Today we are in the Poconos Mountains, ready to jump out of a small airplane, and plunge between 10,000 to 13,500 feet at roughly 120 mph toward the earth’s surface below.
City Of Brotherly Love (or so they say…)
The Liberty Bell, Sylvester Stallone, Benjamin Franklin…. We’re in Philadelphia!
Hershey Park…. The Sweetest Place On Earth!
Knowing our love of chocolate and sugar, it’s no surprise that we would end up going to Hershey’s Theme Park!
While there is a large Hershey candy store outside the park, a majority of the theme park is not really themed of chocolate, but…
It’s got some pretty sweet roller coasters!!
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On The Battlefields of Gettysburg
The infamous battlefield at Gettysburg is arguably the turning point in the Civil War.
While not the largest battle in the Civil War (Fredericksburg with 25,000 more troops), Gettysburg is by far the costliest. It’s hard to imagine that in a span of only 3 days over 51,000 Union and Confederate soldiers are dead, maimed, or missing.