RBMS Roadtrip underway...

Things 1 & 2 and I left Sat. and made my sister's my bedtime (dinner
at Rein's en route). Sister et al in Maine, so we had the house to
ourselves. Left for Philly in the morn...after hiding to traditional
Fresh Trout (should be relatively easy to find when they return in a
week or so...)

Philly was great, though we really needed much more time (we are
planning another assault next Sunday). We started at Declaration
House, then the Liberty Bell and Franklin Court.

Lunch was great. The boys had never had Philly Cheese Steaks. We
scoped out what appeared to be the best street vendor on Independance
Square and were not disappointed. T1 deemed it "the best sandwich I've
ever had" & T2 quickly concurred. As luck would have it, there was a
pretty great gay pride/rights parade through the middle on
Independence Square...fun to watch and a good stepping off point to
talk with the boys (as were the handful of intensely hateful
protesters).

We then headed over to the Rosenbach Museum (see image). We were given
a private tour that was the best I've had. The boys were amazing (as
they were all day). They asked great questions and correctly answered
all that our guide threw at them (including several tricky ones). We
picked up a bit of Bloomsday material and headed to the out-laws home
in Annapolis. DC tomorrow.