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Photo Of The Day – One Seat Left Empty

Peter West Carey — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 01:21:55 +0000

Title: One Seat Left Empty

Description: In loving memory of Johny ‘Bubber’ Griffith V

Location: Kleinfeltersville, Pennsylvania, USA, North America

Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey

Photo Of The Day – Bird Type?

Peter West Carey — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 06:53:48 +0000

Title: Bird Type

Description: I’m not sure what type of bird this is and hoping someone out there can give me a hand. Was shot in the woods of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.

Location: Klienfeltersville, Pennsylvania, USA, North America

Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey

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Photo Of The Day – Ground Level

Peter West Carey — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:19:56 +0000

Title: Ground Level

Location: Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA, North America

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Photo Of The Day – Waiting At 30th Street

Peter West Carey — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 01:38:51 +0000

Title: Waiting At 30th Street

Location: 30th Street Station, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, North America

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Photo Of The Day – Just A Cup

Peter West Carey — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:11:43 +0000

Title: Just A Cup

Location: Pennsylvania, USA, North America

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Photo Of The Day – Memory Tree

Peter West Carey — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 04:29:02 +0000

Title: Memory Tree

Description: Atop a hill in Pennsylvania sits a tree with many markers on it. Some are blazed white and lead the way home. Others simply mark the names of those who have stopped for a while. In the corner is a love cherished then despised. All these markers serve to let someone know we were here, we mattered and we were real. None are here now, but the markers remain to tell our tale.

Location: Stonemill Trail, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA, North America

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Photo Of The Day – Find Your Way

Peter West Carey — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 02:28:46 +0000

Title: Find Your Way

Description: Life can be like the woods a lot of times. Even when there are markers, the path is not always clear. Sometimes the path that seemed so obvious a few months ago, is now covered with leaves. Sometimes we get lost and can’t find our way. Look for signs and don’t give up.

Location: Millstone Trail, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA, North America

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Philly Conclusion

Peter West Carey — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:03:00 +0000

We are back to the daily life on Whidbey now. I really enjoyed the whole trip and it helps to have the best travel companions I can ask for.

For the parents out there, the Natural Science Museum in New York is way cool. It’s big and would take you close to a week to see all of it, so be ok with not catching everything. It’s also cool to just get lost. It was very enjoyable with Sabrina as she’s doing a lot of reading now and can read some of the displays instead of just moving on. Also, the habitation maps were a hit with her so she had an understanding of where animals lived. The C train will drop you off with an entrance right into the back lobby of the museum so it can’t get much easier to find the place.

The Statue of Liberty was a big hit too. I realized after talking with some other people who have been there pre-9/11 that the reservations for the museum and pedestal are a new requirement which tends to keep the crowds down. Go on an off day and hope there’s a break in the weather as it’s WAY better than the summer crowds. I don’t think there would be much more enjoyment to be had if the weather was much warmer. It did help when the sun peaked from behind the clouds and shown on the city for a brief moment. That had a bit of magic in it.

Philly was a lot more fun than I expected, even after being there a couple of times (the bad stomach bug I got last time didn’t help). Kim and Sabrina did some good exploring and as a family it was fun exploring the deserted waterfront and historic district. The Park Service has obviously put a lot of effort in that area and it shows. History buffs will love it but so will children who can catch a glimpse of how people lived in another time. I’d find out what kind of summer programs there are but the power is out at our house right now, so I can’t. The museums are another big attraction and I’d love to spend a week just hitting them all. They are all within a good walking distance from Center City so you don’t need a cab. They are also close to the Whole Foods which served us well and kept the food budget in check.

I really like Kim’s idea of spending a couple days in Philly the next time we go back to visit family. It’s a nice way to have some time together as a family and there are still a TON of adventuring possibilities in the city. Getting to and from the airport is a breeze as well. We’ll be back for sure!!

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Philly’s Pretty Cool

Peter West Carey — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:54:00 +0000

What a fun day!! Here’s a map to help get you orientiered.

Kim is at the hotel gym at the moment but from all the walking we did, I wonder where she has the energy! It wasn’t really a long hard day, just a fun day seeing some neat Philly stuff without the crowds.

