2025 brought unforgettable moments and great photo opportunities, from the windswept shores of North Carolina’s Outer Banks to the rolling vineyards of Napa Valley on a cross-country adventure, culminating in a Christmas celebration in Key West.

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2025 by the numbers…

• 11 states visited (FL, NC, SC, GA, AL, MS, LA, NM, TX, CA, AZ)
• 29- day road trip (Tampa to Napa)
• Lots of interesting places, including
  • Ocracoke, NC & the Outer Banks
  • Key West & the Florida Keys
  • Henry B Plant Museum, Tampa
  • St. Augustine, FL
  • Cedar Key, FL
  • Florida City, FL (abandoned place)
  • Road Trip:
    • Benicia, CA
    • Phoenix, AZ & the desert
    • Napa!!!
    • Junction, TX (Lum’s BBQ!)
    • Mobile, AL (USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park)
    • Panhandle, TX (abandoned place)

• 77 website posts created for Bill’s Journey (www.BillTerry1.com)
  • 7 Gnome Empire posts
  • 9 posts of Out-Of-Business/ Abandoned Places
  • 22 posts featuring slides, pictures, and negatives from the 70s-90s

• 588 photos taken in 2025 posted to my gallery at www.ImagesByBill.us
  • 21 sub- galleries, by topic & date
  • A gallery of 38 images highlighting my 2025 Favorites

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My Favorite 2025 Images… top 10…

_{^{Bill’s note: I hate picking my Favorites, yet I do it every year. I’d really prefer YOU go to my galleries and posts to pick the ones YOU like the best.}}

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A Favorite image, taken long ago, but posted in 2025…

Click here to see all 38 of my favorite 2025 images.

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My Favorite Bill’s Journey 2025 Posts… top 10…

listed in date order, January-December

The History of Spencer Shops: A Railroading Legacy, 1983 and beyond

Reviving Hand-Tinting: A Nostalgic Photography Journey

Abandoned: Portsmouth Island, NC. Part 2: The Village

Abandoned Middle O’ Nowhere, TX: A Road Trip Adventure

Exploring Napa Valley: Four Days of Wine Adventure

Desert Musing- A Road Trip Adventure

Inside the Gnome Empire’s New Surveillance System

Out & About in “America’s Oldest City”: a tourist’s view

Exploring the Florida Keys: A Christmas Eve Adventure

Abandoned Places: the Mutineer Restaurant

(This last one, technically, is a 2026 post, but the images were taken in December 2025)

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January 17, 2026

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