Main Street, Hyannis Port

Sweet street scene.

Hyannis Port, MA

Shopping on Main Street Hyannis Port. Lots of tee shirt shops etc. like any beach town.

Froze at the beach!

Too cold. Moving on.

Craigsville Beach

This beach was deserted. Cool day, overcast, windy. Plenty of public parking here. Middle of the Cape on the bay side. Pretty and sparse. Very natural.

Craigsville Beach, Cape Cod

Beach front site. Our portable beach villa.

Lobster Lovers :)

Lobster Lunch!

Arnold's Lobster and Clam Bar (Coastal Living Magazine winner.)

Lobster Laughs

Cape Cod.

Fort Hill trail and Indian Rock

Cape Cod.

Cape Cod National Sea Shore

June 30, 2013. After stopping in the visitor center, we walked this protected sea shore, part of the U.S. Park Service. Did earn another Junior Ranger badge here.

Cape Cod National Seashore, MA

Cape Cod National Seashore. One hour east route 6 from the Boston KOA.

Boston KOA

Early morning play time!

Boston/ Cape Cod KOA

June 30, 2013
Pulled into the Boston/ Cape Cod KOA late last nite. There is definitely a range
in aesthetics and amenities as far as Koa's go and this one does not top the list. Here its quantity of sites over quality.

I'm a snobby camper and much prefer a concrete "landing pad" to a grass or dust one like this. But... location, location, location....heart of Boston and even the Cape.

Easton, PA

Another cute shop. On the way to Boston.

Crayola Factory

Sat. June 29
We got to make (and name) our own crayons! Robert's Beer Brown, Garden Girl Green, Summertime Yellow, B.B. Blue, and Katie's Pink.

Crayola Factory, PA

Crayola Factory, Easton, PA

Found this Crayola factory two hours up the road in Easton, PA. Cute small town. We spent a couple hours here and we all enjoyed being artists.

Pulling out at noon

Sat. June 29, 2013

Day 7 - West Chester, PA
After two full days of touring here we are ready for some pool time. This is a nice and neat KOA. Good grounds, clean, nice bath house. Last nite a "lollipop scavenger hunt" in the dark!

RV bedtime

Independence Hall

First Continental Congress.

Phila.

More Philly tour. We walked all day! When it started raining that afternoon, we stayed on to eat and shop. No rainy camper nites.

First Supreme Court here

Independence Hall, Phila.
Building where the original supreme court met over 200 years ago. Next door the Declaration of Independence was signed. Philadelphia county seat.

B.B. Elizabeth (Betsy) Ross

Meeting Betsy Ross

The Betsy Ross house.
Her house open to tours. A tiny 3 story w very narrow stairs. Widowed 3 times. Lived to be 84 years old. A hardworking Patriot with 16 siblings.

Sonny's Famous Cheesesteaks

228 Market Street, Phila, PA 19106

The Liberty Bell

Pennsylvania, PA
Cracked about 1780s when rung in celebration of President George Washington's birthday. (The bell had a previous minor flaw.) Silenced ever since.

Declaration of Independence

Independence National Historical Park
An original draft (unsigned) of the Declaration of Independence. There were 56 signers and 3 of those were from Georgia. Gwinnett, Walton, and Hall. They risked death for treason and financial ruin to their families if unsuccessful in their campaign against King George. John Hancock shows no uncertainty.

Independence National Hist. Park

We got a tip to preorder our tickets to this "Independence Park" and that was a good thing. This site gets crowded. It is a large complex of many historical buildings and info centers including the home of the first Supreme Court, a building where the first Continental Congress assembled, construction of Declaration of Independence, Liberty Bell, Ben Franklin's grave, and Betsy Ross's house. Living history. It's all here in 2 city blocks.

Downtown Philly

Starbucks morning in Penn.

Starting the day right!!

Pennsylvania Independence Hall Tour

Friday, June 28
A rainy evening shut us down yesterday for the pool, and dictated that we watch a movie and order pizza delivery to the camper. This morning, up early to catch the 8:14 am train (Septa) into Penn. We love trains, taxis, buses, walking over trying to park this RV in a city. About 30 min. ride to downtown.

Summer at Valley Forge, PA

Junior Ranger Badge here!

How many Junior Ranger badges? Maybe 29 over four years. There are 59 total (for National Parks, not including National Historical Parks, National Landmarks.) One more today after completing the assignments and attending a lecture or Ranger Talk.

B.B. Washington

At Valley Forge.

Valley Forge, PA

Winter camp site for 12,000 of George Washington's men in 1777. Now a National Historical Park Site. Movie, small museum, gift. The usual for U.S. Park Service.

Should we go see the Kate Plus 8?

I know how pathetic. But curious. Robert plans the big stops. I google all the detail.

West Chester town

Court house.

West Chester

Robert found a brewery. Meri found lunch!

Stopped to shop!

West Chester (near Philadelphia, PA) Stopped off at this cute town driving to Valley Forge. We all split up to investigate. Lots of vintage here. Check out Gay Street or High Street for art and clothing etc.

Camp site Penn. next to Norm

June 27, 2013

KOA West Chester, Penn.

Day 5 - (Or really Day 1 of Yankee tour 2013 as we are now in sightseeing mode.) morning camp. Just visited the info center, got a plan for Pennsylvania.
Great pool in the background. Mini golf. Go KOA. Lots of A/C.

Baltimore - just passing thru to Philly

Baltimore, MD

June 26, 2013
A few hours up the road from Charlottesville and after many miles of traffic at rush hour, thru a tunnel and into Baltimore, MD. Just passing thru to our Philly KOA. Eta 9:30 pm.

Chickens

Yule Farm

Farm -funeral

June 25
Funeral today to celebrate this special lady, Katharine Lloyd-Rees Miller. Here at Easter 2013 with Abigail.

Farm

Farm

Yule Farm