this past weekend my mom and I took off on a road trip!
I was going to visit the University of Maryland school of social work
and we decided to make a fun weekend of it
so here is how things went down
Friday:
fly to Atlanta
fly to Baltimore
Drive to the University of Maryland
meet with Dean of the school of Social Work
browse around Baltimore
drive to Gettysburg
ghost tour of Gettysburg
it was such a rushed day I felt like we were rushing around everywhere
but overall I loved the school and how they run their program
I don't like the price tag :(
on the way to Gettysburg it as raining/hailing so bad we had to pull over for about 20 minutes
we finally made it to Gettysburg after crossing the
Mason Dixon and the PA state line
the town of Gettysburg was much cuter than we expected
we spent all evening there and then went on a little ghost tour
Saturday:
Gettysburg
Lancaster PA
Amish buggie Ride
and a drive towards Philly
day started bright and early we were up and at the park by 8:30
I just loved loved loved being in Gettysburg
it was so cool to stand in the places I spent so much time studying
I seriously could have spent days there but we only had a few hours
so we went to a little show/presentation on the battle and then set out for
Little Big Top
we spent most of our time here
were we listened to a park ranger talk about the 2nd day of the battle
after that we drove around and then headed out
(with a stop for a coke float of course)
next stop was Lancaster PA
home to man Amish families
we drove through historic downtown and then went out to the country to see the Amish
people kept saying you can smell when you close and boy you can it just smells like farm'
once we were there we found a place to stay and then went on a buggie ride
one the rid the people we road with knew of our home town Hiram and the driver
know of my best friends hometown of Clarksville
such a small world
it was so neat to get to ride in the buggie and tour an actual working Amish farm
(we got cookies and lemonade along the way)
after the ride we grabbed dinner at a local restaurant and were about
to head back to our hotel when we were told the whole town was completely closed down
on Sunday's and we figured there was no need to stay there so we asked if we could checked out
and they let us and we made a split decision to head to Philadelphia
so we drove pretty close and got a hotel room
(seriously the nastiest place I have ever stayed in all my travels!!)
Sunday:
Independence Hall
Liberty Bell
Philly Cheese Steak
and Drive back to Maryland
We got up and headed downtown
we got to Independence square
got our tickets to see inside Independence hall
our tickets were for about an hour later
so we walked to where Ben Franklin was berried and saw that
and just got a snack and waited to go in
inside Independence hall was so neat it was kinda surreal to be standing in the place
were so much of our American history was mad
I loved it!!
and seeing the Liberty Bell was just as cool
they had exhibits about our nation and the freedom we have that were pretty interesting
after we saw the bell we went out to get the one thing I was really looking forward to
a Philly Cheese steak!!
and it was as good as I thought it was going to be!!
after we walked down to the water and then meet a sweet little lady that sold t-shirts
once we did everything in Philly we headed back to Baltimore
we drove through New Jersey and Delaware on the way back
I was so sad that the trip was ending but grateful that I was able to go!!
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| I love that I got to see this hospital would love to work there one day! |
it was so much fun to be able to drive around a part of our country
that is filled with so much history
and to see things I've learned about all these years in school!!
thanks Mom for take me!!!
Just had to throw this one in
I love these chips and I forgot to bring some back with me
but lucky for me I found them at the Bi-lo here in Charleston!!!
my spelling is probably way off on this but my spell check isn't working
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