June 2009 12 of 12 - A Short Trip Home

Credit for the 12 of 12 goes to Chad Darnell of course. ....Thanks Chad.

Today was a busy day for me. I had a dentist appointment back in Harrisburg at 12:15, needed to get a hair cut, had to work in the morning, and had to get back to Philly of course. I did find time to relax and spend some time with my mother.

Well here's my day...

4:09 am - Upper Darby, PA

After getting my shower I checked the radar. This last week it seemed if it wasn't raining, we either just got rained on or were about to get some more. This morning was no exception.

4:32am - City Line Ave, Philadelphia, PA

Morning commute... St. Joe's. It's really humiid out and due to the long exposure the lights all have halos.

6:28am - Roxborough/Philadelphia, PA

The lighting is still pretty bad so even with optical stabilization on my "critter cam" lens, this is the best shot I could get of this juvenile fox.

9:52am - PA Turnpike reststop somewhere outside Morgantown

On my way to Harrisburg... I didn't have breakfast yet this morning other than coffee, so I stopped and got a 3 pump 5 shot mocha. More coffee and less chocolate... Any more chocolate or less espresso and it tastes more like hot chocolate than mocha. ...Oh, I had a Key Lime crumb cake with it. Yummmm.

1:55pm - Colonial Park/Harrisburg, PA

Done with the dentist, got my hair cut, now I'm out with my mother at Cracker Barrel for lunch. ...catfish, hush puppies, steak fries, turnip greens (with pepper vinager of course), and corn muffins. I should have skipped the fries and muffins, but what the hey, you only live once.

4:37pm - Harrisburg

Sitting on the back porch with my mother. Here she is coming in after talking with a neighbor.

5:39pm - Harrisburg

As I'm getting ready to head back to Philly I decide to take this shot of the house where I grew up. It's been so long since I've lived here, but it still feels more like home than anyplace I've lived at since.

5:40pm - Harrisburg

I decide to listen to John Mayer for the ride home. Six miles down the road, I remember it's Funky Friday on WXPN and they have satellite stations all over. So I tune into XPN. My taste in music is pretty eclectic.

7:06pm - King of Prussia, PA

I decide to stop at King of Prussia mall to get a drink and something to eat. I don't stop up here very often even though I'm working closer to the mall. Brian McConnel is the Brew Master here at Rock Bottom Brew Pub. I love his IPAs and they have this one on an English beer engine.

7:17pm - King of Prussia, PA

I decide on the Ahi Tuna (rare of course) with rice and string beans. Again yummmm.

7:54pm - Rock Bottom Brew Pub ...still

Here's a run down of what's on tap. I like to sample more than one where ever I go, but the IPA is so good I stuck with that. After I left here I went to the camera shop in the mall to purchase a lens cap for the 35-70mm lens I won on E-bay, but they didn't have a 62mm lens cap... bummer.

9:37pm central time - Detroit, MI

Okay, I'm not in Detroit and it's 10:37pm eastern, but the clock is down to 00.0 secs and the Pittsburgh Penquins win the Stanley Cup ...Yippee!! It's been a great year for pro sports in PA.

Speaking of Pennsylvania sports, I have a bonus pic of last week's bike race in Philly. The Manyunk "Wall" as they call it is just a short walk from my workplace.

Extra Bonus Picture

I saw this guy back at the end of last month so I thought I would share him with you too.

Pileated Woodpecker

Just a reminder... the GPS data is imbedded in the EXIF if you want to see exactly where each photo was taken. Indoor pics won't have any GPS data and today I had some difficulty with my GPS so some of the outdoor pics are missing the data as well.

See you next month.