Philadelphia

The middle of October 2010 (wow, time flies) we went to New York City!  We considered taking a bus or train, but we decided that driving would probably be the fastest way to get there.  NYC is about a 6-7 hour drive from Loft Mountain and Philadelphia is right on the way, so we definitely wanted to stop there.


We left after work on a Monday afternoon and drove to our hotel in Wilmington, Delaware, which is about 20 minutes south of Philly, and much cheaper to stay there.  However, it was a pretty sketchy town.... our motel had bars on all the windows and 3 or 4 security guards on staff through the night.  I'm sure Delaware has some nice places, but that is one place I probably wouldn't ever go to again willingly : \


There's a pretty funny story that goes along with our drive. haha.  Being from Fountain Green, we were definitely not accustomed to toll roads.... and the road between Washington DC and New York is full of them!  And they don't take cards.  So, we had about 8 dollars in cash, and after the first 2 toll booths, we were out of money.  We were almost to Wilmington and we came up to another toll booth that cost 5 dollars.  We scrounged up 2 dollar bills from the bottom of our purses and about .75 in quarters.  We told the toll booth lady that we only had about $3 and she looked in the window and said, "You got any candy?" We luckily had a bag of M&M's that we gave her and dumped all my nickles and pennies from the ashtray onto her desk and she let us go.  As soon as we got into the town, the first thing we did was go to the ATM and get some cash because that was embarrassing!  And the guy behind us was so rude and impatient.  He kept honking at us.  People told me that Easterners are mean, but other than that guy we found that most everyone was actually pretty nice.  Especially the toll booth girl :)


So next morning we left bright and early to head into Philly.  First thing we saw was Lincoln Financial Field where my Eagles play :)

We only had a couple hours to spend because we wanted to have as much time in New York as possible.  So we just did the main historical attractions in Philly.... The Liberty Bell and Independence Hall.  Oh my goodness, I was in heaven!  It was so crazy to me that I was in the room where they signed the Declaration of Independence!  I'm such a nerd when it comes to stuff like that.  I really wish we could have spent more time there, and I would love to go back.  It was a beautiful city and there's so much more to see.

We did get an authentic Philly Cheesesteak and it was delicious!