Angel of Mercy
OK, this is sappy time. I hate sappy time. I like trying to be insightful, I like to try to put the pieces together. I like trying to be observant, I like pointing out things that might not be obvious. And I love being snarky, cynical, humorous, and rebellious. But, due to the [...]
Archive for the ‘Maryland’ Category
Catoctin Mountain Park, Thurmont, Maryland
Posted in Maryland, tagged Camp David, Catoctin Mountain Park, Maryland, National Parks, nature, parenting, travel on June 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Babies on the Rocks
Little Catoctin Mountain Park is sort of a red-headed stepchild of the National Park System. It’s just a “park”, not a “national park” nor a “national monument” nor a “national historic park” nor any other such designation. It doesn’t have any grand natural wonders: no canyons, no snow-capped peaks, no staggering escarpments, [...]
Assateague Island National Seashore, Ocean City, Maryland
Posted in Maryland, tagged Assateague Island, beaches, horses, Maryland, National Parks, nature, ocean, travel on February 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Love the Ocean … Hate Love the Beach
I love the ocean. I just love the vastness of it all (similar to my love of the Great Plains). I love the power of it, how it carves and weathers the rock and land around it. I love how it can create storms of such immensity men [...]
Antietam National Battlefield and Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Maryland
Posted in Maryland, tagged Abraham Lincoln, Antietam, battlefield, Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation, George McClellan, history, Maryland, National Parks, travel on January 16, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Failure In Success
Antietam is one of the great battles of the American Civil War, involving 130,000 soldiers (infantry, cavalry, and artillery). There’s only one way to describe the Battle of Antietam: a bloody, awful mess. It is remembered in history as the single, deadliest one-day battle ever fought on American soil. The Union won the [...]
