I started off on Saturday with 5 requests for each location: the National Zoological Park and ESPN Zone. When I got to the zoo, it was dark and rainy and I couldn’t find 3 of the 7 machines. The National Zoo has a gradual slope that makes waking back and forth really tiring, so I decided to come back again in search of the missing machines.
When I came back on Sunday, I still couldn’t find them. I asked just about every zoo personnel but none of them knew anything, one woman at the information booth even walked me to the location before she admitted herself that they were gone. This is really distressing… one of the many reasons not to offer to press coins for others.
Anyway, I had more luck at the ESPN Zone. Since I bought a one day pass, I stopped at Federal Triangle to press the coins at the Post Office Pavilion and the National Aquarium. When I got to the American History Museum, I saw that the road leading to the museum was torn up. A construction worker by the road told me that the museum’s been closed for nearly 2 years now. Wow… I never knew.
New EC’s from ESPN Zone Washington DC
I’m not sure why but the site’s been receiving a lot of spam comments in the past few days. I’ve activated Askimet and hopefully that’ll take care of the problem.
I’m planning a trip to DC this Sunday. Mainly I’m going for the ESPN Zone coins, but I’ll also be dropping by the National Zoo to press a few sets for friends.
Please leave a comment if you’re interested in trade or purchase for these locations. Trip details to come!
Here are trades with Les from the WV trip:
New EC’s from the Zoo of Acadiana Broussard, LA
New EC’s from Don Garlits Museum-Drag Racing Ocala, FL
Ah, I feel horrible about updating this site so infrequently. I haven’t been actively pressing and trading coins due to a glitch with my last trade. Hopefully I’ll get that sorted out soon.
In the meanwhile, here are the coins that I got from visiting the Shenandoah National Park:
New EC from Skyline Caverns Front Royal, VA
New EC’s from Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resort Luray, VA
New EC’s from Luray Caverns Luray, VA
New EC’s from Big Meadows Lodge Shenandoah, VA
My hard drive failed last month and I had to reformat a new one. In the process I lost my beloved Photoshop. I had an authentic copy but I lost the CD, so the new quest was on for searching a similar freeware.
The two that I found were:
- Picasa - This is a freeware by Google. I tried it and it works great, except it’s mainly for photo editing.
- GIMP - Yes, a highly inappropriate name (especially if you’ve seen Pulp Fiction), but is closer to Photoshop and therefore better for EC image editing.
Jennifer and I visited Shenandoah this weekend. Unfortunately it was raining the whole day 
Both Front Royal and Luray in West Virgina are close to the park, and we got all the coins from the shops (with the exception of the Car and Carriage Caravan Museum, the machine was broken.)
Hopefully I’ll post up the new pix in a few days.
Wow, it’s been a while since I last posted.
I took a road trip to visit my sister over the weekend and pressed some coins on the NY Turnpike. Jennifer, my sister, gave me a coin she pressed from the Bronx Zoo. At first I thought I must have most of the Bronx Zoo coins already, but she just so happened to press one of the few designs that I didn’t own.
New EC’s from New Jersey Turnpike Woodrow Wilson Service Area Allentown, NJ
New EC’s from New Jersey Turnpike Clara Barton Service Area Oldmans, NJ
New EC from Bronx Zoo New York (Bronx), NY
I added the National Museum of Natural History location a while ago, but I just got a chance to scan in all the coins.
New EC’s from the National Museum of Natural History Washington DC
I bought a couple of oldies from eBay. Both are from the Chicago World’s Fair: the Train of Tomorrow and the Belgian Village
New EC’s from Chicago World’s Fair
Also got these. The ones that are not duplicates from my eBay lot purchase:
New EC from Sea World Marina San Diego, CA
New EC from Disneyland
