Category: General

We went to the “Rocky” steps in Philadelphia, famous for their appearance in the 1976 movie. Here’s what happened.

Some of you may be wondering how we managed to get our luggage around. Or maybe you aren’t wondering that at all. Either way, here’s the scoop. We bought a “cargo carrier” that fits on the hitch of our van. It turned out to be way better than renting a trailer ($15/day) at uhaul, or… Continue reading Luggage

The title says it all. After almost 21 days on the road, we arrived back home yesterday afternoon. Thanks everyone for praying for us and for following along on our adventure!

Just a quick update to say that we’re having dinner in St. Louis with our old friends Gopi and Mary Kay Sandhu. We’re all looking forward to it — they’re great.

Yesterday morning we left Philidelphia and started our journey back to Kansas. We are planning on spending the night in Zanesville, Ohio. Midway through the morning we stopped at Hershey’s Chocolate World in Hershey, PA. The chocolate tour was pretty fun, especially the singing cows. The tour started with the history of the Hershey company.… Continue reading Hershey’s Chocolate World

More on hotels Brenda didn’t want to name names in her post about hotels, but I’m not afraid to. However, they’re all blurring together so sometimes I have to go back and look things up. Our first hotel was a Quality Inn in Louisville. Complimentary breakfast, pool, and the rooms were ok – except for… Continue reading More on hotels

When I first sat down at this computer to blog, I thought I would give you an overview of the day. But now that I think about it, that would be kind of boring, wouldn’t it? The coolest parts of books are the little sub-plots, the extra bits tossed in to make the whole a… Continue reading Little Adventures

Today’s big hit was Reading Terminal Market, which I thought was run by the Amish. Turns out there were a few of them there, namely women, but you couldn’t count all the ethnic groups present. If you want to know the distinguishing feature of odd places, today is your lucky day. It’s extremely weird candy.… Continue reading Reading Terminal Market

We made it out of New York — and we didn’t leave anyone behind. It was a great idea to take the tour bus, instead of trying to make our way around the city on our own. Since we stayed in Newark, we didn’t even have to drive — we took the train in, so… Continue reading Good-bye New York, hello Philly

By the time we arrived in Newark yesterday and unloaded the car, it was raining. We were planning to take a bus tour of NYC — an open-topped, double-decker bus tour. The rain would have made that not quite as pleasant, so we opted to stay at the hotel for the remainder of the day.… Continue reading Ok, NOW we’re going to New York