Benjamin Franklin

For all you history buffs...

Here is Ben's grave (it cost $2 to get in to the cemetery, and since we were doing our trip on a limited budget...)And here is the chronology of his life. Click to enlarge!

Philly Art Museum

I was slightly obsessed with this building. Isn't it awesome?

Has anyone seen Rocky? Here's Riley and Jamie...

Here you can see how amazing the architecture was.

And here we are with the city in the background...

Phillies and Eagles!

Here's the home of the Phillies: Citizens Bank Park.



Here's where the Eagles play. Only now do I realize I forgot to take a picture of the building the 76ers play in. Oops.

All of us with Riley...

Here we all are. Riley in his Navy getup:





Here are some pictures of Riley's little row house.

Other Sites

Here are some other things we checked out.

Here's the US Mint in Philly. You know the quarters that are stamped with a "P"? They're from here. Oh, and all the pennies in circulation. I forget how many exactly, but they make something like 6 billion pennies a year. You can't bring a camera or a cell phone in there, and behind the pink concrete barricades in front of the building that are there to keep someone from driving a truck loaded with explosives up to the front door of the building is an armed guard. Friendly...
Philly cheese steak anyone? This is where to get one. Jamie had one with "whiz". Yes, that's a Philly cheese steak with cheez whiz. I had one a bit more normal...

Look who was at Geno's! There were a ton of famous pictures there, and one of a famous doctor!


And here's the Constitution Center. We didn't actually go inside, but the inscription on the front was cool...

Philadelphia!

Here are some preliminary pictures of our trip Philly!

Here we are next to the river with boathouses in the background.

Grundy Center Football!

The afternoon before the game, the Coach goes over the plays with his #1 Assistant...


Before the game Phil does his thing...
The Spartans hit the field to start the game...

The Spartans hit the field to start the second half. (Do you like the streak? I didn't mean to do it, but it looks cool...)


The team listens to a talk from the Coach after the game.

Remember - click to enlarge!

PS - I apologize for any dark or fuzzy photos...