We definitely paid the price for getting into Philly late. We arrived about 1 AM and got settled by 1:30 or so. The boys slept a little in the car but did wake up on the arrival. They did a pretty good job of settling in. Fortunately, there was no rush in getting up. As mentioned previously, we realized in Hartford, CT that we had left the City Passes that we had purchased in MA. As luck would have it, we had some friends coming today for a wedding in Philly. The were going to bail us out and bring the non-replaceable, "treat like cash", Passes and leave them at the front desk of their hotel for us. Talk about the luck o' the Irish.
Today was pretty stressful. It was hot. The boys were overtired. Mom and Dad were cranky and tired. We walked the length of the city. We carried water but there was probably some dehydration going on. The boys were certainly not at their best. I can't put my finger on the whole problem but while we saw quite a bit of the city, it was not a great start to the family vacation. We couldn't see the attractions without the passes. But we still got to see the outskirts of Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the USS New Jersey, the ferry, and took a Haunted Trolley Tour of the city.
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