Philadelphia

Josh signed up to take the Physical Exam portion of his Boards almost 6 months ago. The plan was for him to fly to Philadelphia (the only place in the country that the exam is offered) and to come back the same weekend. Then we looked into plane tickets, and it's not cheap to fly to Philly, even though it's only an 8 hour drive. So we changed our plans, and he was going to drive. Two days before we left, the question arose "Hey, if we're already paying for gas and hotels, why not make it a mini-vacation?"

We left Thursday afternoon and drove back Sunday. We saw the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, The Rocky Statue (and the steps that he ran up at the Art Museum), ate Cheesesteak, and went to museums. Liam also took his first swim in the hotel pool (and loved it!). It was a nice mini-vacation (as long as Josh passed his test- we'll find out in 8-10 weeks!).

By the way, we used the name your own price feature on Priceline again, and only paid $40/night each night we were there for suite-style rooms- with full kitchen, even a dishwasher! I highly recommend that website!

Here is Liam after he ran up the Rocky Steps.