We spent half a day in Philadelphia before heading home. We had a good trip but it was a lot of driving and were ready to head back to Charlottesville. Before we left the hotel for the day Mark and David went out to get some groceries and then stop by Independence Hall to try to get tickets for a tour. It was good they went then because later in the day when we got there for our tour all the day of tickets were gone. We drove down Benjamin Franklin Parkway to see the international flags, the Rocky statue, and iconic art museum, visited the Reading Terminal Market, and toured Independence Hall. We have no real ties to the Rocky movies so a drive by was really all we needed. The street is beautiful and did remind of us Champs Elysees in Paris. Jared, Mark and I wanted Beiler's donuts and we enjoyed introducing them to David's family. Lydia has been a stinker with food lately and told us more than once how the donuts were fine, she could take them or leave them, but she did enjoy eating her share. We finished up with a tour of Independence Hall and a quick walk by view of the Liberty Bell.
It was nice to meet up with David and Cecily, we really enjoy visiting with them and are glad we could see them before we head out. Sadly, because there was so much driving this trip I didn't feel like we got to visit all that much but it was nice when we could. They went to dental school in Chicago but I don't think they have really been out East much since then. I know they had not visited any of the church history sites so it was fun to see them experience that. Most often we see family out West not out here so it was nice to visit places out here with them. Our drive home was long. We had terrible traffic everywhere. We drove through a crazy downpour but made it to Moo Thru for one last ice cream stop at that shop. We make it to the location downtown, we will see.
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