A quick trip to Philly

 Since we bought the car, we thought we should go see some close by tourist spots.  1st stop, Philadelphia!

 We spent the night in Valley Forge and then headed over to the Adventure Aquarium..  VERY COOL place.

 The boys loved the touch exhibits.

 Although, we had to warm Luke up to touching the sting rays and star fish.

 We got to see a fun 4D shark IMAX

 And my favorite was the Hippopotamuses.

 Those beasts are huge... I think they might have been my favorite part of the aquarium.

 They also had a very cool shark tunnel the the shark swam right over the top and around you.

 Of course, we had to climb on a few toys while we were there too.

 Then off to downtown philly and some more historical sights.  On the capital grounds we were lucky enough to see a colonial marching group. 

 Taylor loved these guys and we waited in line to see the liberty bell while we listened to these guys.

 The boys got sweet pictures with the soldiers and got to hold their rifles.

 A couple pictures exploring a Hum V.

 This exhibit was cool.  The boys were all trying to copy the original handwriting of Thomas Jefferson's writing of the Declaration of Independence.  He was able to write really small and really neat.

 Of course, we can't go to Philly and not hit the art museum stairs that Rocky Ran up.  They even had a statue built because he has made the place so famous!

 My favorite were the homeless guys that were making money off us.  One was showing us where to park (which was actually really helpful) and one was taking pictures for groups... all for a little tip of course. :)

 Jake's artistic picture above on the footprints of ROCKY!

 All 5 of them ran up the steps... so impressive. Thanks Philly for a great couple days of touring!