hear the guards talking about the "nice dresses" that some of the ladies were wearing...to say it nicely. Great spot and it all makes a little more sense after googling what I was looking at. 

I wish I knew this was a possible DNF or I wouldn't have put the woman who was breastfeeding on the church steps through so much grief. Who does that!?!

Changed from found to DNF. 

TB drop. 

If this is your daily addiction, you might want to watch out. Check out the documentary, "Super Size Me", and then see how many times you go back...if ever! I just got back from 15 months in Afghanistan, and the first place my wife and kids took me, as soon as we left the airport, was right to one of these. The crazy thing is, no matter where you are in the world, if you order a cheeseburger and fries, they will always look and taste the same. 

I hadnt even thrown the car into neutral when my oldest daughter was out of the car and "found" the cache and was back in the car before I even had the seatbelt off. Of course it would be beneath her to actually wait and sign the log book, so I only included my name. Serves her right. TFTC. 

The mall was mobbed this afternoon so bad, that my wife and kids actually skipped the shopping and waited in the car while I found the cache. My youngest daughter actually made the find, but she was too short to get it. She was just happy to make the find. TFTC. 

I am logging this one and just getting in under the wire. This is the eternal flame located at the I89 North reststop in Sharon, Vermont, home of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial. The memorial was dedicated in 1982 and was the first Vietnam memorial in the country. The memorial was rededicated a few months ago to honor the Vermont men and women who served. The flame was added at that point. The monument is very tastfully done. 

The Cache River National Wildlife Refuge in Augusta, Arkansas is one of the only places left in the world to see and hear (more likely the latter) the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker. 

This is just one of the four vertical lift railroad bridged over the Arkansas River in Little Rock. It is no longer in use and is on the demolition block for next year. 

The Longleaf Trace starts out in Hattiesburg, MS and runs about 40 miles west along the old railway line. The hopes are to run about the same distance east to hook up with Natchez. This is just one of the "stations" along the route. The LT is a fantastic getaway and there are quite a few caches located along its route. 

NAME: Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
LISTED: 1970
SIGNIFICANCE: 1770-1790
LOCATION: 971 Bourbon St., New Orleans, LA

I have to admit, the reason why I came here is because this is the oldest working bar in the United States. It's been open since 1772! 

This Confederate cemetary is on the outskirts of Mobile, Alabama. I came here to see the memorial to the crew of the Confederate submarine Hunley, the first manned submarine, and found the Confederate cemetary honoring mostly the men from the Mobile Rifle Regiment all around it. Here are just a few of the photos. Oh, while there, my friend took a picture of one of the grave markers, and I swear to God she took a picture of a ghost. I will upload it as soon as I can get a copy of it. It made my hair on the back of my neck stand up! You be the judge. 

This dam is in Orange, Vermont and was built by the CCC in 1933. The reservoir is about a mile up the road, but this spillway was built as a precaution to route any accidental dam break away from nearby Barre, Vermont. 

This is another torpedo on the USS Cassin Young in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Massachusetts. Originally I took a photo of a torpedo logged last month, but I lucked out and took another photo of a disassebled torpedo on the other side of the bulkhead. Pretty unique if I do say so myself. Not sure what kind though, sorry. 

This sign is located in the Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts. I saw this one on one of the cranes while visiting the USS Constitution. A MUST SEE! 

While driving around Groton, Vermont back roads, looking for parking to a nearby cache, I drove by this beautiful one-room schoolhouse. 

Name: USS Cassin Young
Date Added: 1986
Dates of "Period of Significance": 1875-1899
Address: Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown, MA
Lat/Long: N 42° 22.356 W 072° 03.295

Cassin Young was a Naval Commander and Medal of Honor recipient who rescued scores of sailors from the waters after the attack on Pearl Harbor, HI. The USS Cassin Young bears his name as a destroyer built in the 1940's for service in WWII and also Korea. While touring the ship, one of the Rangers made the comment that the USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned warship in the world at 207 years young, and docked a few hundred feet away displaces 1500 MORE tons than the destroyer.
 

Jim Carey and Renee Zellweger made quite a stir when they bascically shut down Waterbury, Vermont (not a hard thing to do) to shoot parts of "Me, Myself and Irene" in 2000. This Amtrak station figures quite prominently in a scene in the movie. 

I went for the historical. This is the original Pilgrim Spring. The site of the first drinking well of the New World. This spring was on the land allotment to William Brewster, one of the 104 Pilgrims that came over on the Mayflower and is mentioned in logs from the 1620's. Located in downtown Plymouth, Massachusetts, it was not running today though. I was told it works, but the road was being worked on and the town had to turn it off. 

Sorry unimogger. Here is it everyone. Vermont's Merci Boxcar. I can not believe I drive by this EVERY DAY to work. It is located on the grounds of Camp Johnson which is the headquarters of the Vermont Army and Air National Guard where I work. I did a little investigation and just had to wait for the museum to be open to go take the photos. The car is in really good condition. I took lots of photos. Thanks for the great history lesson. 

The DeForge Hydroelectric Station in Richmond, Vermont dams the Winooski River. The dam is about 30'x110'.
 

This bridge spans the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts. The MBTA Lechmere (Green) rail line use to run along it until the Big Dig. Not sure if it is coming down or not.
 

The Old Cape Henry Lighthouse is the first lighthouse structure authorized, fully completed, and lighted by the newly organized Federal Government. It is an octagonal stone structure, faced with hewn or hammer-dressed stone --the first of three lighthouses to be built by John McComb, Jr. The diameter is twenty-six feet at the lighthouse base and sixteen and one-half feet at its top, seventy-two feet above the base, where the walls are six feet thick. A small, glass-encased observation platform caps the tower walls. The lighthouse is situated on top of a small, steep sand dune, covered with low, dense vegetation. The height of the dune equals that of the lighthouse. The tower was completed in October, 1792, and it was lighted in that same month. During an inspection in 1872 the stability and safety of the old tower were first questioned. Since it was considered one of the first lights in importance along the coast, it was argued that a more powerful light was needed. An initial appropriation of $75,000, on June 20, 1878, paved the way for the start of a new tower and its associated facilities. The new tower was completed some 350 feet southeast of the old one late in 1881 and lighted in December of that year. The oil-burning lamps of the Cape Henry Lighthouse were first lit in October 1792. The light at Cape Henry shone with great dependability for 89 years, until it was replaced in December of 1881. After the new light was put into operation, the old tower remained a daymark and a basis for coast survey triangulation. The old tower thus became a forerunner of the Cape Henry Memorial.
 

This Robert Burns statue honors the Scotish heritage in my town on Barre City, VT. This place of honor is in front of the newly opened Vermont Historical Society, which was once the Spaulding High School for Barre City.