Photo Hunters: Metal

Oh this was such an easy theme for me this week! Not because I love metal things, but because I always seem to run across them when we travel. We visit a lot of historic sites, and usually the weaponry and transport items are metal.

Here’s the Mohawk Valley, an old bomber plane that saw service in World War II the Vietnam War and the Persian Gulf War. It’s a B-52 stratofortress. It’s resting at the old Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, NY, now (click the link to read about our visit and see more photos). The base was closed in the 90s and is now a “technology” park.

This is one of the bombs that loaded into the stratofortress.

Here’s the U.S.S. Slater, a Destroyer-Escort battleship that also served in World War II. It rests on the Hudson River in Albany, NY. It’s a museum now. It’s an amazing ship, and we loved going thorough its many nooks and crannies. You can read more about our trip: U.S.S. Slater in Albany.

This is the machine gun and scope.

Here’s another weapon. It’s the cannon at Fort Stanwix National Historic Site. We love this place. It’s also in Rome, NY. You can read about our trips there, here and here.

I have billions more photos of metal things! But I’ll control myself and leave you with just one more. This is a funky metal chair that sits on top of the hill at the Roscoe Conkling Park in Utica, NY. It’s next to the historic Forest Hill Cemetery in Utica. Click the links for more of our visit with photos.

This was a fun Photo Hunt this week! How did your Photo Hunt go today?

Photo Hunters: Road

Well this is an easy theme for the New York Traveler! I love roads, especially open ones. This is one of my favorite photos. It’s Route 9 in the Adirondack Park, near Lake George. It is a wild, rugged place. This is the road that made me carsick for the first time in 20 years. You can read about our travels to this area here.

This is the road we walked to see Fort Ticonderoga, a 300-year old fort that defended the American colonies from the French in 1754 and from the British in 1776. It’s right on the border of New York and Vermont– the beautiful Lake Champlain divides it. It’s a beautiful area. Isn’t New York beautiful in the autumn?

Here we are walking down another Adirondack Park Read more