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| Watson is always watching over us! |
We had a
very sad start to a much anticipated trip when yesterday a tragedy hit our home
with the lost of our beloved dog, Watson.
Watson was 9 years old and unexpectedly, he died in the morning. Barb heard him cry out at about 6am and by 7am
he had passed away. He will be very much
missed as he was a major part of our lives.
For our July
4th trip in 2014, we are going to be in Philadelphia from July 3 until
July 6 when we will take the train to New York and meet out friends, Jeff and
Vera. For years they have offered to host us and we finally are close
enough to go see them.
We left the
house at 4:45am for a 6:00am flight to Atlanta where we changed planes to
Philadelphia. The plane was right on
time and we walked off the plane right into a taxi as we only had a carry-on
each.
The Marriott
checked us in early and we un-packed quickly and headed by local bus for our
first stop, the Independence Visitors Center where we picked up our tickets for
the 2:00pm tour of Independence Hall.
After the tour,
we walked over to the U.S. Mint and it was interesting; however, they were not
producing any coins but did have some good displays.
Then it was
back to the Marriott by bus where we then walked a block to the giant Reading
Terminal Market – a giant enclosed market selling anything and everything
food. We had some samples and then a
great pastry.
Then it was
over to the Marriott and dinner in the Concierge Lounge. We had planned to go
out to eat, but here was no reason to do so when we could eat for free. After that we headed back to the Visitors
Center, only 6 blocks away, to see a
couple of short movies about centered on Independence. The movies were over, so we took the bus back
to the Marriott, rested for a little and then back up to the Concierge Lounge
for evening snacks.
The neat
thing is the public transportation system is free for seniors – what a great
savings. The hotel is right on the main
bus and subway line so getting around is going to be easy.
Since we
have been up since 4:00am, we are going to bed early – but it has been a nice
day.
Night Watson
– you are missed.
In the Market
WOW - powered sugar stuffed with strawberries!!
Dinner in the Concierge Lounge
