There’s no denying that Harpers Ferry is a beautiful town and historical park, and it should be explored thoroughly. However, it’s a great place to have a burger at the end of the trail, and it also offers one last scenic view of the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers that inspires hikers and [...]
Hancock, Maryland is an interesting little town with a couple of excellent restaurants (Weaver’s and Park-n-Dine), and it has become a sort of home-away-from-home over the years. While there, we rested, ate well, and cleaned the chains on the bikes as we prepared to leave for day two of our journey–destination Harpers Ferry! Over the [...]
It’s officially known as the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, but we usually refer to it as the ‘towpath’ or just the ‘C&O.’ During the summer of 2009, we biked the entire length of the towpath in three days. What an adventure! Since we had such a great time, we decided to do [...]
I love to try out new restaurants, and recently Candee, Debbie and I found an Egyptian restaurant in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. that we just had to try. The name of the restaurant is Sphinx of Pa and is the only Egyptian cuisine in Central Pennsylvania. The restaurant is owned and run by two really nice people [...]
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Debbie, Candee, and I recently attended IceFest 2011 in Downtown Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. This was it’s 9th year and is run over a four day period in January. Amazing sculptures are carved from blocks of ice using chain saws, propane torches and hand tools, by carving masters. You can actually see live sculpture carving during the [...]
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Today, Debbie, Candee, and I went to a great restaurant called Laila’s Kitchen. It specializes in Afghan-Persian food and was very tasty. Debbie and Candee each had the chicken and veggie kabob meal at the recommendation of one of the owners. It came with a small salad, tender chicken kabobs, vegetables, basmati rice and a [...]
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Candee usually decorates her Christmas tree with snowman ornaments, but I decided to shake things up a bit this year by adding a bit of froggy flair to her tree. Can you find my special ornament? Merry Christmas from our pad to yours! 5 people like this post. Like Unlike
I have a booth at the Pennsylvania Christmas and Gift Show. I am in the main hall in booth 906. I was lucky enough to meet a boy named K.S. He was helping his grandma run her booth. Wait a minute, why am I doing all the talking. I’ll let K.S. tell you about their [...]
I spend many a day daydreaming about going back to Camp David in the arms of Malia or Sasha!
As you know, Polly loves to travel, and she’s always looking for an adventure…. Okay, Polly isn’t really going to Mars, but her name is! Her name will be included with thousands of other names on a microchip on the Mars Science Laboratory rover that’s heading to Mars in 2011! Cool, huh? Polly would love [...]
