Saturday, July 19, 2008


Wow! What a great time we had in Pennsylvania. Jana picked us up around 7:00 a.m. at the JFK airport in New York City. Yes, to those of you who mentally calculated the time we had to leave Utah, it was 12:01 a.m. when we took off. (Great for the Teenagers, misery for the "old guys".) Each of us chose one thing we personally wanted to do and several things we all wanted to do. Geoff wanted to run the "Rocky" steps at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Amy wanted to go to Hershey Amusement Park. Scott wanted to see the birth place of his Harley in York, PA and I wanted to see a Broadway musical. Jana said she just wanted to go on vacation with a family and as long as she got to drive she didn't mind where we went. Other areas we all wanted to see (and got to see) were: Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, Jim's Philly-steak restaurant all in Philadelphia, PA; The church history sites such as the Smith cabin and framed house, the temple, the printing press that the Book of Mormon was printed on, The Sacred Grove, and Hill Cumorah/Hill Cumorah pageant in Palmyra, NY; ALL of DANVILLE; and the Orange County Choppers site, New York City Temple, and Time square. It was six very busy days, but a dream come true for all of us. The only thing that would have made it even better is if Megan/Ty, Stephen/Lyndsy, and families would have been there.

Geoff running the Rocky steps at the Philadelphia Museum of Natural Art