Daniel Boone

Part of the fun of this crazy lifestyle is seeing places like the Daniel Boone Homestead.  It was not open for showing inside the day we dropped in, however we did drive through the grounds (lovely) and stopped at the visitor center.  Daniel Boone was born in Pennsylvania, however he was did not stay.  He moved on to NC. His family was quite prominent at one time in PA (he was a Quaker) but he wanted to marry outside the faith and that was the end of that... they ended up moving away. It's pretty cool they have kept the home though and the grounds because they are lovely and picnicing is allowed.  One other note, on the way here we passed through the town of Reading (like the railroad in Monopoly) - funny and to ride on the Ben Franklin Hwy was a kick too. How fun to have history in your backyard.  Too bad peopel in the west don't see it that way.  They seem to tear things down before anything can become historic or so it would seem.



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