In case this goes away at some point, my Grandma’s obituary was published by Florida Today: Carol Flynn: CAROL FLYNN – PALM BAY – Carol Ann Flynn, 71, passed away Thursday, December 4, 2008 in Palm Bay. She will be sadly missed by her husband, Donald E. Flynn; loving children, Donald W. (Tayna) Flynn of […]
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Crayola Factory
November 3rd, 2008 by pleia2
A couple weekends ago I went up to the Crayola Factory in Easton, PA with my friend Stephen. The “factory” was pretty much a big activity center geared toward kids. There were some cool displays about the history of Crayola, and a little demo factory with a whole presentation on the basics of crayon and […]
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Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine in Ashland, PA
August 28th, 2008 by pleia2
Anyone who has been reading my blog of late knows I’ve been doing the local touristy thing this year. My latest conquest? Coal Mines. I knew Pennsylvania was a big coal state, but didn’t really think about the fact that there would be retired coal mines open for tours to the public, and was only […]
The Last HOPE
August 14th, 2008 by pleia2
Last month I attended The Last HOPE with my friend Mike from New Jersey. It was a really fun weekend during which I took no pictures – so I sorted through Mike’s photos and am posting them to pass them off as my own. In spite of waiting years to go (Mike’s bugged me last […]
Last month I went to prison
August 13th, 2008 by pleia2
A few years ago I was watching an episode of History Detectives titled Prison Plaque which researched the history of a discarded plaque found during some restoration of the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. Immediately this made it on my mental list of places to check out. Trouble with mental lists is that they are […]
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Trains w/ Michael
August 9th, 2008 by pleia2
Last month Michael and I headed out to East Stroudsburg for a day trip. We had planned on going to an Amish farm tour, but upon arrival found it to be a bit of a tourist trap (hah!). So we ended up going over to the train museum. I knew about it because I’d been […]
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Niagara Falls – The Falls and Skylon Tower
July 28th, 2008 by pleia2
Saturday was the day for the Maid of the Mist and dinner at Skylon Tower. Maid of the Mist was fun – and wet! We took a late morning ride out. After that we did some wandering around the strip, relaxed for a while, then for dinner headed up to Skylon Tower. The food was […]
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Niagara Falls – Long walk and finally see the falls!
July 27th, 2008 by pleia2
After the aviary we took a walk with the intention of seeing Simcoe St and then heading out to a brewery I found on one of the tourist maps I picked up. As we turned onto Simcoe St I saw a black squirrel. I knew about black squirrels but what I didn’t know was that […]
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Niagara Falls – Arrival, Aviary
July 27th, 2008 by pleia2
My friend Stephen and I took a trip up to Niagara Falls, Canada over the 4th of July weekend. We left midday on Thursday, stopped in my old stomping grounds of Seneca Falls to fill up with gas and say hello to an old friend, and arrived around 11PM in Canada. We checked into Ambiance […]
Weekend in DC – Part 2
June 10th, 2008 by pleia2
So, just like my trip out to San Francisco, I managed to make my trip to DC during a heat wave. Highs near 100 don’t agree with me but by staying hydrated (carried a water bottle with me EVERYWHERE) and taking a reasonable number of breaks was the key to me getting through Saturday. Sunday […]
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