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05-18-06:
Jonas points: We're going to climb Mount Jo! |
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05-18-06:
The entrance to Adirondak Loj, the trailhead for many hikes in the
High Peaks area. |
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05-18-06:
Some beautiful yet strange-looking orange fungus. |
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05-18-06:
Jonas on the trail to Mount Jo. |
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05-18-06:
A slightly blurry Julia on the trail to Mount Jo. |
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05-18-06:
An enormous boulder next to the trail. |
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05-18-06:
A view from the top of Mount Jo. Just when we arrived at the top, the
sun came out! |
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05-18-06:
Another view from Mount Jo. Heart Lake can be seen in the distance. |
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05-18-06:
Jonas getting his picture taken while taking a picture. |
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05-18-06:
A sunnier
view of the High Peaks in the distance. |
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05-18-06:
Another view from the top of Mount Jo. |
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05-18-06:
Some nice bracket fungus on Mount Jo. |
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05-18-06:
Julia strolling back
to the trailhead on the way back from Mount Jo. |
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05-18-06:
Julia at the 7-course(!) Festival of Food and Wine that our hotel, The
Mirror Lake Inn, was hosting. |
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05-18-06:
Jonas hungrily waiting for his next course. |
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05-18-06:
Julia enjoying some sorbet. |
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05-18-06:
Julia reading the menu program to find out which course is being
served next. |
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05-18-06:
Jonas samples some of the wine. |
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05-18-06:
Here we are toasting a fantastic vacation! |
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05-18-06:
One of the festival organizers making a little speech. |
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05-18-06:
Other guests and one of the chefs who prepared one of the night's
courses. |
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05-18-06:
Hey, here we are again, having more drinks! |
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05-18-06:
A slightly tipsy Julia waiting for the elevator back to our room. |
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05-18-06:
Jonas in the hotel hallway. |
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05-18-06:
Julia hits the sack soon after. She was still suffering from a cold
picked up a few days earlier. |
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05-20-06:
As part of a geocaching walking tour of Philadelphia, we were
instructed to call this phone number for more clues. |
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05-20-06:
Some sightseeing: Here is a timeline of Benjamin Franklin's life. |
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05-20-06:
Sightseeing: Some quotes about Benjamin Franklin near his monument. |
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05-20-06:
Sightseeing: Independence Hall in Philadelphia. |
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05-20-06:
Sightseeing: Jonas viewing an original portion of the US Constitution.
The room is very dark to preserve it by protecting it from harmful
light. |
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05-20-06:
Jonas standing in the
middle of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge between Pennsylvania and New
Jersey, trying to find a geocache hidden there. |
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05-20-06:
In order to look less suspicious while on the bridge, Julia snaps a
few pictures. Here is a view downstream of the Delaware River. |
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05-20-06:
This is the view of Philadelphia from the middle of the Benjamin
Franklin Bridge. |
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05-20-06:
We asked some locals to direct us to the best Philly cheese steak in
town, and the general consensus seemed to be Cosmi's Deli! |
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05-20-06:
Jonas declares that it's the best Philly cheese steak he's ever had! |
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05-20-06:
Not far from our hotel in New Jersey, we found an unexpected gem of a
restaurant, Swedes Inn. It was Saturday night with live music, and
local favorite Mike Dugan was playing. |
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05-20-06:
Jonas listening to the
band. |
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05-20-06:
Julia coyly eating
some delicious cheesecake. |
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05-20-06:
Julia outside the restaurant -- satiated, content and tired. |
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05-21-06:
Julia on the plane back home after a fantastic trip! |
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