Saturday, June 4, 2011

My Trip Down Memory Lane to Philadelphia

On Monday morning, Jim, Cheryl and I got up early.  I needed to make a trip to Walmart to load up on some things to bring back home and so we did that ~ mission accomplished :o)  While we were in Walmart, my nephew Michael called and asked to talk to me.  He said that he had the day off on Tuesday and wanted to know what I wanted to do.  He suggested we could take a day trip to Baltimore or Philadelphia or even New York City by way of train.  We had just been to Baltimore with he and Jim & Cheryl when we went home after Christmas, so I said let's do one of the other two.  We decided to go to Philadelphia.  I talked to Vi and told her I wanted her to go along with us, so she took part of the day off.  And my sister, Charlotte, had come to PA from Wisconsin.  So, we started our day by having breakfast where Vi works and then headed toward Philly!!  What a fun day we had.  Let me tell you there were many, many laughs throughout the day!
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Here's a picture toward the front of the van
 Hey, I think I know these people walking ahead of me.  They really look familiar!
 Our first stop was here at the National Constitution Center. 
Unfortunately, Mike took the picture so he wasn't in it :o(
 I should have had him use the timer on my camera then he would've been in it!
 All of these men were part of the signing of the Constitution.  It was very impressing!
 Some wannabe's in this picture and the one above :o))
 They had a BIG book laying on the table for the public to sign as if we signed the Declaration of Independence.


 Do you see the little brass circles on the floor in front of each man?  These had their names and a little history about each person.

 Char reading something very interesting
 Another view of the National Constitution Center

Independence Hall

A view of the Independence Hall across the lawn.  They were doing some remodeling on it.

The Liberty Bell

It's been years since I visited the Liberty Bell.  In fact, I think I was in grade school on a field trip, so this was really nice.  As you can see there were several school kids there this particular day.
 This tour guide sure knew a lot about the Liberty Bell.  She was really good!

 This man was also a tour guide for kids I'm assuming that were in Philly for a field trip!

Mode of Transportation

I've never rode on one of these but think it would be fun!!


Inside Independence Hall

Again, it's been years since I've been inside this historic building.

 The room where the Independence of Declaration was signed


 This is the only part of the building that is original
 I know it's dark without the flash, but it was beautiful!!

Random Pictures of My Philadelphia Trip

My famous group posing! haha!!
Up close construction of Independence Hall

Here are those people again!!

Statue outside Independence Hall
This little creature was in a park
Some beautiful white wisteria 
Downtown Philadelphia
Another statue we saw while driving
I took this picture of Vi  . . . . .
after she took this one

Sculling on the Schuylkill River and the Trip Home to Lancaster County

This was neat!!  I've seen this there several times before, but never stopped to watch it.



Vi & Char were taking their picture so I took one from the back with the peace sign :o)
Our great tour guide and chauffeur!!  Thanks Mike!!