"The Charbor Chronicles": My Son the World Traveler 2020 Edition

Okay, I put some of these pictures together a little hastily, just to make sure that I publish this on time, before 2020 officially ends. But I have wanted to more or less put together a collection of pictures of places that my son and I managed to travel to over the years. So, here is an admittedly incomplete collage from our trips.

Unknown Date, probably somewhere between 2008-2011

2013:

Washington, D.C.

At the Lincoln Memorial on a cold spring day in 2013.

2014:

Trip 1 - Charleston, SC, Savannah, GA, Raleigh, NC, Richmond, VA

Trip 2 - Bangor, ME, Moncton-Diepe, New Brunswick, the Hopewell Rocks, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Perce, Quebec, Gaspe, Quebec, St Lawrence Coast, Quebec City

Want to wish a very happy birthday to my son, who is 12 years old today! So amazing to think of how much he has grown, and how much he has transformed me. I feel so much gratitude for his presence in my life, and being a father is both the greatest responsibility, as well as the greatest privilege, that I could have ever imagined!

Thought this would be a nice opportunity to share some pictures of the two of us during some of our favorite road trips through the years - Enjoy!

A couple of pictures of my son with my brother during our trip to New England and the Maritime provinces earlier this year. The one above is at Stephen King's house in Bangor, while the one below is from a fish 'n chips place in Charlottetown, PEI.

My son and girlfriend pictured along with me at Forsyth Fountain in Savannah, Georgia, June 2014.

Taking a breather at the Vermont Welcome Center, just after crossing the border from Québec province, Canada back into the United States. I forget what the name of this particular Vermont town is, however.

Pictures from the crossing into Québec province. Here, there was a museum honoring the regional Acadian past.

Two pictures of him posing by a Prince Edward Island welcome area, with the Confederation Bridge (back to New Brunswick) in the background.

2015

Arizona Desert, Route 66, Grand Canyon (South Rim), Nogales, Mexico, Painted Desert and Petrified Forest National Park

2016

Las Vegas, Yosemite National Park, Sacramento, San Francisco, the Redwoods, Mojave Desert, Saint George (Utah), Grand Canyon (North Rim), the San Juan Range of the Rockies, Mesa Verde, Gallup (New Mexico), Arizona Desert, Nogales, Tombstone, Phoenix, Hoover Dam, Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

2017:

Ottawa, Montreal, and Quebec City for the 150th Anniversary of Canadian confederation.

2018:

Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Denver, Rocky Mountain National Park, Garden of the Gods, the Manitou Cliff Dwellings

2019:

Trip 1 - Paris, Krakow, Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Bieszczady, L'viv, Ukraine, Budapest, Vienna, Bratislava, Brno, Katowice

Trip 2 - Montreal, Lake Placid and the Adirondack Mountains, Lake George

Lake George, October 2019

Montreal:

Lake Placid:

Europe 2019 Trip

My son in front of the Széchenyi Chain Bridge in Budapest, Hungary, August, 2019.

The Halászbástya, or Fisherman's Bastion, was my favorite site during our visit to Budapest, August, 2019.

A couple of night pictures of my son and I cooling off at Gellért Hill in Budapest, Hungary, August, 2019.

My son and I pictured before the Schloss Belvedere in Vienna, Austria, August 2019.

My son and I cooling off under a gardened arch on the grounds of the Schloss Schönbrunn in Vienna, Austria, August 2019.

My son in front of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, Austria, August, 2019.

My girlfriend and her mom with my son and I, posing in front of the Opera House in L'Viv, Ukraine, August 2019.

This was one of the first pictures of my son and I during our visit to Paris. Here we are in front of the Sacré-Cœur in Montmartre, one of my favorite districts in Paris. We visited this church, which I always thought was one of the most beautiful, and still reminds me a bit of the Taj Mahal in India. We also enjoy some crêpes and coffee for breakfast nearby.

Visiting the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs-Élysées at the Place Charles de Gaulle, which I still remember mostly as l'Étoile, in Paris, France, August, 2019.

Much like with me when I was a kid, my son really wanted to visit the most famous landmark in Paris, France: La Tour Eiffel/ the Eiffel Tower. August, 2019.

Cooling off shortly after a rainfall before the Pyramid and the Musée du Louvre, Paris, France, August, 2019.

Relaxing on the Bateaux Mouche, which took us as close as we were going to get on this trip to the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, which had been at least partially destroyed from the first four months earlier. This picture was taken in mid-August, 2019.

2020:

Watkins Glen Canyon, Chimney Bluffs, Eternal Flame, Japanese Garden of Buffalo, White Mountains, Maine Coast and Lighthouses, Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park, Rural Vermont

Smaller Trips: Niagara Falls, Hoboken View of Manhattan