Travels in the 2nd half

Here are some photos of tonight's lunar eclipse. These are rough photos. I will work on zooming in on some of them over the next few days,

Sandy Hook Lighthouse Sandy Hook, New Jersey is part of the Gateway National Recreation Area . It sits at the very northern end of the chain of barrier islands that make up the "Jersey Shore." It is a multi-use park with ocean and bay activities along with the historic buildings of Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook Lighthouse . Sandy Hook Lighthouse Sandy Hook's position at the southern end of NY harbor gives it great maritime importance. Before the ability to dredge a major channel was developed the main shipping channel into NYC passed near Sandy Hook. As a result the lighthouse was built on Sandy Hook in 1764. It is the oldest surviving lighthouse in the United States. It is still a functioning lighthouse, maintained by the U.S. Coastguard. Sandy Hook Lighthouse Looking across the proving ground to the lighthouse Fort Hancock The importance of Sandy Hook is demonstrated by the fact that during the Revolutionary War the British captured and held it ...

Celebrating 150 years of Folsom Folsom California is probably best known for its prison and the concert by Johnny Cash that took place there. http://faigley.dwrl.utexas.edu/countrymusic/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2014/11/Johnny-Cash-2.jpg But Folsom's history goes back way before there was a prison. Folsom sits on the American River near where gold was discovered, and was at the center of the California Gold Rush. Originally named Granite City in 1854, it was renamed for its founder Joseph Folsom , who bought the land from under what may have been shady circumstances. In 1856 Folsom became the terminus of the Sacramento Valley Railroad, which ran from Sacramento to Folsom, bringing supplies to gold miners and gold back to the state capital. This railroad eventually became part of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Today the line is run by Union Pacific and there is also a light-rail line into Sacramento. The Folsom Terminal - now the tourist information office ...