July 8 and 9
what a busy couple of days we have had. I have pictures off the camera, but don't have the energy left tonight to do anything with them. So, I'll just give you a quick rundown of all that we have done.
July 8- we left East Brunswick and drove towards Philadelphia. We went a little out of our way to cross the Delaware River at Washington's Crossing so that the kids could see where General Washington crossed the river and secured a crucial victory over the Hessian troops camped in Trenton on Christmas day.
Then, we drove into Philadelphia and spent about 3 hours in the Franklin Institute science museum. The highlights there were the special exhibit on cartooning sponsored by Cartoon Network, and the large heart model that you can actually walk through following the path that the blood takes through the heart and lungs. Bryce, Carissa and Brenna thought that was great fun and went through it several times in a row. Sarah thought crawling through the models of arteries that are open and clogged with plaque was loads of fun too. Of course because the museum was founded from money left behind by Ben Franklin there were lots of great exhibits on electricity too. Bryce got to ride a high-wire bicycle while I stayed with the girls down in the health area. There is a full size train engine down in the lowest level, but we didn't have time to get down that far which disappointed Bryce. I will have to pull out the scrapbooks when we get home and see if I have pictures of the first time we visited this museum when he was little.
Finally, we drove to Valley Forge and did a quick drive around the area that the Continental Army was camped in and the house that General Washington used as his headquarters. I know I have a relative way back that fought in the revolutionary war. I will have to try to find the details and see if I can figure out what part of the valley his regiment stayed in.
Then, we got in the van and drove to Harrisburg where we stayed the night. It was a busy, long day.
July 9
Today we got up and did 2 things before we headed down the road- first we stopped at Chocolate World and did the free activities at the front of Hershey Park. We rode the little ride that shows you how they make their milk chocolate. Of course the best part is the free sample of chocolate they give you at the end ;) we each got a small sample package of Kissables. the three older kids then went and became Hershey factory workers for a few minutes helping to fill a gear box with chocoloate kisses. And we had to go buy a few samples of more types in their large chocolate shop to enjoy with lunch. We got cherry cordial Kisses and chocolate truffle Kisses and a special dark chocolate bar with fruit and nuts. Yum!
Secondly, we went to a science museum in Harrisburg- can't remember the name at the moment. A nice little place with some good exhibits. Their special summer exhibit was on kites, so the kids got to make paper airplanes and kites and have fun flying them. They had a really cool paper airplane launcher and a whole wall of box fans to generate loads of wind for kit flying.
Finally, we drove 4 hours to Pittsburgh and had dinner before collapsing here in the hotel.
We'll spend the next day and half here- there is another science museum, the Pittsburgh zoo and one other thing I can't remember to keep us running all day. So, with that I will call it a night! Hopefully I can get some pictures resized and uploaded for you tomorrow night.
July 8- we left East Brunswick and drove towards Philadelphia. We went a little out of our way to cross the Delaware River at Washington's Crossing so that the kids could see where General Washington crossed the river and secured a crucial victory over the Hessian troops camped in Trenton on Christmas day.
Then, we drove into Philadelphia and spent about 3 hours in the Franklin Institute science museum. The highlights there were the special exhibit on cartooning sponsored by Cartoon Network, and the large heart model that you can actually walk through following the path that the blood takes through the heart and lungs. Bryce, Carissa and Brenna thought that was great fun and went through it several times in a row. Sarah thought crawling through the models of arteries that are open and clogged with plaque was loads of fun too. Of course because the museum was founded from money left behind by Ben Franklin there were lots of great exhibits on electricity too. Bryce got to ride a high-wire bicycle while I stayed with the girls down in the health area. There is a full size train engine down in the lowest level, but we didn't have time to get down that far which disappointed Bryce. I will have to pull out the scrapbooks when we get home and see if I have pictures of the first time we visited this museum when he was little.
Finally, we drove to Valley Forge and did a quick drive around the area that the Continental Army was camped in and the house that General Washington used as his headquarters. I know I have a relative way back that fought in the revolutionary war. I will have to try to find the details and see if I can figure out what part of the valley his regiment stayed in.
Then, we got in the van and drove to Harrisburg where we stayed the night. It was a busy, long day.
July 9
Today we got up and did 2 things before we headed down the road- first we stopped at Chocolate World and did the free activities at the front of Hershey Park. We rode the little ride that shows you how they make their milk chocolate. Of course the best part is the free sample of chocolate they give you at the end ;) we each got a small sample package of Kissables. the three older kids then went and became Hershey factory workers for a few minutes helping to fill a gear box with chocoloate kisses. And we had to go buy a few samples of more types in their large chocolate shop to enjoy with lunch. We got cherry cordial Kisses and chocolate truffle Kisses and a special dark chocolate bar with fruit and nuts. Yum!
Secondly, we went to a science museum in Harrisburg- can't remember the name at the moment. A nice little place with some good exhibits. Their special summer exhibit was on kites, so the kids got to make paper airplanes and kites and have fun flying them. They had a really cool paper airplane launcher and a whole wall of box fans to generate loads of wind for kit flying.
Finally, we drove 4 hours to Pittsburgh and had dinner before collapsing here in the hotel.
We'll spend the next day and half here- there is another science museum, the Pittsburgh zoo and one other thing I can't remember to keep us running all day. So, with that I will call it a night! Hopefully I can get some pictures resized and uploaded for you tomorrow night.
posted by Melinda at 10:27 PM
2 Comments:
You guys are such vacationing troupers, wow!!
Love the big heart at the Franklin Institute! When I was a girl scout, we used to have a big campout every year there! And you know, my sister was in Hershey while we were in NYC! :)
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