Hershey Pennsylvania - We didn't go to the amusement park.  This is too "trashy" and we don't like them as a family.  I don't mind amusement parks, Monika hates them and the kids are ambivalent.  We did go to the Chocolate World tour though as well as the Museum. Funny how the walkways are designed to funnel all the people into the Park and not into the Museum...

Gettysburg Museum - We stopped at the National Park Service Museum in Gettysburg where we saw the Cyclorama and the Electric Map.  A very interesting place once you learn a bit of the history.   One thing always amazes me about that battlefield: In 1863 over three days in July over 50,000 people were killed/wounded.  From 1959-1975 57,000 people were killed in Vietnam.  Think about it.

Fallingwater - Built by the Kaufman family (as in department stores) by Frank Lloyd Wright in the 1930's.  The building is on top of a waterfall (the waterfall does not run through the house as some people believe.)  This place looks very modern, almost as if it was built in the 1960's.  Hard to believe it is more like 60 years old.

SeaWorld of Ohio - (Now closed) - This was the goal of the trip.  It was a good place to go, but way to commercial.   We did take a behind the scenes tour that was interesting.  It is interesting to see all of the different animals, but I would rather see them in the wild.  The kids did have a good time though.

Niagara Falls - We last went there when Anna was little.  Ten years is a long time, and Eva and Maria have never seen the Falls, so we decided to stop there on the way to see Grandma and Grandpa...

Rush, NY - My home town and still the home of my parents.  I was last there in 1993 so it was good to go back and see my roots.  Anna got to drive a tractor, and we went to a few interesting places.