Our wedding in all of its glory from a wide range of photographers.

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Thank you, Obama, our families, friends, and all those who made this a great place to grow old in.

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These are the blizzards of Feburary 2010 (5+6 AND 9+10). Waiting for global warming to come and bring a green world to us - instead of this white world. Thanks for the brilliance Uncle Al (Gore, that is)!!

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From its first view, I was hooked. As time goes by, we will add more pictures to this.

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This folder contains Blackwater Falls and the Falls of Hill Creek.

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The various photos from Elkins, West Virginia, where Ol' Girl and I went on our honeymoon.

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The 2 big mountains of West Virginia that we took on, Spruce Knob (the tallest) and Seneca Rocks (the one we walked up) are on display here.

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The site of some serious haunting that was documented by the TAPS guys (soon to be by the Ghost Adventurer wimps), the trans allegheny lunatic asylum ia a really cool spot for psychologists too as it once housed the "not right" (whether they were truly not right or just dumped off by family).

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Pictures from 2009 and the late 1930's make up this album of very north New York's state deep walled canyon and river that provide for pictures and outdoor recreation. All in all, it's another opportunity to follow in the steps of my grandparents.

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The best part of our trip to New York for the Adirondacks was Secret Caverns where the secret is that there is a 100foot undeground waterfall. Rock and roll in 70's psychedelic fashion is king and life is good as you wander through the undground caverns. Oh, hell yeah!!

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I'm sure it means well, but there are 1) too many people, 2) too much touristy hype, 3) too little focus on an outdoor experience, and 4) too much cost to get in the door. The only good part is Noisy Cave and you can see my pictures and video of that, so why bother going?!!

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Labor Day 2009 weekend was a camping trip to New York. Here are the random pictures from various places in the Adirondacks.

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All of the really cool places that my grandparents went during the Great Depression and just after the war.

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We went for an afternoon, and it was a good time. There is a really cool shopping and dining area and a fort, so if you're so inclined in northern Florida...

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NOW!! just the pictures from when I was a kid. See the Ward Family Vacation for the other Florida pictures (and Canaveral Beach as well).

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The best time to see my favorite PA site to visit. Ricketts Glen - 22 waterfalls of size over a 7.2 mile loop in beautiful Sullivan County.

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May 17, 2008, I took Heather to Ricketts for the first time. The water was flowing more than I had ever seen it flow before. These are the cream of the crop pictures from spring and summer. I hope you enjoy the pictures of that trip as much as we did.

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Spring is great for Ricketts because the greens are so electric. Summer can be really hot and often, there isn't much water coming down through. Rainy mornings are the best. If only I could win Powerball and end up living near there permanently, I would be a very happy person.

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Fall is also a great time to be amongst the waterfalls though there isn't much foliage colors to be seen except when you're entering into the woodlands. That said, there are still a healthy mix of colors here and ther that definitely make it worth your while.

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I stopped shooting black and white film a while ago, so most of this stuff is taken between 2003 and 2006. I don't intend to add any new stuff since most of the pictures are really good as is.

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Sullivan Falls, Pigeon Falls, Bear Run Falls, and a lot of nameless little falls on Sullivan Run, which is a beautiful but scrambling around the sides trail right next to Ricketts Glen. It is beautiful, but be prepared to go belly button deep or through the brush to move through the creek above Sullivan Falls. This was described as Ricketts Glen before the trails went in, which is sort of true, but it's hard to be that awesome. Still, worth a trip if you go to Sullivan / Luzerne County for the weekend.

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The rougher side of Sullivan Run (at least for cars) was a journey through mud and bogs on an ealry fall day in 2009. More photos will follow when the weather improves and we can feel warm while treking through the water to get to Big Falls and Lewis Falls. Until then, here is Upper and Lower Twin Falls.

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And so it was that in June of 2009 we finally tagged the bottom of Raymondskill (3rd visit). Almost 200 feet tall (ff you count both falls as 1), it's definitely a must see - but mostly for what's at the bottom.

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Yes, it's bigger than anything at Ricketts, but you also have to pay additional funds to get in AND they have this thing about not letting people in to hike during the winter. Personally, in the words of my personal hero Bill O' Reilly, we think that is ridiculous.

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Raymondskill, Tumbling Waters, Silverthread, and Dingman's Falls are all included in this album. More updates in the fall when the leaves start to change!

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The final waterfall is the tough one - even if the ones before it are accessed with root grabs to ascend the 60degree incline (and greater) that much of the climb is. Definitely one of the more picturesque trails of PA. You will literally go off the map to get to the final falls - but trust me, they're worth it!

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AThe picturesque town of Jim Thorpe and the Old Jail that you can still visit to check out the historical executions of the Molly Maguires.

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I was once told that Mike Piazza's family purchased some of the former art town, but in all honestly, it doesn't matter because the creek is still a sweet little hike down with lots of boulders to play on. The only drawback is the graffiti and stoners that wander around the back woods, but all the same, they're too intoxicated to really be a problem that needs anything other than stepping over.

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Not the racetrack since road racing is only fun if you're Boris Said, Ron Fellows, and Robbie Gordon, but alas... Watkins Glen is a sweet chasm of geological and erosive wonder underneath the Finger Lakes of central New York. That said, it takes forever to get up there.

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Situated in central New York, this finger lake which provides the water for Watkins Glen and a ton of boaters and birds is quite scenic - even if you're not a wino looking to visit the wineries.

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Southeastern PA's flower capital. A comparison of pictures of flowers in bloom versus those about to bloom and some shots from Christmastime 2009.

