In the afternoon, we headed into Dover, their capital. Like many older US cities we have been to, they had an old one, as well as the current one: Next we headed down the coast to Lewes. There is also…
Day 30 Part 1: Delaware
The next day we traveled through the state of Delaware. It is the second smallest state in terms of size, so it was not hard to do nearly the whole state and go back to Val’s in Pennsylvania in the…
Day 29 Part 2: Bill and Bell – An Afternoon in Historic Philadelphia
After doing the Lego art, we gave the historic area one final go. We got to see the Liberty Bell, which had a much shorter queue this time: We also checked out the Constitution Center next. We had been planning to go…
Day 29 Part 1: Finally Philadelphia at the Franklin Institute
We gave Philadelphia one last try. The third time was, for the most part, the charm. We went to the Franklin Institute, which is a science museum: They were doing a really excellent Lego art display that travels from city to…
Day 27: The Farce of July in Philadelphia
So my friend and I both agreed fireworks were one of the biggest and most traditional parts of the fourth of July so since it was rainy in the morning, we decided to only do the fireworks. Val had never…
Days 24-26: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
We took a few proper days off at my friend Val’s. We didn’t venture further than the local Target the first day in Media and mostly did video editing and hung out with Val’s cats: On the second day we had…
Day 23 Part 2: Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania Turnpike
After learning a great deal about the history of Heinz, we went on into the downtown area. It had so many, many bridges and parking was challenging. We didn’t even have a specific place in mind – we just wanted…
Day 23 Part 1: The Home of Ketchup
We started off our day in Pittsburgh at the Senator John Heinz History Center, yes, that is Heinz as in the ketchup. Chris is a massive fan of ketchup. I don’t think he’d identify as such exactly, but he does put…
Day 22 Part 1: Out of Ohio and Into West Virginia
We left Columbus feeling elated that we finally had a proper maybe. So many places we’d been to were very lovely and friendly, but we couldn’t see ourselves there for various reasons (too small, too remote, no jobs, etc). We…
Day 21: Our First Real Contender – Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio is by far the best city we’ve been to so far in terms of what we’re looking far. After a dozen states where nothing really popped, we finally have a contender! It doesn’t mean we will move to…