A Charles Lepley 1913.........Greenwood cemetary.......New Orleans.

Inside Cypress Grove cemetary........New Orleans.

This is facing Greenwood cemetary......with the Elk and the Firemans Benevoulant Society Monument.....this is also the one I searched for the names from the records center......This view is from a spot where in all directions you turn you see 17th century cemeteries....Odd Fellows Rest, Cypress Grove and other huge, weird, and interesting places.

A very large and old cemetary....this is where I found the records center for the two biggest cemetaries in the area.

Odd Fellows Rest......a large cemetary that dates back to the 1700s.....New Orleans.

AWESOME.....The Mississippi.......New Orleans....

and the riverboat NATCHEZ....

Along the riverwalk.........New Orleans.

Riverfront New Orleans and the 1 million gallon....

Aquarium of the Americas (round top).....The Best.

Riverboat CREOLE QUEEN in downtown New Orleans.

Awesome sky and New Orleans from the riverboat Natchez.

Historic mansions on the Mississippi......

On the right (white) is where the british signed papers in 1815...

After being defeated by general Andrew Jackson (later president)....

In the Battle of New Orleans...

Remember.....on the other side of the banks the land in 10 or more feet lower than the river level (not the bank level)......so you can barely see these big mansions.

Along the Mississippi in New Orleans.

The Steam powered......Paddlewheeled
Riverboat......the "NATCHEZ".........very nice.

Hard to see.....Interior of the riverboat "NATCHEZ"......yes the entire boat is a fancy old time beauty.

Industry on the Mississippi.

On the Mississippi.....New Orleans.

Big river.......Big ship.......New Orleans.

Interesting name.......shipping on the Mississippi.

A personal note....although I very much enjoyed disneyland (I went to the original park) and although The Coast Starlight (L.A. to Seattle) had the best scenery ......I unfortunetly have no photos to share of the last leg of my trip.....seems like enough though from what I've developed and more yet to come.........at least for this trip.......thanks.

The Empire Builder starts in Seattle and ends in Chicago.......My first train.....and so these are the first photos from my trip......

View of Qwest Field in Seattle....from King Street Station.

Inside King Street Station in Seattle....very nice station (and I've seen my share)

Northern Puget Sound from the Empire Builder.

Puget Sound..........Washington.

Sunset on the Empire Builder ....in Washington state.

Crossing the Cascade Mountians in Washington......on The Empire Builder.

Cascade mountians.......Washington.

Eastern Washington.....from the Empire Builder.

Somewhere in Idaho.....on the Empire Builder.

In Whitefish Montana......on the Empire Builder.

Whitefish Montana

Browning Montana.......From the train.

Cut Bank Montana.

The Infamous Shelby Montana.......

Big skies and big fields in Montana......The Empire Builder.

Big open country.......Montana.

Train stop.......Havre Montana......The Empire Builder

In montana......just before we ran into some snow.......The Empire Builder.

On the Empire Builder.

Wild skies......North Dakota....on the Empire Builder.

Somewhere in North Dakota.........on the Empire Builder.

More from D.C.......

Archieves of the United States of America.......Here is where they keep all the important stuff......

Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom........on the steps of the Archieves of the United States of America in Washington D.C.

The heritage of the past is the seed that brings forth the harvest of the future.......outside the Arhieves of the United States of America....D.C.

This is the origanal printing plate and a copy of the Declaration of Independance of the United States of America........U.S. National Archieves.......Washington D.C.

Looks awefully Important to me.......1790.......National Archieves....D.C.

President Lincolns Proclamation on slavery maybe?......U.S. Archieves.....D.C.

Smithsonian Institute.......National Museum of Natural History and National Museum of Man.......I may have missed a lot being pressed for time in D.C......Yet I did get to see a lot of museums.......just as I wanted to do......especially the Smithsonian Institutes.

Yes...thats it.....the Hope Diamond.....priceless beautiful rock....I kinda like it .....really nice looking.....Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in D.C.