When most people think back to their summer jobs, they usually recall rude patrons, long hours, stocking shelves or ringing up customers.  I will always remember being covered in soot, forgetting my bow tie, learning how to mix drinks, spilling hot chocolate, and talking to out-of-town visitors about Bucks County, PA (always discovering, to my [...]

Whether you come in the bright sunshine or come to a rainy Lancaster County, we’ve got tons of great things to do! Rain is a good thing for Lancaster, as it helps us to provide the freshest summer produce and ripest, juiciest fruit at our numerous farm markets and roadside stands.
So, if you find yourself [...]

There is a saying that goes something like this:  “Instead of worrying about the destination, focus on the journey… for it’s the journey that is truly important.”  So in that spirit, I’m going to focus on a fun way to journey across PA, wherever your final destination may be:  traveling via Amtrak.
Spring fever sent my [...]

The Schuylkill Valley Model Railroad Open House is “fun for kids of all ages”. Train lovers young and old will see freight and passenger car trains rumbling over 700 feet of track, over high trestle bridges, through towns, around mountains and through tunnels along the right of way from Reading to Philadelphia. Hundreds of buildings, [...]

Last week, while my wife and daughter were at a bridal shower, I took advantage of Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day to take my son to the National Toy Train Museum in Strasburg. The nearly empty parking lot was a stark contrast to the Strasburg Railroad less than a mile down the road.
Once inside, my four-year [...]

This summer I decided that rather than using my vacation time for the typical week at the beach,  I would spend some time with family back in Central Pennsylvania. Now I do manage to get home about one weekend every month but this time I went all out and spent nearly three weeks revisiting the [...]