Philadelphia Revisited
I am visiting my Son, Evan and his wife, Kristin, here in Philadelphia. It is my first trip back to Philadelphia since they got married and purchased their townhouse. (Pictured above is your author with City Hall in the background.) The World Series games being played have been challenged by a Nor' easter . It delayed game three until 1:05 AM and game four indefinitely, as of this writing. The weather before this rain was beautiful and I took advantage of it by visiting many of the traditional tourist sites. I toured City Hall, the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Christ Church & Cementary , Elfreth's Alley, Henry F. Dupont's country estate Winterthur , Eastern State Penitentiary and Old Philadelphia. In Fodor's guide book it says that "long before the King of England bequeathed Pennsylvania to the good-hearted English aristocrat William Penn, its land had been home to tribal nations that reaped the bounty of its forested mountains, rushing rivers and f