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To the left, Lionel and June on their way to the
Cub Run Recreational Center.
To the right, the Cub Run entrance. |
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Fancy mural on the way down to the swimming
pool. They had a very fancy locker system in the Cub Run,
seen here. |
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Lionel's barbeque deck on the back of his
house. Lionel's blue fir tree in the back garden. |
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The frontier man at the NRA museum just up the
road from Lionel. Cowgirl supreme in the museum. |
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A shooting gallery used throughout the USA for
kids at amusement parks. Picture from France, June 1944.
Note the MG42 on the floor. The most efficient machine gun of the war.
Cyclic rate was some 1200 rounds per min, making it 20 shot a second. Not
bad. |
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Pictures of guns from WWII. Winston Churchill
seen here checking out an Lee Enfield rifle. The Charles
Heston Gallery in the museum in honor of their late president of
NRA. |
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Pictures from the early years of the Wild West.
Martin bought memory sticks for friends in Norway. Cute. |
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Martin bought a pellet gun for practice. His
Christmas present. Wayne, the friendly salesman at
NRA. You can reach him via his boss,
Ben F. |
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Lionel and June getting their social security
card. The town of Occoquan outside Washington. |
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Country Morning shop where Martin bought an
American flag. The American flag flowing proudly over a
local water bird. |
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The overpass over the Occoquan river. Nice
construction. The fancy house of students in Occoquan. |
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Mom and Dad shop at the entrance of Occoquan.
Local pride. Way back to the Springfield Intersection. |
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The amazing intersection of Springfield outside
Washington DC. This is a traffic engineers dream. One of the most complex in
the US and it took 8 years to finish. Lovely curves of US
highways. |
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Another clover leaf coming up.
New overpass just up front. |
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Nice highway.
A lovely offramp. |
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American flags are everywhere. This one on half
mast. Gas guzzler. The Americans will get more of them since
the petrol dipped under US $ 2,- today on a nation wide basis. |
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Over to the torpedo factory the was converted to
an art center in 1974. Built in 1924. The Woodrow Wilson
bridge at Alexandria in VA. |
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Lionel's picture of the the torpedo.
Lionel's picture of the Woodrow Wilson bridge. |
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An old steamer, or so it looks, Cherry Blossom.
It was freezing cold and Martin has put his hood up. Martin's wind breaker
is a nice piece of clothing here in the freezing Alexandria.
They have floods often. Here is the various flood levels on a street corner. |
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A dog well dressed for the weather.
They serve Lionel as well :-) |
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An over pass towards the night sky.
Cute highway crossings. |
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Almost back at Lionel's. Traffic everywhere.
Martin enjoying a quiet beer back at Lionel's place before dinner. |
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The fireplace of Lionel's where June has put
some candles. Cute. The fantastic ribs that June made that night on the
braai outside the house on their deck. Best ribbs so far in the USA. |
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June making the ribs outside in the dark.
Martin munching away, June adoring Lionel and Lionel just content with
himself. |
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