Today, my office is a Nashville recording studio where my group gets to spend the day recording a few songs. (Video sharing with permission of the band and the president of the studio).
The band is warming up and doing their sound checks.
#tourguidelife #bestjobever #musiccityusa #nashvilletn #imaginerecordings #soundstagestudios
When the owner of the bar asks if she can tell the band that there are college music students in the house, you say YES!
Thanks Hammerstones and Uncle Albert for making the 1st day of their music tour AMAZING!
#hammerstones #UncleAlbert #stlouismo #musiccollege #musicstudent #tourguidelife #bestjobintheworld
THIS just happened!
Sometimes, as a tour guide, you just get to witness the most amazing things.
As we left the visitor's center today there was a veteran of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.
He started in the army and then joined the navy, serving as a medic and a diver.
He agreed to speak to our group and we all shook his hand and thanked him for his service.
I was a bit choked up thinking about the three very different homecomings he likely received as our group applauded his service.
#thankaveteran #thankavet #WWII #koreanwar #vietnamveteran #worldclassrooms #travelwithwc
Honor Flight from Greater Lafayette Indiana has arrived.
A heroe's welcome is provided for all the honor flights here. Love the water canons!
Volunteering my time today as a way to thank our veterans.
#honorflight #honorandservice #honorourveterans #tourguidelife #giveback #payitforward
A new experience at Arlington!
Yesterday my guests and I were fortunate to experience something I have never before witnessed @arlingtonnatl
Two Medal of Honor recipients laid a wreath as part of a full honors wreath laying ceremony.
It was full of pomp, ceremony, and quite a moving experience.
#arlingtonnationalcemetery #fullhonors #wreathlaying #wreathlayingceremony #medalofhonor #thankasoldier #thankamilitaryfamily #thankaveteran
Awoke to a lovely snow this morning in Boston.
I never thought about the need to shovel the deck of a ship.
So, it was fun to watch the crew of the @uss_constitution shoveling the deck this morning.
#ussconstitution #charlestownma #winterinboston #snowydays #tripschool #tripschoolrocks #tourguidelife #learninginthesnow
Lest we forget.
Eishishok is a town in modern day Lithuania. For more than 900 years, it hosted a rich and vibrant Jewish community.
These pictures rise for three floors and span more then 50 years. They are the work of 4 photographers who lived in Eishishok and photographed its Jewish inhabitants.
In 1941, the SS systematically annihilated the Jewish inhabitants of Eishishok. In just two days, they erased entire families, an entire community, and more than nine centuries of history.
#holocaustmuseum #holocaustmemorial #wemustneverforget #genocide #stophatred #lostforever
When art, technology, music, and transience meet.
Well worth a visit to @artechouse to see their latest exhibit.
#artechouse #transient #impermanence #technologyasart #musicandart #captivating
Ever heard of a photophone?
That invention was first successfully used here at The Franklin School, now home to @planetworddc
One of my favorite parts of the museum is the Speaking Willow sculpture.
Rather fittingly, it combines light and sound to play 364 different languages--99% of the Native tongues of the world.
Why fittingly you may ask? Alexander Graham Bell and a partner invented the Photophone. This device allowed the transmission of sound via a beam of light, instead of electricity. The first successful transmission was made from the roof of Franklin School--making it the first wireless voice transmission.
Because of technological constraints of the day, the invention did get much recognition. Today, however, it is largely known as the precursor to modern day fiber optics.
#photophone #fiberoptics #alexandergrahambell #rafaellozanohemmer #speakingwillow #wireless #sculpture #planetword
Thank you for your service Senator Dole. Rest in peace.
Tom Hanks, memorializing the late Senator.
Beautiful and deadly!
One July day in 1942, 24-year old Dorothy Sparks and her friends went for a cookout and hike along the Swift River to escape summer's heat.
At some point her friends realized she was missing and went back to the last place they had seen her--this waterfall.
They quickly began to fear the worst and some went for help. It took 2 hours for the search party to arrive--a state trooper, some forest rangers, a coroner, and the undertaker.
Probing the churn beneath the falls with a grappling pole, the state trooper brought up a piece of pink cloth--the color of Dorothy's bathing suit.
Knowing her body was there, they couldn't leave it. The current was too strong, so they built a makeshift damn above the falls to divert some of the flow.
With less current, Trooper Hayward began using the grappling pole once more and it wasn't long before a hand floated to the surface.
He reached down and grabbed it and to his shock--it grabbed him back-- and he pulled a very much alive Dorothy from the water.
She had slipped on the rocks, fell into the river, and was swept over the falls. Fortunately for her, there was a small cave at the back of the falls with a small air pocket where she waited for rescuers to arrive.
Before being loaded into an ambulance, she hugged Trooper Hayward. He would later recall it was the only time he had been hugged by a corpse!
#rockygorge #kancamagushighway #waterfalls #searchandrescue #miracle #hikesafe #scenichighway #whitemountainsnh #whitemountainnationalforest
Nature's Ballet
Did you know jellyfish existed before dinosaurs?
Despite their name, they aren't really fish at all. A group of jellyfish is called a bloom and blooms can contain more than 100,000 jellyfish. Jelly's range in size from as small as the head of pin to taller than a human.
I was recently at the National Aquarium in Baltimore and their slow, rhythmic movements still mesmerize me. Enjoy a little clip of Nature's Ballet.
#jellyfish #nationalaquarium #naturesballet #oceanwonders #awalkandasmile
"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain."
One if my favorite quotes and oh so fitting for my wet, yet wonderful, morning stroll.
#danceintherain #lifeisgood #rainydaywalk #rain #walkanyway
Remember going to the circus and seeing so many clowns come out of a tiny car? (Did I just show my age with that reference?) 😳
Couldn't help but think of that as I watched this group come out of the Native American lodge on a rainy day. 😀
#jamestownsettlement
#colonialwilliamsburg #danceintherain #studenttravelmatters #worldclassrooms
158 years ago today the Battle of Gettysburg began. My Oklahoma students were so fortunate to be able to visit the battlefield on this anniversary.
They even got to practice how the soldiers had to reposition to avoid being out flanked. A fun exercise to help bring the battle to life.
#worldclassrooms #world_classrooms #gettysburgbattlefield #studenttravel #studenttravelmatters #militarystrategy #makeitreal #oklahoma #awalkandasmile
How do get food at University of Houston?
Maybe you are studying and don't have time to get across this sizeable campus? Maybe it's scorching hot?
No matter, just order food and it can be delivered by these robot delivery modules!
Mind blown!
#robots #fooddelivery #campuslifestyle #uofh #howtimeschange #collegelife #technologythesedays #awalkandasmile
This is one of those displays that I find both fascinating and creepy.
From a distance, it appears that you are staring at the back of a casting of George Washington's face. But as you get closer, it looks at you and appears to follow you.
The science behind it is amazing, and the result unnerving.
#georgewashingtonsmountvernon #georgewashington #hologram #funscience #creepybutfun #blindedmewithscience #makelearningfun #awalkandasmile
Meet my new friend, Priscilla!
She is just one of many new friends I made yesterday @roos2u, a USDA Licensed Educational Outreach facility.
I also got to meet several wallabies, kangaroos, emu, Patagonian mara, and others.
It was an incredible chance to get to meet, interact with, and learn more about these amazing creatures.
#crestedporcupine #wallabies #kangaroos #emu #patagonianmara #magicalmoments #awalkandasmile