a.k.a. V.J.

My wife and I have decided that we want to, over the course of however long it takes, visit all 429 sites in the U.S. National Park System. No, really.

To butcher an old proverb, a journey of 429 sites begins with a single step. For our first step in this undertaking, we chose to visit Fort Stanwix National Monument in nearby Rome, New York.

I made a solo visit to Stanwix last June and wrote about it here. My better half has documented our recent trip on her blog. (If you visit her site, you’ll soon discover that she is a much better photographer than I am.)

We have a pretty aggressive schedule of additional National Park Service property visits planned through the end of this summer. Watch this space in the coming weeks for pictures and commentary on those trips.