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 (His original gravestone has since been replaced by an obelisk) 🏷️ 25.05C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
This morning we dipped down into Delaware to visit three of the schools at the heart of cases that were consolidated into what became the Brown v Board of Education desegregation case (yep it included far more than just Monroe Elemetary in Topeka). 🏷️ 25.05C
My progress on the first leg of the trip, which started in Columbus and ends here in Philly (Jen flies in tonight for leg 2).
Blue counties are ones I’ve already visited. Dark green are the new ones I marked off on this trip, while light green ones are revisits.
I’m now over 2000 total counties!
Worlds End State Park 🏷️ 25.05C
I’ve driven some great 1+ lane forest roads here in Pennsylvania. Just look at this arching canopy!
Perhaps the oddest town name sign I’ve ever come across… What exactly is the message here? 🏷️ 25.05C
A few iphone shots of Adams Falls in Ricketts Glen State Park, best known for its gorge-ous waterfalls—more than 20 of which can be seen on a single loop trail. I could only poke in for a bit given time constraints and the crappy weather, but this was well worth the journey to get there. 🏷️ 25.05C
Welp, it appears that three unending days of rain is upon me, which will curtail most of the outdoor stuff I had planned today. Oh well, still a few good views to be had, even when it’s unnecessarily wet.
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