Well the long anticipated wedding has come and gone. We spent most of our days waiting and our nights sleeping where we could, including some nights in a hotel! We made it back to Covenant Life Church, where they gave us more bread and then we went onward to the service. It was very nice and the reception was most enjoyable. Ben and I were made honorary groomsmen and even helped a little.
After breakfast on Monday, we made our way south through New York, to Pennsylvania again, where we visited the Martin guitar factory, both the original and the modern one. We went on a free tour and got to play some really fancy, expensive models. And by play, I mean they played and I plinked around with the few things I know how to play.

The 1,000,000th Martin Guitar.
We moved onward to Easton, where the Crayola factory is located. Unfortunately, we didn't have $30 to spare for all of us to go on the tour, so we saw the world's largest crayon and moved on to Philadelphia.

We spent a night outside Philly, in a hospital parking lot, where met the police the following morning. Again, the cops were very gracious and nice and we made our way into town. In town, we were met by an avalanche of history. We found relatively cheap parking (read: less than $4 for the first 20 min.) and saw the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, the National Portrait Gallery, the First National Bank, the Second National Bank and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the American Revolution.

Now we are in New Jersey, hoping to see some of New York City tomorrow.
Penn Pizza when I was in the Navy some 25 years ago in Philly was the best pizza I had ever had - It was in Runnameade, NJ just over the bridge from Philly. Don't know if it is any good anymore.
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HI, I just drove past you in New Haven, CT. While you're here you should get pizza at Frank Pepe Pizza on Wooster St. It's well worth the extra time you may spend here. Good luck and enjoy the rest of your trip!
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