Yesterday I drove up to Philly to hang out with my friend Rachel. I met her a handful of years ago on the internet via her blog. Since she was such a great tour guide while we were in Osaka, I thought it would be fun to meet up with her while she was in Philly. She hadn’t been to Eastern State yet and I decided to give her my version of the tour.
I left Virginia at about 11am on Thursday and it took me four hours to get to Philly when it really should have taken three. Due to the amount of construction on various spots of 95 and some crappy traffic in the major cities, it took longer than I expected. I ended up making it to my final destination at about 3pm but it gave us enough time to check out the wonders of urban decay. While this place is in the middle of the city itself. Would that make it rural decay? I suppose it wouldn’t but the prison has been at this site for well over one hundred years.
Kate and I went to Eastern State about a year ago but there were a few new sections set up that were not there a year ago. They now have some cameras set up in the old guard towers and you can control them so that you can survey the entire area. The newly restored synagogue was a bit more interesting, though. In the picture to the left, you can see the Star of David which was actually on that door at one time.
All in all, my short trip to Philly was awesome. It was great to hang out with Rachel and her friends and it was probably good that I got away from DC a bit. I tend to not leave the house for days at a time and I get a little stir crazy from time to time. Trips like this certainly do take the edge off. When I got home today around noon, I realized I was just way too tired to work on a comic. It’s amazing how much it drains you to be in a car for about 8 hours of the course of a day. I’ll get back to work on things on Monday.
