Wednesday, 10 June (Philadelphia Day 1): Since it had stopped raining during the night and the forecast called for possible light showers in the late afternoon, we decided to spend the day in Philadelphia. After my 6:30am run to the distant Landhome Foods store for coffee, we drove to the nearest train station at Thorndale. It was probably only 10 or 15 miles away, but on narrow, winding roads. We parked our car in the “daily use” lost, paid the four quarters (no bills please!), and hopped aboard the train to Philadelphia’s Market Street Station near the Independence Hall Visitors Center. The round trip cost $12 each, but you can save a couple of dollars if you buy the ticket ahead of time… somewhere. The train took about an hour and a half, since it stopped
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