City of Bakersfield

And then there were none.

Denny and I started visiting presidential gravesites purely by accident. Mt. Vernon (George Washington) was close to where we lived. Arlington Cemetery (JFK and William Howard Taft) was a stop whenever we had visitors in town. We made many visits to the National Cathedral in DC for holidays (Woodrow Wilson and Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan) . Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond (John Tyler and James Monroe) was part of our Civil War education.

But then something special happened when we were in Springfield, Illinois standing next to Abraham Lincoln. A feeling that really can't be explained.

We decided to extend that feeling and visit every single presidential gravesite.

Denny found this great book a few years back:
"Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb?" which we used as a guide for our quest. And today we completed our goal: The final gravesite.

The Ronald Reagan Library and Museum is located at the top of a hill in majestic Simi Valley, California. The resting places of Reagan and his wife Nancy look out over this beautiful sight.

The museum houses Air Force One, the plane Reagan used while he was president. Pretty cool to be able to walk through it.

Our drive to Bakersfield was filled with orange trees, various crops in the fields and mile after mile of mountains the likes of which we have never seen before.Read more