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     Or that's at least what those of us from the South call going somewhere like Pennsylvania. Now grant it, I am not the most Southern person there is, but I am still used to the whole smiling-at-a-person-when-you-make-eye-contact thing that we do here in Texas and the neighboring states. It's not so much like that in PA...but that's ok, what would travel be if it was all the same?      Well, I went to Grantham, PA (not Lisburn, but the dang sit...

some sights of USA

Hello everyone!! My name is Mandy McFadden and I am the social media specialist at Ripple Effects Interactive, an interactive agency in Pittsburgh, PA. I have been given the opportunity to create a travel blog for the state of PA. The blog will focus on tourism and travel throughout the state of PA. The blog isn't up and running yet, we are anticipating an early October launch. In the meantime, feel free to check out www.rippleeffectsinteractive.com and www.visitpa.com. I enjoy this sit...

Once again, we are driving without any direction.  We get to Pine Grove KOA campground.  They do not have any campsites left but allow us to camp in the parking lot...it is 7pm so we take them up on that offer!  This is unlike any campground i've been to.  They have an amusement park (except they didn't have "real" carnies), arcade and karaoke!  We let the kids ride a few rides and then headed to bed.

Well it is September and we headed to the North East for this years vacation.

Personally - I can't stand shopping. I'm not good at mixing and matching tops and bottoms, shirts with ties etc. But I need clothes so Once or twice a year me and a group of friends all drive down to Pennsylvania to shop at the Prime Outlet Mall in Butler, PA. Its a huge plaza of outlet malls where you can get alot of good deals and there is no taxes to add to bill in PA so $$$goes pretty far. The shopping trip turns into a fun weekend roadtrip where we shop by day and party by night.

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The East Coast

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Went on a day trip to an Apple Festival in Peddler's Village, PA. They had artisans selling their handmade crafts, street performers, little shops and, of course, apples.

Okay, I wanted to post some new pics but didn't want to write a Blog about everyone of them because they are from different places and different times. Every pic has a story of it's own so feel free to ask about any of them and I will be more than glad to answer. :)

My third trip to SoCal was for Labor Day weekend to relax and avoid the sun.

We stayed near Shanksville so we could make the short drive to see the site of the 9/11 plane crash.  It was humbling.  The site of the crash was actually beautiful, as you can see from the pictures.  It was one of the highest points for miles around.  Shanksville is so small...you can't actually stay in the town.

Distance: 124 milesSights:  Rodin MuseumPhiladelphia Musuem of ArtOld CityLiberty BellBetsy Ross HouseChrist ChurchElfreth's AlleyFranklin CourtArch House Meeting HouseIndependence National Historic ParkCongress HallIndependnce HallReal World House- corner of Third and Arch- is now an Art Gallery