Travel Tuesday - Boston

Look where we have been!

Ogunquit, ME

Boston.  Concord.  Salem.  Ogunquit, Maine.

View form Fort Sewell in Marblehead, MA

Mac and Cheese at Quincy Market in Boston

Visiting New England is always a treat for this southern girl. Beautiful weather and low(er) humidity equals good hair days!

No genealogy here, but I did soak in a lot of history.

Statue of Paul Revere 

(I had fun playing with the settings on my phone's camera.)

And treats!

Cannoli from the North End in Boston

Travel Tuesday - The National Zoo

Tiger, National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C.

Another popular place visited by my family is the National Zoo in Washington, DC.  These vintage postcards are from a vacation in the 1950's, but could just as easily be from today.  The National Zoo was a favorite destination for my family a few years ago!

Elephant, National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C.

Travel Tuesday - Vintage Grandfather Mountain Postcard

Mile High Swinging Bridge on
Grandfather Mountain-
Western North Carolina

This vintage postcard from the 1950's depicts the mile high swinging bridge on Grandfather Mountain in western North Carolina.  It is till a popular tourist attraction today.

Ahh... the cool of the mountains would be refreshing on these 100 degree summer days!

Travel Tuesday - The Great Smoky Mountains

Swinging Bridge, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Summer is here.  The 100+ degree temperatures leave no doubt about the season of year.  Besides warmer temperatures, summer also ushers in the season of vacations.  Just where did my ancestors and family members vacation?  Turns out they went a lot of places and collected a lot of postcards. (Lucky me!)

These 100 degree days also leave one longing for the cooler temperatures of the NC  mountains.  The mountains were a popular spot for the vacationers in my family.

The Smoky Mountain National Park straddles the NC and TN border close to Gatlinburg, TN and Cherokee, NC.  The Smoky Mountains continues to be a popular vacation spot.  With gorgeous scenery, hiking, wildlife viewing,... there is something for everyone.

Fairy Cave - Tuckaleechee Caverns - "In The Smokies"

These postcards are from the 1950's.  I love the colors from the older postcards.

Stopped for Inspection by Native Black Bears, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

I have seen a bear in the Smoky National Park, fortunately, not this close.  The black bear I saw was up in a tree.  Once he started down, all the tourists left!