Philadelphia, PA in 7 hours
We left our friends in Boston and dove down to New Jersey and stayed the night at a hotel. We then woke and drove into Philadelphia. I didn't expect to like it as much as I did. It was the first city I wish we had more time to explore but we had three goals in Philadelphia, see Independence Hall, The Franklin Museum and leave with enough time to get to Washington, DC and continue driving south toward Auburn, AL. We accomplished all of those things, saw the Liberty Bell and the kids earned another Junior Ranger Badge.
We parked by the City Tavern
City Tavern was a meeting place for many heated political discussions.
Alexander Hamilton
Ben Franklin did so many things for this city, one of them being this Library.
Ben Franklin Statue
So we thought we were walking into a totally different building. When we got inside we realized where we were and took a picture.
Independence Hall
Independence Hall
Independence Hall
Independence Hall tour
The Birthplace of the United States of America
The ranger gave us a wonderful history lesson about the events surrounding America's Independence.
Independence Hall tour
Independence Hall tour
Independence Hall tour
Independence Hall tour
Independence Hall tour
Earning a Junior Ranger Badge usually includes having to ask the ranger questions.
Earned Junior Ranger Badge number 3.
This statue is a reminder that both the Declaration of Independence and The Constitution were signed here.After learning a little history we thought we would run over to the Franklin Institute and have some fun. Because we are members of The Museum of Science and Industry they have a reciprocal agreement with many other museums around the U.S. One of them being the Franklin Institute and therefore we were able to get in free, an $80 savings!
The Franklin Institute was founded in honor of America's first scientist, Ben Franklin. We had about 3 hours left before it closed but thankfully we found rockstar parking.
Rockstar parking at the Franklin Institute.
Thank you Ben Franklin!Let's go have some fun! We loved how interactive this museum was. There were games to play, jumping, running and mars rovers to build.
This exhibit times and took a video of your race sprint to the finish.
How high can you jump?
How high can you jump?
How high can you jump? Yes I got 9'. I was in flip flops.
Pulleys, weights and leverage.
Pulleys, weights and leverage.
A maze through the heart
Building a Mars rover
We were only able to see a very small part of Philadelphia but what we saw was beautiful. We hope to return and spend more time, but on to DC we went.
