It Just So Happened…. How many times are you at a place, you see an event that interests you, but you aren’t there for that date. Well, we were at the right place at the right time for several events in this area here in Manheim, Pennsylvania! 😜 It Just So Happened… My mom had... Continue Reading →
You’re Going To Learn A Lot! Philadelphia & Later A Pretzel Tour
We left early in the morning for our 1-1/2 hour drive east to Philadelphia and got there about 8:30 a.m. We saw an underground parking garage under the Independence Visitor Center but it looked like a sharp turn at the bottom. Our truck is a Ram 3500, king cab, with long bed. We kept driving,... Continue Reading →
Mount Washington Cog Railway
Travel Day from Maine to New Hampshire. We made a big and silly deal about leaving I-95. A lot of RVers say that freeway is horrible. For us, it was a great road and we were on it a lot from Florida to Maine. No pot holes and traffic was never bad for us. So... Continue Reading →
Cranberry Bog, Deaf On Martha’s Vineyard, & Mayflower Relatives
Cranberry Bog Tours, in Harwich, Massachusetts, is run by the couple who own the small farm. The tour cost $20.00 cash, each person, and was well worth it. It was fun to see the older man, with his white beard and suspenders, sitting on the old porch looking at his iPhone. The older lady conducted... Continue Reading →
Is American Sign Language English? Our Incredible Tour That Touched Our Hearts Like No Other.
My text to family: "How to describe today. It seems impossible, trying to find the words, to make it so you even feel part of what we felt today. We went to West Hartford, CT, for a private tour of American School For The Deaf. This is the first permanent school for the deaf in... Continue Reading →
Conclusion & Advice For Washington, D.C. Plus A Soup Story, Capitol & Law Enforcement Memorial
Our United States Capitol tour was set for 10:00 a.m. We knew the visitor center opened at 8:30 a.m. so we got there when it opened. We figured we could look around in the visitor center before the tour. Security was easy to get through and then, since I had timed tickets, we went to... Continue Reading →
Gallaudet University, Deaf Starbucks, & National Museum Of The American Indian
Do you know there is a university designed exclusively for the deaf and signing community? It started more than 150 years ago and is in Washington, D.C. Gallaudet University. https://gallaudet.edu/about/ I was so excited to see this place. I became 100% deaf four years ago and the eight or so years before that I was... Continue Reading →
Julia Child’s Kitchen, More At The Museum, Monuments By Moonlight, And A Fall
We had a tour scheduled this evening so we hung out until 10:00 a.m. and then headed out. We went back to National Museum of American History for the day. I was thrilled to see Julia Child’s display. It is actually her real kitchen! She donated the whole thing to this Smithsonian. All her cooking... Continue Reading →
White House Visitor Center, Ford’s Theatre, Petersen House, National Archives Museum & National Museum Of American History
We are so glad to discovered the White House Visitor Center, part of the National Park Service. We thought it would be interesting and it sure was. We highly recommend this place to visitors. This is a block or two away from the White House. The film (captioned, this place gets an A) and displays... Continue Reading →
The Supreme Court, Union Station & National Post Office Museum
Another early start to our day. We took the green line Metro train and then red line to Judiciary Square stop in Washington, D.C. There we walked past the Capitol Building. This is quite the hill to walk up, thus, “Capitol Hill?” United States Supreme Court, Washington, D.C. 05/24 Behind the Capitol, from our direction,... Continue Reading →