The day started around 9am with a slow start by the parental units after Sabrina got up and drew us some Ritz Carlton drawings. It’s nice being woken up to the image of a lion. It soon began to rain so we put on our rain gear that has thus far gone unused due to the very warm weather on the East Coast. Our first stop on the subway we decided would be 2nd street and we’d checkout the Seaport Museum. This place is really cool and you get a $1 AAA discount (it never hurts to ask and today it saved us $3!). At first we thought the museum was just kinda empty but we later found it was TOTALLY empty. Except for the boat workers and some contractors putting in new flooring, we had the place completely to ourselves. And I mean completely; it was incredible!

Lucky for us the penny squisher was right by the coat room that also has lockers (25 cents). We’ve been collecting squished pennies for a while and the linked site above is quite handy. Anyway, the museum is empty so the three of us can try out all the cool boat stuff at our own pace. There are plenty of hands on experiments that help kids (and adults) learn about ballast, wind, how boats are built, etc… It is all really well done and useful and not too overloading. They have a whole room where people working for the museum are building actual wooden boats. One gentleman chatted with us for a bit, noting that the two main boats being built now were commissioned by citizens and a third one was being built by volunteers who just wanted to learn the craft. It was very cool, my Dad would surely like it a lot.

We skipped the upstairs for now and went straight out to the World War II submarine Becuna and historic Cruiser Olympia. This was yet another ultimate tour…..we had both ships entirely to ourselves. Well, actually, there was someone doing some painting on the Olympia but other than that…

I was a giddy school kid in the sub. We had all the time in the world to just check out all the STUFF!! And there’s a lot of stuff on a sub, really. You can see from the pictures how intricate it could be to manage such a ship while at sea. Kim could tell I was like a kid in a candy shop as I would point out things to Sabrina and even at one point went running back to the Control Room because I missed looking up into the conning tower. I highly suggest touring these boats on a rainy, winter Friday if you are in the area. Sabrina and Kim both thought the sub was cool. Kim hadn’t been on the boat since childhood and very much enjoyed it without crowds. I liked this sub better than the Hornet in San Francisco.

After the boats we walked up past the Korean War Memorial (very well done and quite artful) and on toward Independence National Historic Park. We stopped, we gazed, we looked like tourists and enjoyed it all in a fairly uncrowded atmosphere. By now the rain was gone and the skies were getting a bit blue here and there. Independence Hall has a LOT of fence around it but we chose not to take the tour. Liberty Bell was in a different location than Kim remembered it, housed in a nice newer building. Only a quick bag check at the door and entrance is free. We knew there was another penny squisher at the National Constitution Center (Sabrina already has the one from the Independence Information Center) and headed in that direction planning to hit the US Mint and then the Information center for some stamps for National Park Passport stamp book. The squishers (2!) were easy to get to but we figured the NCC was best for Sabrina when she’s a little older. The Mint closed at 3pm and is something that would have been good to look up before hand (which Kim informs me she said we should do the night before). The Park also had a Junior Ranger program which would have been good to ask about to get Sabrina another badge like the one from the Statue of Liberty.

After some shopping for books for Sabrina we headed to City Tavern for dinner. It’s a neat little place that is a recreation of the original on that location that used to be the haunt of our Founding Fathers. Which reminds me, we also saw Benjamin Franklin’s tomb before heading there. Not having reservations and wearing not the fanciest of clothes put us in the basement for dinning but we were rewarded with live harp music just outside our room and the room, once again, all to ourselves.

It was a very magical day with a relaxed pace that suited us all. No one whined (well, maybe just once) and we saw a lot of history.

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Whiskey in a paper cup is a bad idea

Peter West Carey — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:37:00 +0000

Pictured on this post you will find two pictures of what happened to a paper cup I used to enjoy a late night ‘snack’ at the office. I didn’t notice it until the whiskey was nearly gone, but I’m confused by its effects on the paper cup. I can understand it eating away some of the glue holding the cup together as some reference the drink being close to turpentine. But the way it made the cup translucent is spooky.

This is just more clear proof, you shouldn’t work late no matter what. It’s just not good for your health.

Technorati : danger, paper cups, whiskey