We visited Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site in Pennsylvania, which showcases an early American landscape of industrial operations from 1771-1883.
Visitor center:




















We visited Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site in Pennsylvania, which showcases an early American landscape of industrial operations from 1771-1883.
Visitor center:




















We attended a double-A baseball game between the Harrisburg Senators (Washington Nationals affiliate) vs Erie SeaWolves (Detroit Tigers affiliate) at FMB Field in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
An interactive map of the ballpark on an island in the capital city of Pennsylvania:
Capitol building:

FNB Field:

Dinner options:

Weird burger and cheesesteak:

Snack:

View from our seats, section 110, row 1, seats 1 & 2:

Play ball:


Selfie:

Run scores:


Exploring the ballpark:











Hershey ice cream:

Ball hit the ump’s mask:

Wackiness:

Broken bat:


Final scores:


We visited Hershey’s Chocolate World in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

We did the Create Your Own Candy Bar experience, where you choose components for a bar; here are Jenn’s selections:

My selections:

Selfie:

Production line:




While the chocolate is drying, you design your packaging:

Production line:

Our packages:

Then we did the free Hershey’s Chocolate Tour, a ride showing what goes in to producing chocolate bars:






Dinner in the food hall:

Dessert:

Hershey’s Largest Candy Store:

Extra-big Kit-Kat (which we didn’t buy):

We did buy a lot of stuff, though:

Kissmobile:

My custom candy bar:


Jenn’s custom candy bar:

A fun experience.
We attended a game of the Philadelphia Phillies vs San Francisco Giants, playing at the Phillies ballpark, Citizens Bank Park.
Jenn’s game summary:
Lovely, if cool, day for a ballgame. The Phillies Phanatic is the greatest mascot (sorry, Moose). The hometown crowd is very vocal and even boos their own players when they make an error, but otherwise, the folks we met were friendly and helpful to us out-of-towners. The park itself is rather mid-tier—no really “wow” factor, and we sadly didn’t get to see the homerun bell in action. Took over an hour to get out of the parking lot afterwards—craziness!
An interactive map of the ballpark and extensive surface parking around it:
Philadelphia:

Citizens Bank Park:

Home of the Philadelphia Phillies:

Selfie:

Crabfries:

Chicken donuts and crabfries:

Baseball stadium passport stamp:

Jenn with a model Phillie Phanatic:

Peach parfait:

View from our seats, Section 132, Row 26, Seats 1-2:


The Phillie Phanatic:


Play ball:



Camera guy and a dancing fan:




Exploring the ballpark:










Beverages:

Attendance 41,321:

Run scores:



Scores:

Phillies win!

We visited the Cape May Lighthouse, and the nearby beach, with the ruins of Battery 223 on the beach.
Cape May Lighthouse:

Birdhouses:


Cape May Lighthouse:








Battery 223:



The beach, with the waves coming in at an angle:


The remains of an elaborate sandcastle, with the lighthouse in the background:


We drove our coach 164 miles, about three hours of driving, from College Park, Maryland to Ocean View, New Jersey.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading east:

An interactive map:
Fort McHenry Tunnel, under the Baltimore harbor:



Roadworks with a very close barrier on I-95 North:

Rest stop:

Crab for lunch… a mistake, as it took about 25 minutes to get the food:


Susquehanna River:

Fun with zoom:

Welcome to Delaware, blink and you’ll miss it:

Toll plaza:

Delaware Memorial Bridge:


Welcome to New Jersey:

Truck rest area:

Muffler man statue:

Our destination:

I previously posted about using a sewer tote and macerator pump to empty our waste tanks. Here’s another example of doing this, with a variation to cope with parking in front of our coach.
I dumped when our gray and black waste tanks reached 50%; we could have been conservative and made it the week with that space, but it was nice not to need to do so:

The wet bay, with the power for the macerator hooked up, along with the sewer pipe:

The macerator pump, hooked up to a sewer hose and a garden hose dedicated to this purpose:

When parked in front of the coach, it’s a bit longer to get from the wet bay to the truck:

The hose into the tote in the back of the (pollen-y) truck:

Filling the tote:

8% gray and 13% black after the first dump; I fully emptied them the day before we departed, which took another two dumps (with the liquids added after the first dump):

Dumping from the truck at the dump station:

The tote in the back of the truck while dumping:

It’s nice to have this option when we don’t have a sewer hookup.
We drove our coach 214 miles, about five hours of driving, from Saint Marys, Georgia to Charleston, South Carolina.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading north:

An interactive map:
Joining I-95 North:

Bridge:

Buc-ees under construction:

Rest area:

Paladin on the driver chair:

Rainy:

Having a snack while watching the map showing lightning nearby:

US Air Force plane outside an Air Force museum:

Heavy traffic:

Welcome to South Carolina:

Rest area:

Charleston exit:

Arriving at James Island County Park:

Check in:

Arriving at our site:

We drove our coach 273 miles, about five hours of driving, from Wauchula, Florida to Saint Marys, Georgia.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading north:

An interactive map:
A tight corner leaving the campground, made more tricky by vehicles parked close to the road, but we didn’t have any difficulties:

I-4 East:

Rest area:

Heavy traffic and an RV on the side of the freeway:


Traffic cams with our coach:


Passing downtown Orlando:

I-95 North; we appreciate road markings on lanes to make it very clear where we need to be:

Snuggly Paladin:


Handy rest area truck parking spaces available sign:

Rest area:

I suspect they don’t want anyone parking there:

Fuel stop:

$296.20 of diesel, before our discount:

Rainy:

The Napoleon Bonaparte Broward bridge aka Dames Point bridge in Jacksonville, lost in the clouds. Apparently some Floridians are scared of this bridge, because it’s so high (and Floridians aren’t used to high places, being such a flat state!):

Thank you for visiting Florida:

Welcome to Georgia, state of inconveniently-placed poles:

Sub outside Kings Bay Sub Base:

Crooked River State Park:

Our site:

We attended a spring training game at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida, between the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Phillies.



Grand Slam Grill:

Lunch:

Beverage:

Distance sign:

Outfield chairs:

Bullpens:


Big D:


Play ball:



Automated Ball-Strike challenge, being tested in spring training:



Mascot:



