Jesse A Allen https://jesseaallen.com developer, traveler, musician Tue, 07 Sep 2021 13:24:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://jesseaallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/cropped-Letter-J-Icon-32x32.png Jesse A Allen https://jesseaallen.com 32 32 Smithsonian https://jesseaallen.com/smithsonian/ Mon, 06 Sep 2021 18:59:47 +0000 https://jesseaallen.com/?p=776 US Capitol https://jesseaallen.com/us-capitol/ Mon, 06 Sep 2021 18:59:03 +0000 https://jesseaallen.com/?p=775 I remember this from several occasions.

  • Visiting inside when Ann was on a business trip there
  • Talking to friends on the phone outside
  • Seeing the statues of Austin and Houston in the lobby
]]> Lincoln Memorial https://jesseaallen.com/lincoln-memorial/ Mon, 06 Sep 2021 18:57:08 +0000 https://jesseaallen.com/?p=774 Looking back through personal photos, I find some from our family trip to DC. The photos convey how extremely large this statue is.

]]> Iwo Jima https://jesseaallen.com/iwo-jima/ Mon, 06 Sep 2021 18:56:06 +0000 https://jesseaallen.com/?p=772 This is one of the places that we visited with Basil and Billie. Visiting the monuments to soldiers wat Basil’s favorite thing. This was surrounded by work fences when we were there though.

]]> Washington Monument https://jesseaallen.com/washington-monument/ Mon, 06 Sep 2021 18:56:04 +0000 https://jesseaallen.com/?p=773 I always thought it would be neat to go to the top of this monument. Never got around to it.

An interesting fact is that the very top is a small aluminum peak, which was very expensive at the time it was installed, during the Civil War.

]]> 1980 Jeep Cherokee Sport https://jesseaallen.com/1980-jeep-cherokee-sport/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 22:31:04 +0000 https://jesseaallen.com/?p=451 A departure from sedans was the purchase of a Jeep Cherokee Sport.   Bright red  and fun.   But it had its share of problems.   Steering wheel, water pump, battery.

]]> 1978 Mazda RX 7 https://jesseaallen.com/1978-mazda-rx-7/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 22:29:20 +0000 https://jesseaallen.com/?p=448 Our favorite car of all times was the Mazda RX-7.   It was fast, smooth, comfortable.   But, alas, it did not have a back seat for kids.

 

]]> 1975 Honda Civic https://jesseaallen.com/1975-honda-civic/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 22:28:05 +0000 https://jesseaallen.com/?p=445 My first new car purchase was an M&M green Honda civic

]]> 1969 VW Fastback https://jesseaallen.com/1969-vw-fastback/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 22:26:43 +0000 https://jesseaallen.com/?p=442 When this car caused problems my dad let me have it as a trade for the 1965 VW beetle we had.    I got the fancier car.   But I also got the one that had a lot more problems.

]]> 1957 Ford Custom 300 https://jesseaallen.com/1957-ford-custom-300/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 22:16:55 +0000 https://jesseaallen.com/?p=435 In 1957 dad bought a Ford Custom 300 right before we moved from Dallas to El Paso.   I remember it had fresh paint and smelled wonderful.

This was the first car that was mine.    The hand me down, when dad bouth a VW Beetle.

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