Have you ever been to Hersheys Chocolate World? I toured the Hershey factory when I was a kid, or so my parents tell me. I don’t remember it, and Hershey stopped allowing tours of the actual factory in 1973. By then the factory was overrun with over one million visitors every year. While we are …
From October 2019
Eisenhower National Historic Site in Pennsylvania
While Tom and I were at Gettysburg, we visited the Eisenhower National Historic Site. The site adjoins Gettysburg and you have to buy a shuttle bus ticket in order to visit. This felt wrong to me, but it was the only way to see the site. So we forked over the $9 per person ticket …
Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania
There are two reasons Tom and I moved to Harrisburg when we were done at Fort Necessity. First, it is further east and makes lots of National Park sites easily accessible. Second, I am taking a weaving class at Red Stone Glenn, a fiber arts center close to Harrisburg. So, the day after we arrived …
Pumpkin Fest 2019 in Confluence, Pennsylvania
Tom and I love to go to community festivals. One of the things that is hard about working most weekends is never getting to go to these community events. However, one of them was close enough that we were able to go after work. Consequently we spent time at the 31st Annual Confluence Pumpkin Fest. …
Cannot Drink Grapes
Continuing with my Oswald Chambers devotions, I ran across this quote on the devotions for September 30. “You cannot drink grapes. Grapes become wine only when they are crushed.” The devotion went on to say that when we suffer a defeat in our Christian life, we cannot stay defeated. We use that defeat to be …
Monocacy National Battlefield in Maryland
On our way back from Washington DC, Tom and I stopped at one more National Park: Monocacy National Battlefield. Monocacy was the closest Civil War battle to Washington DC. I mentioned it in yesterday’s post about the Civil War Defenses of Washington. Monocacy National Battlefield commemorates the place where the Union troops left in Washington …
Civil War Defenses of Washington DC
Have you ever looked at a map and wondered about Washington DC during the Civil War? I mean, the place is surrounded by states that seceded from the Union! Maryland to the north and east, Virginia to the south and west. But the Federal government remained in Washington DC instead of withdrawing north. One reason …
Fort Washington Park in Maryland
On the day Tom and I visited Mount Vernon, we also drove across the Potomac River to visit Fort Washington and Piscataway Park. Both are located on the east side of the river on the Maryland peninsula. Once you head south of I-495, the area feels rural, almost as if it is a long way …
Tree Falls in the Forest – Next to the RV!
One day in July, Tom and I were sitting in the RV. It was a really pretty day – a break from the constant rain of May and June. I was talking on the phone to my parents and Tom was working on the computer. All of a sudden there was a large cracking noise. …
Crosspoint United Methodist Church in Harrisburg
Tom and I moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania for a few weeks. We have some stuff to see in eastern PA and Harrisburg is close to all the stuff we wanted to see. Consequently, we attended a new church last Sunday, the Crosspoint United Methodist Church, Colonial Park. The Colonial Park part is important because Crosspoint …