New England Vacation, October 2-18, 1997 
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(1) Saturday, October 4, saw a lot more driving. I, of course, had to take a shot of downtown Wilmington, Delaware. "Insignificant," you say? Ask yourself this: where do nearly all monthly credit card, loan, and other such payments get mailed to? - 1 voter (5.00) BAR
(2) This was our first camp site. By the way, we didn't know until we were in the middle of it that this same weekend was the big Promise Keepers event in Washington, D.C.! Needless to say, all we saw on the highways were vans, buses, motor homes, etc. full of men on their way to the nation's capitol. As we prepared to find a place to stay for the evening, my mother was in the back of our RV as my Dad drove and I sat in the passenger seat. Imagine it. Two guys…RV…just south of Washington, D.C. Go figure! We got lots of waves and thumbs up signs! - 1 voter (1.00) BAR
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Thursday, October 2, 1997: near Tampa, my parents picked up our rented RV motor home late afternoon, packed up, and headed to Orlando to pick me up.
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Thursday, October 2, 1997: near Tampa, my parents picked up our rented RV motor home late afternoon, packed up, and headed to Orlando to pick me up.

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Naturally, I wanted to remember the RV.
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Naturally, I wanted to remember the RV.

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It was really pretty nice.
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It was really pretty nice.

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There was even a place above the table for a television.
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There was even a place above the table for a television.

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My parents used the rear bedroom, barely visible here, and I took the over-cab bunk.
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My parents used the rear bedroom, barely visible here, and I took the over-cab bunk.

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My parents' late cocker spaniel, Princess, made her home under the table. She really was a good little traveler, and I'm sure she had a great time if only because being with us in the RV every day, she got more attention than she did at home! I miss her.
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My parents' late cocker spaniel, Princess, made her home under the table. She really was a good little traveler, and I'm sure she had a great time if only because being with us in the RV every day, she got more attention than she did at home! I miss her.

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Anyway, we left Orlando at 11pm, drove to Jacksonville, and slept for several hours at a rest stop. Friday, October 3, about 7:30am, we left the rest area in Jacksonville and made it up to Bowling Green, Virginia, where we camped for the night. Didn't bother much with photos since this really wasn't new territory for us. We were more interested in what lay ahead.
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Anyway, we left Orlando at 11pm, drove to Jacksonville, and slept for several hours at a rest stop. Friday, October 3, about 7:30am, we left the rest area in Jacksonville and made it up to Bowling Green, Virginia, where we camped for the night. Didn't bother much with photos since this really wasn't new territory for us. We were more interested in what lay ahead.

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This was our first camp site. By the way, we didn't know until we were in the middle of it that this same weekend was the big Promise Keepers event in Washington, D.C.! Needless to say, all we saw on the highways were vans, buses, motor homes, etc. full of men on their way to the nation's capitol. As we prepared to find a place to stay for the evening, my mother was in the back of our RV as my Dad drove and I sat in the passenger seat. Imagine it. Two guys…RV…just south of Washington, D.C. Go figure! We got lots of waves and thumbs up signs!
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This was our first camp site. By the way, we didn't know until we were in the middle of it that this same weekend was the big Promise Keepers event in Washington, D.C.! Needless to say, all we saw on the highways were vans, buses, motor homes, etc. full of men on their way to the nation's capitol. As we prepared to find a place to stay for the evening, my mother was in the back of our RV as my Dad drove and I sat in the passenger seat. Imagine it. Two guys…RV…just south of Washington, D.C. Go figure! We got lots of waves and thumbs up signs!

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Saturday, October 4, saw a lot more driving. I, of course, had to take a shot of downtown Wilmington, Delaware.
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Saturday, October 4, saw a lot more driving. I, of course, had to take a shot of downtown Wilmington, Delaware. "Insignificant," you say? Ask yourself this: where do nearly all monthly credit card, loan, and other such payments get mailed to?

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In spite of minor disappointment regarding Philadelphia (more on that in a moment), we enjoyed some interesting spots. Coming into the south end of Philly, we saw what amounted to massive tons of grey metal!
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In spite of minor disappointment regarding Philadelphia (more on that in a moment), we enjoyed some interesting spots. Coming into the south end of Philly, we saw what amounted to massive tons of grey metal!

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The interstate ran alongside the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and there were, literally, gobs and gobs of Naval vessels packed like gargantuan sardines in the harbor.
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The interstate ran alongside the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and there were, literally, gobs and gobs of Naval vessels packed like gargantuan sardines in the harbor.

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Getting closer to Philly. Once we got into town, we began to realize that, since it was Saturday and was late in the day, places had started to close. Well, we really wanted to get a bit further up the road before the end of the day, anyhow.
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Getting closer to Philly. Once we got into town, we began to realize that, since it was Saturday and was late in the day, places had started to close. Well, we really wanted to get a bit further up the road before the end of the day, anyhow.

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My dad had recently started getting into coin-collecting and wanted to get some coin sets at the mint, but they weren't open at all on Saturday. As it turned out, we stopped at the mint on our way back home and my dad went in, but they really didn't sell what he wanted anyway!
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My dad had recently started getting into coin-collecting and wanted to get some coin sets at the mint, but they weren't open at all on Saturday. As it turned out, we stopped at the mint on our way back home and my dad went in, but they really didn't sell what he wanted anyway!

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We were the last group to get to go in and see the Liberty Bell this day. I had forgotten to bring in my camera's flash and, after the group was done, I asked the attendant if I race back to the RV (we had parked fairly close), get my flash, and run back. He agreed, and I managed this nice shot with no people standing around.
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We were the last group to get to go in and see the Liberty Bell this day. I had forgotten to bring in my camera's flash and, after the group was done, I asked the attendant if I race back to the RV (we had parked fairly close), get my flash, and run back. He agreed, and I managed this nice shot with no people standing around.

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BONUS IMAGE: These are additional Liberty Bell shots I took before I'd retrieved my flash and while the other people in the tour group were in the background.
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BONUS IMAGE: These are additional Liberty Bell shots I took before I'd retrieved my flash and while the other people in the tour group were in the background.

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