maryn

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Posted Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:25 am...
Whoo!!
I'm going on vacation to Virginia on wednesday for six or seven days! My mom's parents are there and we're going to see battlefields and the marine museum and one day I think we're going to go on water with my uncles boat! I wanted to go alone, but my mom gets jealous so she's coming..
I. Am. So. Stoked!
Mainly because of the history of the place, but also I've never been up to the east coast. When we'd take our family vacations' we'd always head out west or south. I went to Best Buy and picked up another rechargeable battery and 8gb memory stick for my camera! Can't wait to take all those pictures. I hope I'll have enough space, 'cause I'm not going to be able to bring my laptop to empty out the sticks.
I walked to town yesterday afternoon, and I stopped at the cemetary, because I like seeing all those really old gravestones. I thought I only had room for thirty or so pics, and when I was done, I noticed that I took 139 pictures.. Sort of suprised about that,
. But it was really neat. I felt like I was doing something illegal, though. I cleared off some of the plaques and picked up some forgotten wreaths, and I thought someone was going to jump out at me and yell "Don't Touch!" I hid my camera everytime someone drove past. Luckily it was really bad weather so no one was out there at the same time. I was there for probably 1 1/2 hour. I got home, and I couldn't believe that I was out that late. I went out when the sun was still high, and I got home when the sun was way past setting. I did take a lot of the same pics from different angles and some that didn't turn out how I wanted them too. But some look cool, the angel/lady statues turned out, and I also have one that is this stone arch and I had to contort and do a half squat but I got the sun setting into the top of the arch. They're on my Myspace, 'cause I don't know how to put them on this site.
Whoohoo, I just can't wait for Virginia!
Mara
I'm going on vacation to Virginia on wednesday for six or seven days! My mom's parents are there and we're going to see battlefields and the marine museum and one day I think we're going to go on water with my uncles boat! I wanted to go alone, but my mom gets jealous so she's coming..I. Am. So. Stoked!
Mainly because of the history of the place, but also I've never been up to the east coast. When we'd take our family vacations' we'd always head out west or south. I went to Best Buy and picked up another rechargeable battery and 8gb memory stick for my camera! Can't wait to take all those pictures. I hope I'll have enough space, 'cause I'm not going to be able to bring my laptop to empty out the sticks.
I walked to town yesterday afternoon, and I stopped at the cemetary, because I like seeing all those really old gravestones. I thought I only had room for thirty or so pics, and when I was done, I noticed that I took 139 pictures.. Sort of suprised about that,
. But it was really neat. I felt like I was doing something illegal, though. I cleared off some of the plaques and picked up some forgotten wreaths, and I thought someone was going to jump out at me and yell "Don't Touch!" I hid my camera everytime someone drove past. Luckily it was really bad weather so no one was out there at the same time. I was there for probably 1 1/2 hour. I got home, and I couldn't believe that I was out that late. I went out when the sun was still high, and I got home when the sun was way past setting. I did take a lot of the same pics from different angles and some that didn't turn out how I wanted them too. But some look cool, the angel/lady statues turned out, and I also have one that is this stone arch and I had to contort and do a half squat but I got the sun setting into the top of the arch. They're on my Myspace, 'cause I don't know how to put them on this site. Whoohoo, I just can't wait for Virginia!
Mara








My grandpa was telling me old stories of the military (he was a gunnery sergeant) and how he moved around a lot, being in the military, but even when he got out of it he was still moving around. Part of our family came from Bohemia which is now part of Checkoslavakia, and I don't know what else.. He has a cousin or something, that traced our family back to the 1500's I think.. Don't swear me to it, but I think that's what he said. 
Look through them and tell me what you think? I'd really love to have some feedback.