Philadelphia anyone?

Went to Philadelphia 'once'.

The cab drivers wouldn't even drive me down at night to see the tall ships that had arrived there the city is so bad. I was 'very' disappointed at how they had allowed the city where all our country's heritage sits get so bad. :( Just saying, ask around 'before' you head out to make it an RV destination.

Good choice! Eastern State is incredibly interesting. I would start at the visitors center and take the Phlash. It's a shuttle bus you can get on and off for very little cost. Many historical sites to see. Unfortunately, I've never camped in the area, but we're thinking about it this coming season as we'll.

Try the KOA in West Chester, PA. Also must see is longwood Gardens.

The USS New Jersey is on one side of the river, and the USS Olympia is on the other. Makes a heck of a contrast, even tho' the two designs are only about 50 years apart. The old Oly is so run down and neglected it's a dam' national disgrace (so much for 'Remember the Maine!'). Not much of the Jersey was open ~5 years ago when I visited, but you could go into one of the 16" turrets and onto the bridge.

Jim, "Democracy, your vote counts. Feudalism, your Count votes."

Philly's a very artsy town: Philadelphia Museum of Art, (where Sylvester Stallone famously ran up and down the stairs) in Rocky, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and The Rodin Museum, to name a few faves.

The Mutter Museum is also in Philly, if you're into that sort of thing.

And there's always the Philly Cheese Steak dilemma: Trying to figure out who makes better cheese steak sandwiches - Geno's or Pat's. It's a highly divisive issue in Philadelphia.

Oh yeah, and you might want to drop by and see that Liberty Bell thingy while you're there.

I am gonna get flak for this , but ...
Even though the US History lesson is there , I have to say that I have remarked often to my friends how unfriendly I found Philadelphia to be .
Pushing , shoving , a few rude folks , really soured me .
Probably due to the concentration of people .
On the other hand we thoroughly enjoyed Gettysburg , the Amish communities , York , Hershey , etc..
We mostly spent our time in the smaller communities of course and thoroughly enjoyed that .
We have travelled in 44 of the 50 states .
We spent a lot of time on that trip in Chicagoland , Boston , DC , for the big cities .
Of the big cities I was disappointed with Philly the most .

Lowsuv wrote:
I am gonna get flak for this , but ...
I have to say that I have remarked often to my friends how unfriendly I found Philadelphia to be. Pushing , shoving , a few rude folks , really soured me .

I love Philly, but I gotta admit you're right. It really can be that way.

We live outside the city and I don't do much in there at night. If you like live shows check out the Academy of Music and see if they have any shows you want to see when you get into town. The venue is historic and wonderful! If you want to see Independence Hall I suggest that you book your tickets on line. You have to pay a dollar or so, but you get a time you want to tour. If you are interested and want further info feel free to pm me. I've lived here my whole life:)

We are also planning on touring Philadelphia in June. I was wondering if anyone had a recommendation for a historic city tour?

Thanks for the ideas and information so far - it really helps the research! And... I didn't even think of the Rocky steps - we could have walked up them not even knowing...

I've been hanging out here for the last few hours...

Looks like there's a City Pass that gets you into a few places cheaper, but seems more family stuff than what we're interested in. We already did the zoos and science museums with the kids.

Thankfully there's lots of (free) NPS stuff in Philly. :)