I’m beginning to wonder if this might be a dangerous neighborhood. 🏷️ 25.05C
Feeling oddly vindicated:
I changed into a dirty shirt upon arriving at lunch today. Because I know myself well enough to understand that I was unlikely to make it thru this red pasta sauce dish and the side salad with oil vinaigrette dressing without an “incident.” And, sure enough… 🏷️25.05C
It looks like my road trip has brought me to Kentucky, a state I hadn’t planned on visiting 😂🤷♂️. So I had to plan my morning around getting to a AAA office to pick up a map. 🏷️ 25.05C
The birthplace of Mother’s Day. 🏷️ 25.05C
I also visited the Fairfax Stone. This monument replaced the original 1736 boundary marker (placed by George Washington!), which delineated the 1649 boundary between the Virginia and Maryland land grants. It marks the “source” of the Potomac River (see the water flowing to the top left). 🏷️25.05C
Blackwater Falls was cooler than I expected, probably helped by all the rain and flooding I’ve encountered on this trip. Glad I finally made it out here. 🏷️ 25.05C
Angry dirty dishwater 😜
I stopped by Grafton National Cemetery to see the grave of Thornsbury Bailey Brown, the first Union Army soldier to be killed by a Confederate soldier during the Civil War. (His original gravestone has since been replaced by an obelisk) 🏷️ 25.05C
I drove all the way to rural West Virginia so I could finally tell you how I really feel… 🏷️ 25.05C
Good junk. DAMN good junk. 😂 🏷️ 25.05C
“A Mecca for all who would look back to the beginnings of chemical research…”
Why? Well, because the guy who lived and worked here discovered oxygen, among other things. His private home lab here might have been the best chemical lab in the country at the time.
This also marks my first “National Historic Chemical Landmark.” (Huh, who knew there was such a thing! Sounds like a fun quest for science geeks). 🏷️ 25.05C
Small town central Pennsylvania. 🏷️ 25.05C
Excellent day yesterday meeting up with @TimKStanton@mstdn.social for a walking tour thru historical Plymouth, plus a couple tasty pours at Vitamin Sea Brewing. 🏷️ 25.05C
Jen has flown home, and I’m starting the last leg of my road trip. Here’s what my progress has looked like thus far (green counties).
I’m quite behind on posts, but will try to catch up over the next day or two. 🏷️ 25.05C
Some recent highly-rated brewery stops:
- Tired Hands Brewing (near Philly)
- Sworn Brewing (near Harrisburg PA)
- Ever Grain Brewing (also near Harrisburg)
- Other Half (Philly)
- Source Urban Brewing (Philly)
- Maine Beer Co (Freeport ME)
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📍 Fishtown, Philadelphia - iykyk… 🏷️ 25.05C
The Tunkhannock Viaduct, built in 1915, remains the largest concrete reinforced bridge in the world. 🏷️ 25.05C
Wawa remains firmly in second place in our rankings of best road trip convenience stores.
- Buc-ee’s
- Wawa
- Sheetz
- QT
- Love’s
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We also stopped by an overlook for Three Mile Island yesterday. 🏷️ 25.05C
We also visited Clifford Brown Park, an interesting “listening garden” dedicated to the jazz legend. What a fun concept! (see rsjon.es for a video/audio clip). 🏷️ 25.05C
