Philadelphia Stories


The birth of a nation.

The day started with such promise. We headed out for a tour of the city. Who doesn't love a double decker tour bus. We stayed on the bus for the entire 1 1/2 hour loop, then drafted our plan of attack. I quickly decided we could skip the tour of the Eastern state penitentiary, after all, the girls don't know who Al Capone is, and their behavior on t...


Torrential downpours

We spent a quiet night in Salsibury, MD. We took off heading towards Philadelphia. We stopped in Doveer, DE to shop for necessities like cereal bars and diet Coke. Wow, now we can say we've been to Delaware. Any thought of exploring the state further quickly dissipated when the downpour started. Not only was visibility barely a car length, but then...


Leaving Morgantown, WV and Driving to Philadelphia, PA

Lynette had to head to work early this morning but we were fortunate that Ed’s work schedule was somewhat flexible. We enjoyed breakfast with him and then went to his work place. He works for the West Virginia Geologic Survey and they have a small museum in their lobby. We enjoyed looking at the many dinosaur and other fossils as well as se...


Philly and NYC Harvest Crusades

The first opportunity I had to serve this fall was at the Harvest Crusade in Philadelphia! I got to work the tables for follow up workers, be a follow up worker myself, and just overall be an extra set of helping hands. I also got to see a little girl that went to the camp I worked at this past summer, get saved! After that, I was able to go the the...