Category Archives: Pennsylvania

A Walk in the Park

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

The McDade Recreational Trail is a 31-mile long trail along the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area. We are not ambitious enough to walk the whole thing, but we did a section … Continue reading →

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A Few Waterfalls

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

We are at the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area on the Delaware River. There are over 100 miles of hiking trails here so if you’re into hiking this is a great place to be. We did a little bit … Continue reading →

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Milford Monuments and an Aqueduct

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

Our plans are to visit our daughter in New Haven, Connecticut, but she has obligations and won’t be available until Monday. There are very few RV parks or campgrounds around New Haven and the ones that are there won’t open … Continue reading →

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Grey Towers

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

Plan ahead? Us? Nope. Spontaneity is how we roll. Usually we just drive until we feel like stopping and then look for a place to park for the night: an RV Park; a city, county, state, or national park; public … Continue reading →

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Peep Peep

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

I like Peeps. They’re so cute and colorful. The factory is here in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It’s too bad they do not do factory tours, I’d love to see the little peeps popping out onto the conveyor belts. We drove by … Continue reading →

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Bethlehem Steel Stacks

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

We went back in to Cabela’s to find the aquarium that we totally missed the day before. As we were looking around we also spotted this target shooting setup. That looks like fun. The aquarium was tucked away behind the … Continue reading →

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Hamburg and Cabela’s

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

It’s always fun to eat the local cuisine during our travels. Neither of us were quite sure just what Pennsylvania Dutch food is but this region is the place to find out. After reading some reviews on the internet we … Continue reading →

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Amish Country

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

Several people have said that we should go see Lancaster, so that was our plan for today. We don’t know much about it but we usually head for the visitor center first wherever we go. But when we got there … Continue reading →

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Hershey & Amish

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

It rained all night last night and was still gloomy this morning, but we didn’t let that stop us from going out. Hershey is only about 10 miles from us so even though we have been there twice before we … Continue reading →

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The PA Capitol

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

Hmm..what to do on a Sunday? Harrisburg is Pennsylvania’s state capital and it’s only about 15 miles from here so we went to have a look at it. This is the best time to drive downtown in any city because … Continue reading →

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Moving On

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

In the last few days we did the Gettysburg Battlefield Museum, the Guided Bus Tour, drove part of the self-guided auto tour, saw the cyclorama and a diorama of the battle, that’s about enough. We’ll save the ghost tours, the … Continue reading →

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Gettysburg, Day 2

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

Since the sun was out this morning we went out early for some picture-taking before the clouds returned. We returned to the Gettysburg Battlefield to get a shot of the Eternal Light Peace Memorial. It is built of Alabama limestone … Continue reading →

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Gettysburg, PA

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Marsha Brecht

It rained all day yesterday so we just stayed in. But today was better so north we go! We have crossed the Mason-Dixon line into Pennsylvania and are no longer in the south. Gettysburg and it’s famous Civil War Battlefield … Continue reading →

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Hersheys Chocolate

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Marsha Brecht

Done with Washington DC for now (we will be back) we left Greenbelt Park and drove north to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Patty, a high school classmate of mine from Jackson, Minnesota, who lives here now, came out say hello. Talk about … Continue reading →

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Dunkirk, NY

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Marsha Brecht

It’s been a cool cloudy day.  No rain, but I hear that it is on the way, maybe tonight or tomorrow. We drove 300 miles along I-80, through Ohio, the Northwest corner of Pennsylvania, and into New York State to … Continue reading →

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Erie, PA

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Marsha Brecht

Another day of just driving.  Today we were up early to try to beat the Chicago area rush hour.  It went quite well as we had no delays.  We put on 414 miles today and crossed into Eastern Time Zone, … Continue reading →

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