Sunday, November 8, 2009

Beach Day!



Building a sandcastle and taking a boat ride on a beautiful day in Redondo Beach.

Thanks Jennifer H. and co.! (Good luck on your report, John would be proud!)

Friday, October 30, 2009

Record-breaking!

Breaking the world record for the number of John Adamses squeezed into one telephone booth in London, England. Fourteen John Adamses in one small space!

Thanks Chessie M.!

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Bryce Canyon

Hiking around Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.

Thanks Larry N.!

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Back to His Roots


Exploring newfangled farming equipment on a sugar beet farm in Minnesota.

Thanks Sharon L.!

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Guiding Light


At the Hunting Island State Park Lighthouse in South Carolina.

Thanks Karen E.!

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

O! say can you see...


Singing the national anthem at the grave site of Francis Scott Key in Frederick, Maryland.

Thanks Lauren S.!

Tuesday, August 11, 2009


Measuring up against the Seattle skyline.

Thanks Beth L.!

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Monticello

Visiting the home of the Jeffersons for the first time in Charlottesville, VA.

Thanks Beth P.!

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

South Carolina


Just outside Charleston, SC at Drayton Hall, a plantation built in 1738, and then checking in at Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island.

Thanks Karen E.!

Rolla, Missouri


Visiting the replica of Stonehenge at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, MO.

Thanks Andy S.!

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Commodore Samuel Tucker

At the burial site of Commodore Samuel Tucker in Bremen, Maine. Tucker commanded the frigate "Boston," in which he took John Adams, the newly appointed Minister to France, in February, 1778. Tucker delivered Adams and his son John Quincy safely to Bordeaux, after a trip through storms and sea battles.

Thanks Jon and Jane S.!

Friday, July 3, 2009

Two Dimensional


With the 1861 College Grove Methodist Church in College Grove, Tennessee.

Thanks Sharon L.!

Monday, June 29, 2009

Cowboy Church

Yee Haw! Saddling up at the Nashville Cowboy Church in Tennessee.

Thanks Eric S.!

Monday, June 22, 2009

UC Berkeley

Hitting the books at the University Library at UC Berkeley in California.

Thanks Lane P.!

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Nashville Public Library

Hanging out with the John and Abigail marionettes at the Nashville Public Library.

Thanks Brian!

Friday, June 5, 2009

Lobsters!


Visiting the world famous Red’s Eats in Wiscasset, Maine to sample the lobster roll and then moving on to the Coveside Restaurant, Christmas Cove, South Bristol, Maine and is "all-consumed” by the local harborside offering.

Thanks Jon and Jane S.!

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

John, Meet John. John, this is John

A striking resemblance at the Boston Public Library.

Thanks Beth P.!

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Adams Building

Meeting his match in Lexington, MA.

Thanks Cassidy N.!

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Kennedy Space Center

Preparing for launch at the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Thanks Jon and Jane S.!

Friday, May 22, 2009

Germany


Living like a king and visiting the grave of Frederick the Great at Sanssouci in Potsdam, and reading up on Luther's 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany.

Thanks Glenys W.!

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Ottawa, part two



Meeting with the first Prime Minister of Canada, John A. Macdonald (and the lovely lady who guards his likeness).

Thanks Ondine L.!

Ottawa, part one


Getting a little lost on the way to the Canadian Parliament Building in Ottawa.

Thanks Ondine L.!

Monday, May 11, 2009

Lilacs

Stopping to smell the flowers in the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain, MA.

Thanks Beth P.!

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Bangkok




Over for lunch at the King's Palace in Bangkok, Thailand.

Thanks Lauren M.!

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Los Angeles

Paying homage to John Belushi and LA's movie star culture at the Chateau Marmont.

Thanks Beth P.!

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Maine

Taking in the view on the shore in Pemaquid, Maine.

Thanks Jane S.!

Monday, April 27, 2009

Lady Liberty

Visiting the Statue of Liberty National Monument in New York City.

Thanks Brent T.!

This is our 50th John Adams travel photograph! Keep 'em coming!

Friday, April 24, 2009

Baltimore

Shipshape at the Inner Harbor in downtown Baltimore.

Thanks Maria S.!

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Tiananmen Square

Looking for Chairman Mao in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.

Thanks Claudia F.!

Friday, April 17, 2009

UW Madison

Our 2nd and 16th together on the top of Bascom Hill at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Thanks Maria S.!

Thursday, April 16, 2009

McKinley Presidential Library

Meeting President William McKinley at the McKinley Presidential Library and Museum in Canton, OH.

Thanks Kristen A.!

NYC Auto Show



Checking out some of the latest model horseless carriages at the 2009 NYC Auto Show.

Thanks Frank G. and Theresa Z.!

Friday, April 10, 2009

Montauk Lighthouse

Sizing up the Montauk Lighthouse at the tip of Montauk Point in Long Island.

Thanks Aaron S.!

Thursday, April 9, 2009

I Spy

Exploring the plant life at the Key West Garden Club in Florida.

Thanks Nicole N.!

Thursday, April 2, 2009

April Fools' John



John doing a little April-fooling around the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Thanks Jeremy D.!