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From the Travel Log: Thanksgiving in Pennsylvania

We left on Wednesday for our annual road trip to P.A. for Thanksgiving. Annick packed the van with all our selected baggage: food, luggage, food, apple pie, Carrie the Pilgrim(we always bring Carrie for the Thanksgiving table decor), laptop, food, video camera, and a couple boxes of scones. The 12-hr. trip went smoothly, we had sun, and just a little bit of rain as we pulled into Harleysville. Brothers Pizza was dinner for the evening, and once arriving at Aunt Martha's, we were able to stretch out and relax for a few hours before bed. Aunt Martha had had her kitchen renovated this summer, and wow, it looks SO great!


BEFORE:

AFTER:

It's Thanksgiving time!

















Good to the last lick!

Putting the finishing touches on the meal.

Annual Ladies Outing

After Thanksgiving comes the ladies jaunt to the quaint shops in Ledderach and Skippack. So many pretty things to see! We came back to the house and picked up Papa and Catrina to go and visit an amazing store called Ten Thousand Villages.

That evening, Tim and Jamie and her parents and soon-to-be-brother came over for dinner.
Plans were made for the next day to take the train (a new experience for us girls) to Central City, to see the light show, the Wanamaker Organ, and Dicken's Village at Macy's, plus anything else of interest in the area. Jamie's dad (Uncle Ed) would be our tour guide and we would make a day of it! :)

Inside Macy's

Wanamker Organ






















Scrooge













Carolers

Market East, Historic Sites, Uncle Ed's Workplace, and Chinatown: all in one day!

The train station-turned-conference center has amazing arched trusses in its roof!



Market East: where we all stopped for lunch

Peeking out of a retired trolley

The Constitution Center

Our touring group

The Newly Minted $10 Bill!  

Mr. and Mrs. LaGuardia and Michael

Independence Hall

In imported Chinese arch is at the entrance to Chinatown



The train 

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On our way home on Sunday, we saw a motorcyclist with some different headgear


Watching Wives & Daughters based on the book by Elizabeth Gaskill



Home, sweet home, was reached by about 7 p.m. Sunday night. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and we hope you did too!