Independence!!

Day three of my East Coast trip and we went over the Ben Franklin bridge over to New Jersey for a meeting with a vendor. Meeting well exceedingly well and was over by 3:30PM. We initially were afraid the meeting may run over, so we decided to fly home Thursday instead of Wednesday night - don't want to rush. That meant, I had all of Wednesday evening to explore Philadelphia. And explore I did....

I walked from downtown Philly, all the way up Benjamin Franklin Parkway. On the way, I saw the City Library, the Rodin Museum, Ben Franklin Institute, a plethora of statues and sculptures and lastly the Philadelphia Museum of Art. For those who are unfamiliar with this place...you may remember in Rocky II, when Stallone gets ready for his final fight with Apollo Creed, he runs around the neighborhood herding kids to the final destination - these stairs! THESE STAIRS! I was at those stairs!!



The walk lasted me about 1.5 hours. I started to head back to the hotel to meet up with Dale and Freida for dinner. The three of us walked towards the wharf, stopping by the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall - the birthplace of the US Constitution. Then we passed by the Tomb of the Unknown soldiers and a cemetery. How many of these souls gave up their lives so I can live in the freedom that I have today?? Then I think of the soldiers in Iraq and my heart weeps of sorrow. The night was full of perks and pinks. We basically walked through 200 years of history when we passed by those wonderful brick houses that we only see in history books. The streets were laid of bricks and cobblestones. One word to describe this all is "CHARACTER." You really can't find this anywhere else but the City of Brotherly Love.

A short black women, a medium built Irish and a tall skinny Chinese guy walks around Southern Philly.... and we all fit right in with the crowd. I had a great time. Thank you Father for letting me see your glory everywhere I go.