VACATION 2010

I know this is titled “Vacation”, but this might be better as an overview. This year we headed east to the Philadelphia area and the Gettysburg vicinity for vacation, both locations were a base of operations for day trips to other locales as well as trips to the nearby attractions. (Instead of creating one huge blog entry, I decided to break down the trip into separate blog entries so that no one would be overwhelmed and no computers would overwhelmed trying to load many pictures at once.)

While on our way to Philadelphia we stopped in Hockessin, Delaware, and visited some of Mommy’s relatives so the girls had an opportunity to meet some more cousins and to play with the cousins (and a great uncle and great aunt). Needless to say, everyone had a great time. Then while in Philadelphia, we visited Sesame Place and Independence National Park and made day trips to the Crayola Factory, Washington Crossing, and Valley Forge (and King of Prussia mall for the ever popular Lego store). Then it was onto Gettysburg.

On our way to Gettysburg, we stopped at three different outlet stores in York County, PA, looking for cookies, chips, and pretzels – I think both girls had a great time looking at all of the different products and attempting to decide what ones to buy. If we stopped on different days, we might have been able to take a factory tour of the companies, but I think the girls were just as happy picking out goodies for us.

While in Gettysburg, we toured the battlefield, the new Visitor Center (very impressive), the cemetery, and Boyds Bear Country as well as stopping at some places in the historic downtown Gettysburg. We also made day trips to Harpers Ferry and Antietam National Battlefield and to Harrisburg to the National Civil War Museum. I believe the girls enjoyed the time in Gettysburg and I know that I did (but you probably already guessed that).

After our time in Gettysburg, we headed home, stopping in Bellaire, Ohio, yes I said Bellaire, to see the Toy and Plastic Brick Museum to see the many and varied Lego displays. I think that the girls and Daddy all had an eyeful of Legos and perhaps developed a few ideas of their own as to what to do with some of the Legos we have. Fortunately, I do not think there are any plans for our own museum, yet.

Although the time flew by, I think that everyone had a wonderful time and the girls made memories that they will enjoy for a lifetime.