Soap Box Derby – Akron, OH
Down the stretch, they come!
“Load em Up”
“Hop on In!”
“Handlers in the red box”
“Good Luck Champs!”
The official Soap Box Derby race starter announces as he pulls back on the release bar.
Punxsutawney, PA
Lurking in the shadows
I love when a town has a mascot, a theme, a point of pride, and doesn’t take itself to seriously. Like Roswell, NM and its aliens, catfish in Belzoni, MS, or manatees in Crystal River. Punxsutawney, PA is that kind of town. Embracing the time-honored tradition of using a groundhogs’ prognostication of the coming of spring. […]
Little League Baseball Museum, Williamsport, PA
Play Ball!
So, mom asks “Where are you going today?”
Williamsport, PA, mom.
“Oh yeah, what’s there?”, she further inquiries.
“Why are you going there? You don’t like kids, you didn’t play Little League, and you don’t even like baseball”
Asked in only a way a mom can ask. I don’t have a good answer other than because it’s there and it’s a Supergraphic. So with that, I check it out with no preconceived notions or expectations. […]
Fort Delaware State Park
Pea Patch Island
To get to Fort Delaware at Pea Island I must catch the ferry in Delaware City. The quaint city traces its roots to the 1820s. A channel is created connecting the Chesapeake Bay and the Delaware River. The founders envision a budding metropolis capitalizing on the newly created shipping channel, however, the advent of the railroad soon derails those dreams.
Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Annapolis
Go fetch, boy!
Maryland is the first of 12 states to designate an official state dog. The Chesapeake Bay Retriever, (named after the famous bay region of the breed’s origin), receives this honor in 1964. It’s also the mascot of the University of Maryland. […]
Goddard Space Flight Center – Greenbelt, MD
To Space and Beyond
A stalled storm system has kept Maryland inundated in rain for the past few days and Hurricane Florence is inching closer to the Eastern Shore. Many things I hope to see and do on the Chesapeake Bay are taking a back seat. I do, however, decide to crawl out of my bunker and check out the Goddard Space Flight Center. […]