Philadelphia

Spent the day in Philly, most of the time at the time at Independence Park. Got there when they opened at 8:30.  Had a great time; enjoyed seeing the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. A lot of people to contend with,of course.  After there we drove down to Geno’s to have an original South Philly cheesesteak.  Most excellent !!  Had a hard time deciding between Pat’s and Geno’s, but Geno’s won out on a coin-flip.  I know it must have been good, as I was covered from shirt to shoes with Cheez Whiz that had dripped.  We were on our way to the art museum to see the Rocky statue, but there was no place to park we could find, so we kept on going back to the hotel.  Still had a few hours, so we decided to go to Valley Forge for a couple of hours, as from the hotel it  is only about 15 miles.  So, that is what we did.  Really enjoyed the auto tour (similar to Gettysburg) of the place where Washington wintered with his troops of the Continental Army in the winter of 1777 and 1778.After leaving there it was some dinner at California Pizza Kitchen and back to the hotel to get ready to head out in the morning for raceday at the Poconos.