Select from the links below to be sent to the photo albums for various years or categories. There are captions to some of the photos that tell a little bit about what happened on the trip or in the photo. The most recent albums are at the top, but check out the other trips from the past. Enjoy!

  • 2019 Pittsburgh Trip Photos
    Photos from several visits to The Burgh in 2019.

  • Wreaths Across America Photos
    Photos the laying of wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery on December 14, 2019, as part of Wreaths Across America.

  • Other Photos of Aurora from 2019
    Miscellaneous photos of Aurora throughout 2019.

  • 78th Anniversary of the Pearl Harbor Attack at World War II Memorial Photos
    Photos from the December 7, 2019, remembrance ceremony at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, DC for the 78th Anniversay of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i.

  • 2019 Honor Flight Photos
    Photos from Honor Flights that I and the family greeted as they arrived at Reagan National Airport and the World War II Memorial in Virginia. These flights bring World War II veterans into Washington D.C. to see the World War II Memorial.

  • Great Smoky Mountain National Park Photos
    Photos from my trip through Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Tennessee/North Carolina on my way to a Civil War event in Chickamauga, Georgia.

  • Additional Gettysburg Trip Photos
    Photos from the additional trips to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania for an Anniversary Event and Remembrance Day. Some photos included were taken by others, and are noted as such.

  • Cedar Creek, Virginia Photos
    Photos from the hike up Ramseur's Hill near Fisher's Hill before a Civil War event at Cedar Creek Battlefield, Virginia on October 11, 2019.

  • Old Rag Hike Photos
    Photos from the hike Brian Connell and I took to the summit of Old Rag within Shenandoah National Park on October 5, 2019. Other photos are from the rest of that weekend camping in Luray, Virginia. The hike was 9.2 miles total.

  • 2019 Washington, DC Trip Photos
    Photos from a couple visits to Washington, DC in 2019.

  • 2019 Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland Photos
    Photos from the day long battlefield hike that I took on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 on the 157th anniversary of the battle.

  • Colorado Trip Photos
    Photos from our family vacation to Colorado from July 26, 2019 to August 12, 2019. We also made stops in St. Louis, Missouri, Kansas, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. Some of the parks we visited were: Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, Garden of the Gods, Pike's Peak, Red Rocks State Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado National Monument, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Hovenweep National Monument, Four Corners Park, Mesa Verde National Park, Chimney Rocks, Great Sand Dunes National Park, and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. We also made stops to a Colorado Rockies game in Denver, Colorado. We also stopped in Aurora, Colorado; Ouray, Colorado; Durango, Colorado; Grand Junction, Colorado; and Breckenridge, Colorado. Aurora now only needs five states to make it to all 50.

  • 50 Years of Apollo Photos
    Photos from two different trips into Washington, DC for the event to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. The first day is the set up on July 13, 2019, then the final day of the program on July 20, 2019 - the 50th Anniversary of the actual landing.

  • 2019 Volunteer Day in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Photos
    Photos from the June 1, 2019, Volunteer Day in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania that the family and I had with the other Friends of Gettysburg members. We all helped build a stacked rail fence on the west side of Emmittsburg Road towards Seminary Ridge.

  • 2019 Andrews Air Force Base Airshow Photos
    Photos from airshow at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on May 10, 2019. The U.S Navy Blue Angels are featured near the end of the photos, but storms came in before I was able to take photos of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.

  • Naval Support Force Antarctica Las Vegas Reunion Photos
    Photos from a reunion of my Navy command. We held it in Las Vegas, Nevada from April 18-21, 2019. It marked the 25th anniversary since our mid-winter time frame of being in Antarctica.

  • Washington Auto Show Photos
    Photos from 2019 Washington Auto Show at the Convention Center in Washington, DC on April 14, 2019.

  • Cherry Blossom Festival Photos
    Photos from April 6, 2019 while at the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC.

  • 2019 Total Lunar Eclipse Photos
    Photos from the Total Lunar Eclipse from January 20-21, 2019. This was called the Super Blood Wolf Moon.

2019 Photo Albums