On the way home, we finally stopped at the Flight 93 National Memorial. We’ve driven past the exit on the turnpike a few times through PA, but we’ve always been in a rush to get home. This time, we made time. The Pennsylvania countryside is beautiful. I couldn’t help but snap photos through the windshield…
It’s no secret that when I was growing up, I wanted to be Indiana Jones. Traveling around the world, looking for ancient treasures, seeing historical sites, what’s not to love? I bounced between Anthropology, Archaeology, Geology, and Forensics. In the end, I ended up with about a third of the college credits needed for an…
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…