If you like old-fashioned diners, Harrisburg is a great place to go. We had several of them within a few miles of our campground. We decided to try the one that was always busiest: Capital Diner. Capital Diner looks like an old-fashioned diner from the outside, but inside it is a step up. There is …
Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland
Tom and I have been to Antietam National Battlefield several times. But, despite our previous visits, I did not have the stamp for Antietam in my Passport book. So after visiting Catoctin Mountain and Harpers Ferry, we swung by Antietam just long enough to get a stamp and stroll through the Visitors Center. Antietam National …
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Tom and I have been to Harpers Ferry National Historical Park several times. We went there when we rode our bicycles on the the C&O Canal. While we were there with the Boy Scouts and on family trips, we played in the water. And we ate ice cream cones from one of the shops in …
Catoctin Mountain Park, Maryland
When Tom and I were in Harrisburg, we spent time visiting every National Park site that was within a two hour drive. Catoctin Mountain Park is one of the many we visited during our busy three weeks. Never heard of Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland? Don’t feel bad – we hadn’t either. In fact, when …
Advent: Preparing for His Coming
Today is the first day of December, but it is also the first Sunday of Advent. If you are not familiar with advent, it is the time of preparation before Christmas. There are four Sundays in Advent, and it has always been one of my favorite times of the year. It is the nesting time …
Lancaster History Center in Lancaster, Pennsyvlania
After our great experience at the York County History Center, Tom and I decided to spend a day at the Lancaster History Center. This is the York experience taken to the next level. The York History Center is sandwiched into a refurbished building in downtown York. The Lancaster History Center is on a campus on …
York County History Center, York Pennsylvania
As part of our genealogical research, Tom and I visited the York County History Center in York, Pennsylvania. My experience of county historical societies hasn’t been very positive. They usually seem to be a collection of odds and ends housed in an old building and not well curated. The Richland County Historical Society (in the …
Dietz Family Cemetery in Hellam Township
As I have mentioned before, Tom and I have done a great deal of work in genealogy. Two years ago we developed family trees for most of our relatives. While we were in Harrisburg, we decided to find out what we could about my ancestors in Pennsylvania. Our first stop was the Dietz Family Cemetery …
Hampton National Historic Site in Baltimore
After visiting Fort McHenry, Tom and I headed to Hampton National Historic Site, on the northwest side of Baltimore. Neither of us had ever heard of Hampton National Historic Site before looking at our list of places to see in Baltimore. We weren’t really very interested in it. But I am compulsive about getting all …
Impact of Antioch Church in Acts 11
Last week at Lewis Center United Methodist Church, Pastor Tom continued talking about the “real life, real impact” of the church. To do so, he read Acts 11:19-30, which talks about the early church in Antioch. The church in Antioch was established by apostles fleeing the persecution in Jerusalem. Some of those who fled preached …