When we made our reservations for this week, we knew that Site 107 would be occupied on Saturday night so as we were driving in early Sunday afternoon we speculated on the likelihood that last night’s campers might still be here. In fact the site had been vacated but just barely. There was still a bit of a campfire in the ring. Would Smokey the Bear approve?
Off the beaten path is Hampstead is the more than three hundred year old Burgh House with a fascinating history. It’s now a community center, local museum, gallery, concert venue, event space, and more open to the public four days a week. We popped over for a bite to eat and to peruse the galleries to learn a little more about Hampstead history.
Ever since its debut on Broadway the two of us have wanted to see “Wicked the Musical”. Today we realized that dream. In the Apollo Victoria Theater in London’s West End we were witness to the incredible prequel to The Wizard of Oz, the story of the Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
London’s National Portrait Gallery’s temporary exhibition, “Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens” presents an amazing collection of portraits, jewelry, personal effects, books, costumes, and more to illustrate not only the lives of the six women who married the second Tudor king, but the effort across five centuries to keep their memory alive.
Given the news coverage of everything out West burned up, Smokey would/should bop them in the back-side with his shovel.
How did you enjoy the night without the quarter hourly alarms?