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!

  • 100th Anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Photos
    Photos from 100th Anniversary for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. I went down on November 9, 2021 for the Rose Ceremony that was open to the public. The family and I were at Reagan National Airport on Veterans Day to greet an Honor Flight, and while waiting for the departure, the flyover for the 100th Anniversary took place.

  • 2021 Honor Flight Photos
    Photos from Honor Flights that I and the family greeted as they arrived at Dulles International Airport, 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.

  • Other Photos of Aurora from 2021
    Miscellaneous photos of Aurora throughout 2021.

  • 2021 Gettysburg Trip Photos
    Photos from additional trips to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 2021. They include an October trip that visited the Lost Lane and photos from others from the Remembrance Day Parade in November 2021.

  • 2021 Pittsburgh Trip Photos
    Photos from several visits to The Burgh in 2021.

  • 2021 Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland Photos
    Photos from the day long battlefield hike that I and my cousin Lauren took on Friday, September 17, 2021 on the 159th anniversary of the battle.

  • Jimmy Buffet Concert Photos
    Photos from a Jimmy Buffet Concert at Jiffy Lube Live in Virginia on August 7, 2021.

  • Utah Trip Photos
    Photos from our family vacation from July 17, 2021 to August 6, 2021. This year's trip was to see the sites of Utah that included some other sites in Kansas, Wyoming, Nevada, northern Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and a very sliver portion of Texas. Aurora got two more states in Oklahoma and Texas, and now just needs two more states for all 50. Some sites visited during the trip were: the Geographic Center of the Contiguous Unites States, Kansas; Flaming Gorge Recreation Area, Wyoming; Golden Spike National Historic Park, Utah; Arches National Park, Utah; white water rafting in Moab, Utah; Deadhorse State Park, Utah; Canyonlands National Park, Utah; Newspaper Rock State Historical Monument, Utah; Goosenecks State Park, Utah; Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah; Capital Reef National Park, Utah; Aurora, Utah; Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah; Kodachrome Basin State Park, Utah; Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah; Zion National Park, Utah; Las Vegas, Nevada; Hoover Dam, Nevada/Arizona; Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah; Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah/Arizona; Horseshoe Bend, Arizona; Silverton, Colorado; Durango, Colorado; Rio Grande Gorge, New Mexico; Capulin Volcano National Monument, New Mexico; Tri-State Monument for New Mexico/Oklahoma/Texas; Boot Hill Museum, Kansas; Fort Larned National Historic Site, Kansas. We were also able to see a couple buddies from my time in the Navy - Jake (Utah) and Tim (Nevada).

  • Kate and Aurora's June-July Trip Photos
    Photos from a trip that Kate and Aurora took the last week of June 2021 into the beginning of July 2021 to Pennsylvania and Massachusetts to see her sister and friend respectively.

  • Stones River National Battlefield and Franklin, Tennessee Photos
    Photos from living history event that took place in Franklin, Tennessee. Stopped off at Stones River National Battlefield in Murfreesboro, Tennessee On April 30, 2021. There are some photos taken by others from the Franklin, Tennessee living history event where the Liberty Rifles portrayed the 125th Ohio Infantry Regiment from 1863, but also did the charge when the same unit was in Franklin a year later in 1864 during the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee. There are some additional photos from after the event of other Battle of Franklin sites on May 2, 2021.

  • National World War I Memorial Photos
    Photos from April 25, 2021 trip into Washington, DC to check out the new World War I Memorial on the site of where Pershing Park used to be/ There are some photos from the Washington Monument, World War II Memorial, and Lincoln Memorial mixed in as well.

  • Fort Hunt Park Photos
    Photos from April 6, 2021 of the Pre-Spanish-American War fort that was used up to 1933, but was also used during World War II.

2021 Photo Albums