Can we just stay here?

Wow.  This is the view from our twenty-third-floor window - Logan Circle, with Swann Fountain in the middle, the Franklin Institute and the Free Library on either side of Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the Philadelphia Art Museum in the distance.  We are very impressed.

Our suite is perfect for our situation... lots of floor space for the kids, a toddler-safe balcony, a separate bedroom where Jordan and Aaron are sleeping even now, and a good desk for Dale to keep pounding away at his dissertation in the wee hours.  Even a sleeper sofa if he needs it.  Cooked-to-order breakfast downstairs, included in the price of the room.  Dale and I were immediately looking at each other with that should-we-stay-longer? look.  we don't think so...kids back to school and all that.  It sure is nice though.

The drive here was not too bad; three hours.  The kids did not nap and the rain was a drag, but our new GPS was a treat.  Jordan loves it.  "Mama, see that little car there?  That's like our car!"  "Daddy, are you turning left on 27th Avenue like she said?"  "Can we bring that computer to Seattle?"  Yes, indeed, all the way to Seattle.  (Jordan has learned to ask, lately, whether we are bringing items of interest to Seattle or selling them at a yard sale.)

The plan for tomorrow is the Franklin Institute in the morning and the Reading Market for an early dinner.  Sunday morning we'll do the Liberty Bell and whatever else tempts us in the Independence Hall zone.  We are not cramming our days full of activity:  we're all pretty tired already.  But we plan to enjoy ourselves.