We didn’t have many days in Pennsylvania, but we wanted to do some things we hadn’t done out there before. Unfortunately, Pennsylvania is full of mountains, which means it seems to be a drive to get anywhere. 2.5 hours North of where we were staying, is a little town called Lock Haven. They have a…
After our Appalachian Trail stop, we continued our adventure to Gettysburg. It was later in the day, so we did a super quick stop at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center. We have been through the museum before, so we only looked at the free displays and did a quick stop in…
Two of my nieces (trail names Sparks and Church Mouse) have been hiking The Appalachian Trail since the end of February. They are now officially over the halfway mark and in Pennsylvania. (Keep up with their adventures here.) We drove out to Pennsylvania to bring them the family staple… Hot Dog Shoppe! We got a…
There’s a small town in Northeast Ohio that is home to the Schantz Organ Company. They had a 150 year anniversary open house, so we enriched our homeschool music class by checking it out! We got to walk through their factory. They had a lot of history on their family and the company. We went…
Our house used to be a farmhouse. The fields around us were all a part of the property and the barn across the street was built by the same guy that built our house, John Brown. Along the way, it was sold off, and our parcel is only 5 acres, including the house, 2 garages,…