Off the Beaten Path: Wildasin Meeting House and Burial Grounds in Hanover, PA

I’m not sure what it is about Bob and I… but we are sort of adventurous travelers.  No, no, not in like, a mountain-climbing-cliff-diving-shark-swimming kind of way.  More like a pulling-off-the-highway-to-check-out-the-World’s-Largest-Ball-of-Twine-a-la-Clark-Griswold kind of way. So last month while we were camping at Codorus State Park, we started to kick around ideas and even consulted Google … Read more

Camping in Codorus State Park (Hanover, PA)

Last week we had the chance for a quick, 2-night getaway.  We were dropping Lily Bean and our niece off for a slumber party with their grandparents.  It was either drive 3 hours back home (only to make the trip again two days later) or find somewhere sort of nearby to hunker down. I was … Read more

North Pole Tea at Tilly Mint’s Tea Room (Souderton, PA)

We have a local secret just a few miles down the road – it is a sweet little shop that is tucked off the main road in Souderton, PA. Tilly Mint’s Tea Room is a restaurant owned and operated by the mom of a gal I went to school with.  While I have been in … Read more

Tinicum Arts Festival – Bucks County, PA

Today we finally made it to an annual event that I have been trying to get to for years – the Tinicum Arts Festival in Bucks County, PA.  Set up in the shady sprawling acreage of Tinicum Park, the festival sits right on River Road – directly across the street from the Delaware River.  More … Read more

The Crayola Experience in Easton, PA

Last Saturday, the temperature was on the slow and steady rise – heading for a forecast high of 101 degrees.  That was motivation enough to get out of our non-central-air house.  It also helped that the LivingSocial deal that I bought for The Crayola Experience in Easton, PA was expiring this week.  It was use-it-or-lose-it … Read more