Category: Visited Cities

Orlando

Florida Facts Sq. Miles: 65, 755 Population: 21.57 million Year Founded: 1851 Capital: Tallahassee Animal: Florida Panther Bird: Northern Mockingbird Drink: Orange Juice Fish: Florida Largemouth Bass Flower: Orange Blossum Food: Key Lime Pie Song: The Swanee River Sport: Baseball Tree: Sabel Palmetto Longest Road: US Highway 27 Longest River:  St. Johns Highest Elevation: 345

Puerto Rico

Puerto Facts Sq. Miles: 3,515 Population: 3.194 million Year Founded: 1508 Capital: San Juan Animal: Coqui Frog Bird: Spindalis Drink: Piña Colada Fish: Carite Flower: Flor de Maga Song: La Borinqueña Tree: Kapok Sport: Volleyball Longest Road: Puerto Rico Highway 250 (PR-250) Longest River:  La Plata Highest Elevation: 1,338 meters Lowest Elevation: 0 ft. Famous

Puerto Rico Scenery

Puerto Rico Scenery So this post is a little different from other posts as I won’t talk about any specific stop that we visited.  Our Puerto Rico vacation was severely derailed on day 6 of our trip.  After visiting Cave Camuy, we were looking for some sort of old Indian reservation or something and we

Cabo Rojo Lighthouse Puerto Rico

Cabo Rojo Lighthouse Puerto Rico / Faro Los Morrillos de Cabo Rojo

Cabo Rojo Lighthouse Puerto Rico The Cabo Rojo Lighthouse Puerto Rico was our second stop of the trip.  We stopped at the Salt Mines on the way here just briefly. We drove down a long dirt road to get to the lighthouse and parked at Playa Sucia which translates to dirty beach.  I thought that

New Orleans

New Orleans Louisiana

Louisiana Facts Sq. Miles: 52,378 Population: 4.649 million Year Founded: April 30, 1812 Animal: American Black Bear Bird: Brown Pelican Drink: Milk Fish: White crappie Flower: Magnolia Song: You Are My Sunshine Tree: Bald Cypress Longest Road: Louisiana Highway 1 (LA 1) Longest River:  Mississippi River Highest Elevation: 535 ft. Lowest Elevation: -8 ft. Famous

Washington DC

Washington DC / District of Columbia Facts Sq. Miles: 68.34 Population: 692,683 as of 2019 Year Founded: July 16,1790 Animal: Olympic Marmot Bird: Wood Thrush Drink: The Rickey Fish: Steelhead Trout Flower: America Beauty Rose Song: Our Nation’s Capital Tree: Scarlet Oak Longest Road: Georgia Avenue Longest River: Potomac Highest Elevation: 410 feet at Reno