Hello out there,
On Saturday, we headed up to the 30th Street Station, hoping to catch a glimpse of the President-elect or his train! I was so excited! We arrived around 11:30 AM because we knew we wouldn't be allowed to get into the special invitation area where he would be giving a speech. (It was so guarde and blocked off anyway.) Instead we watched that part on the TV like most people. As we drove closer to the station, we knew we were in the right vicinity when we came upon hoards of "official" looking vehicals, road blocks, police cars in many different colors from various places, and of course the beautiful police horses with their riders.
We walked as close as we could get, they actually were letting anyone into the train station without being checked through security. It was kind of nice, but I was surprised we weren't checked. Once inside, the kids wanted to eat, but we stood and stretched and tried for that one glimpse, only to see more security and more people. We finally let the kids eat!
We hung around with some demonstrators, listened to parts of their speeches about ending the war and calling for peace, and we glanced through some street vendors' Obama ware. Most of it was pretty spendy. We never did get to see the Obama Familyor the train, but we can always say "we were there!"
Next we headed back to the historic district to explore some more of Philladelphia. We went to Ben Franklin's Post Office and Printing House. In case you did not know, Ben Franklin was the first Post Master General, appointed by the Continental Congress. That would be before we became the United States. It was pretty cool to watch the printer make copies of the Declaration of Independence the old fashion way! Yes, Rachael bought one to bring back and share.
We also went to the U. S. Postal Museum. Its pretty cool to see how far we've come. Did you know that the pneumatic tubes were being used in the 1800's? Now, you might ask, what is a pneumatic tube? Good question! Mr. Kerley says, "That is a good thing to look up."
We are working on getting our photos up, hope to have them soon, something to do with forgetting cables, cords, chargers, ahhhh, the joys of techology.
Signing off for now...
On Saturday, we headed up to the 30th Street Station, hoping to catch a glimpse of the President-elect or his train! I was so excited! We arrived around 11:30 AM because we knew we wouldn't be allowed to get into the special invitation area where he would be giving a speech. (It was so guarde and blocked off anyway.) Instead we watched that part on the TV like most people. As we drove closer to the station, we knew we were in the right vicinity when we came upon hoards of "official" looking vehicals, road blocks, police cars in many different colors from various places, and of course the beautiful police horses with their riders.
We walked as close as we could get, they actually were letting anyone into the train station without being checked through security. It was kind of nice, but I was surprised we weren't checked. Once inside, the kids wanted to eat, but we stood and stretched and tried for that one glimpse, only to see more security and more people. We finally let the kids eat!
We hung around with some demonstrators, listened to parts of their speeches about ending the war and calling for peace, and we glanced through some street vendors' Obama ware. Most of it was pretty spendy. We never did get to see the Obama Familyor the train, but we can always say "we were there!"
Next we headed back to the historic district to explore some more of Philladelphia. We went to Ben Franklin's Post Office and Printing House. In case you did not know, Ben Franklin was the first Post Master General, appointed by the Continental Congress. That would be before we became the United States. It was pretty cool to watch the printer make copies of the Declaration of Independence the old fashion way! Yes, Rachael bought one to bring back and share.
We also went to the U. S. Postal Museum. Its pretty cool to see how far we've come. Did you know that the pneumatic tubes were being used in the 1800's? Now, you might ask, what is a pneumatic tube? Good question! Mr. Kerley says, "That is a good thing to look up."
We are working on getting our photos up, hope to have them soon, something to do with forgetting cables, cords, chargers, ahhhh, the joys of techology.
Signing off for now...
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Laurie, Peri and I are checking out your blog... thank you so much for taking the time to let us share this experience with you!
To Paul, Jake, and Rach... Stay warm!!!
Yours, Kelley, Peri and the Tater Tot
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