Gribblenation

During a trip to Maryland a few years ago, I decided I wanted to visit the Washington Monument. No, not the famed Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., nor the Washington Monument that is located in Baltimore. Rather I wanted to visit the first Washington Monument to be constructed, which is located at Washington Monument State Park in Boonsboro, Maryland . The monument is easily accessed from the old National Road , signed as Alternate US 40 in this part of Maryland. Located atop South Mountain in Boonsboro, the Washington Monument is the first monument dedicated to the memory of George Washington, predating the more famous Washington Monument that is located in the nation's capital. According to the Maryland Historical Trust, the monument supposed to be modeled after a Revolutionary War cannon, but is often referred to as a jug or milk bottle. It looks like a milk jug to me. According a period newspaper account, on July 4, 1827 at 7 a.m., most of Boonsboro's 500 inhabit...

Upon leaving the Bay Area I turned off Interstate 80 and headed eastward into the Sacramento River Delta on California State Route 12.  My next destination was California State Route 113 northbound which is partially made of segments of what was; US Route 40, US Route 40A, US Route 99W and California State Route 24. CA 113 is a 59 mile north/south State Highway which was created out various previous designations during the 1964 State Highway Renumbering.  Specifically the current route of CA 113 was created out of the following highway segments: -  From CA 12 in the Sacramento River Delta north to I-80 was part of Legislative Route Number 101.  LRN 101 was added to the State Highway system between LRN 53 (later CA 12) and LRN 7/US 40 in Dixon in 1933 according to CAhighways.org. CAhighways.org on LRN 101 The current route of CA 113 in Dixon along 1st Street from Adams Street north I-80 was part of the original path of US 40/LRN 7.  US 40 originally tr...