We’re currently on a family road trip to Tennessee for Thanksgiving. We left Friday afternoon and got as far as Parsippany, New Jersey before a 5-mile traffic tie-up convinced us to stop for the night a little early and give the kids some extra time in the pool. Judging from the number of dead deer we saw along the road the next morning, it was probably a good idea to travel that stretch during the day.
Saturday, Ben and Aliya were pushing to try to make it all the way to Tennessee, but 12 hours in the car didn’t fly with me. I’ve had a tough time convincing the rest of the family that it’s all about the journey, and they really didn’t want to stop. I forced the issue and we decided to stop at the Whitaker Center in Harrisburg. We almost detoured instead to the Thanksgiving parade that we happened to arrive just in time for, but I got outvoted on that one.
The Whitaker Center turned out to be great! Even better, we got in for free because of our Museum of Science membership. It had a ton of interesting exhibits and it was almost deserted. We spent a couple of hours there and then Ben, Adlani, and Norah had lunch while Aliya and I went to the capitol complex to check out some doors for my other blog.
Here are some photos from the Whitaker Center:
This was my favorite exhibit – a graffiti wall that you paint on with an electronic spray can.
The hurricane chamber:
After we were finished at the museum, we got on the road and headed for Roanoke, to have dinner at Blues Barbecue. We had eaten there on another road trip and it was worth a return visit. Norah passed out, but not before she finished her chicken nuggets.