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The massive flight of the snow geese and tundra swans - and some other pictures taken over the seasons as well.

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Not quite Watkins Glen, but closer to home - actually, it's right outside of Wilkes Barre. A very short trail with minimal incline affords a great picnic with slip and slide waterfall action and heart shaped pools amongst the mountain laurel.

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Attention folks, Governor Ridge and myself would like you to know that Pennsylvania also has a grand canyon. Check it out!!

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Just off of the Appalachian Trail exists the wall of stone that is Bear Rocks. Dropping 80 feet on the other side, there are plenty of great adventures to be had if only a person walks in the mile or so to it. IF YOU KEEP GOING BEYOND THIS, you will eventually come to the even steeper Knife's Edge, which affords viewers a chance to see the front side of the mountain valley. A quarter of a mile in the other direction is Bake Oven Knob, which is also featured here, where a person can see the front side of the valley as well. Bear Rocks is all about the back valley.

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Just to the north of Ricketts is Worlds End, a giant mountain that features superb views of the Loyalsock Creek. The path along the way up is very steep and vanishes so that's another issue, but my greatest argument against the park is closing for winter hikers. Personally, we stand by the right and privilege of any free American to take risks (for Abbey's sake), but alas... in this lawsuit happy world of scumbags like Jon Edwards...

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Hawks Falls and various nature scenes as driven through and walked to. Not one of the best state parks in PA, but definitely a great little waterfall trail to take for a morning walk - before the hordes of casual hikers descend upon it.

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The map says it's just outside of Harrisburg, but actually, it's a little more north. The Juniata River (pronounced JOO NEE AT UH - not JUAN EE AT UH - important note for people from Ohio) runs behind the campground we stayed at and Little Buffalo Creek is a nice manmade lake with a great walk around it.

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The crown jewel of Philthydelphia's Fairmount Park. I can't say a lot of nice things about Philthydelphia (save it is Will Smith's home town - "hell yeah!"), so that's actually saying something.

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My introduction to winter waterfalls. Pete and I hiked out there in 2001 when I took him back to college. Not many pictures, but they're all good and that's what matters.

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We finally made it up to see Mount Hope's finest rendition of a Shakespearean English town, and it was well worth it. Check out my videos as well - though I must say that you're probably not priviliged enough to see the grape stomping!! Also, the renditions of Poe's works (for better or worse - strange no matter what) are also here.

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The greatest place to hike in Berks County. So many people decree it for its falseness (the dam on the Tulpohocken Creek created it), but frankly, the views of all that surrounds it in this suburban county of ours make it a great day out.
And I love it. Need I say more.

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All of the pictures that made the first heavy duty flood in 30 years a spectacle of enormous proportions. For those who saw the old album, we have rescanned the new stuff to look a lot better since let's be honest, the blow up pictures didn't come out right.

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The sites we see while wandering up and down this bird sanctuary in northern Berks County (be they birds, trees, rocks, or ghosts!)

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The Appalachian Trail runs from Maine to Georgia, but this is primarily where it runs from Port Clinton and some other spot to the west where Brian and I hiked in 2000. However, the pictures from Swatara State Park, which the AT runs through, are also here.

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Heather took me to her birthplace and the sites that she knew while growing up in northern Ohio.

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A powerful statement of America's true spirit and rememberance to the heroes who fought back on that September day.

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Multiple trips to the stegasaurus plates of Virginia that begin at Front Royal and head on down through the great state of Virginny...

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Heather loves HGTV and I think Jefferson is the greatest president we ever had. Is it any wonder that we went to his former mansion outside Charlottesville?

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Ok, so it's not like Jefferson's home, but it's still nice - save the LONG waits to get into the mansion. And yes, it's true that Washington wasn't really a man of words (we can't all be Jefferson), but it is American history and it has a great view of the Potomac and a cool weathervane on top!

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A truly awesome city with so much history and emotion. I look to DC in the summer of 05 as the catalyst to who I currently am politically and personally. I could go down there every couple months and never grow tired of the monuments and museums.

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While my sister will laugh at my love of ESPN Zone's fries, Baltimore shows that you can turn the ghetto into a moneymaker if you move out riff raff (the red light section) and you move in the stores, the aquarium, and the touristy stuff. Of course, you'll need police to keep the red light in its section (even if the crackheads wander out to beg for handouts, occasionally, you needn't worry since the drugs and the beatings they give each other makes them slow and incoherent).

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Phoenixville's annual July celebration to commemorate all things Blob.

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As anyone with taste in movies knows, Revenge of the Sith is the best movie ever, and while the latter trilogy is often disregarded by purists (for Jar Jar, the Gungans, and the kiddie faux Nascar feel of the pod races), I actually find the latter movies better than the original 3 better than Empire and Return. The original Star Wars is still 2nd on the list. Anyway, this is the complete collection of photos from the traveling technology exhibit.

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The greatest historical site of Pennsylvania, hands down, and you don't even have to be a Civil War buff to appreciate it.

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The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, PA, is definitely worth a visit. If you do Gettysburg, Antietam, and Harper's Ferry, but leave this off your trip, then you're a farb.

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Deer, monuments, and all the other things that make Valley Forge a spectacular stop on the Revolutionary War trail.

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The coal fires that have raged under this town have driven out all but the die hards. You've gotta be a die hard to put up with the smell of sulphur.

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St. Louis, was and still is Mark Mcgwire's town.
And this it will stay forever in my mind.

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To illustrate just how much of a Red Sox and Cardinals fan we are (though it's hard to root for the Cards as of late - Walt Jocketty hasn't been up to snuff). We also show how much of a Yankee hater we are.

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