Trip Credit! Day 3 and our Trek Home!


We checked out of our hotel and made our way to Love Park. It was pretty awesome that our hotel was willing to hold our luggage for the day so we didn't have to take it with us. We briefly stopped here on Friday, but the line for photos was way too long so we decided to come back today for the photo op! 

Then, we made our way to the Franklin Institute! 








We grabbed a bite to eat at the cafe and then made our way to the old city with our first stop being at Betsy Ross's house-


Clearly, the houses were built much smaller back then! (Definitely not made for the height of my boys!)


I love that there are so many parks and statues all around the city. So much history to soak up wherever you are! 

Our next and "final" stop of the trip was the National Constitution Center-








We could have spent the entire day there, but had to go through pretty quickly in order to take in as much of it as possible before leaving for the airport. 

We caught the 6pm flight to Chicago, our connecting flight was delayed to Green Bay. We had originally thought we would drive home on Sunday night when we arrived in Green Bay, but opted to spend the night with the delay and the late arrival. 



Our drive home on Monday morning wasn't without adventure... We stopped for cheese at Seguins, and then our Suburban broke down near Gladstone. Fortunately, our good friend Carroll Ann came to the rescue and we made it home Monday afternoon- just in time to get ready for the first week of school! 



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