Bird-watching at Featherstone Refuge & Alexandria Birthday Celebration

Tour the Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge: generally closed to public uses and many people do not even know it exists.
located at the point where Neabsco Creek flows into the Potomac River. With 325 acres of upland forests and freshwater tidal marshes, the Refuge attracts waterfowl, wading birds and migratory songbirds. http://www.pwconserve.org/events/index.html
The Alexandria Symphony Orchestra performed "Swinging on the Waterfront" and the "1812 Overture" with cannon fire for the city's 257th birthday and the nation's 230th birthday celebration.



A strenuous 9 mile hike with 2,300 feet of elevation gain to the top of Robertson Mountain with great views.




The berries are not yet ready for me or the black bears.

Grand Opening of American Art Museum & Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2006

Grand Opening of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery.
The museums -- now known collectively as the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture -- celebrate the momentous occasion with music and activities









Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2006
"Alberta at the Smithsonian"
"Carriers of Culture: Living Native Basket Traditions"
"Nuestra Musica 2006: Latino Chicago."
The annual celebration of folk culture featured daytime and evening musical entertainment, crafts demonstrations, talks and food vendors on the Mall.
http://www.folklife.si.edu/festival/2006/schedule/alberta/june30.html