Thursday, October 5, 2006
It was definitely cooler this morning but the skies cleared before noon and there was no rain. We traveled east to Valley Forge National Historic Park. The auto trail encampment tour took us around the various locations where a combined force of 12000 members of the Continental Army weathered the harsh winter of 1778. We enjoyed a picnic lunch at the Washington Memorial Chapel and then drove to the King of Prussia mall for a walk around this large, upscale shopping center. We saw an Eckerd store inside the mall and thought it may well be the last one we’ll ever see. Then back to our cottage where we walked some of the trails on the property and met the owners’ dogs. Back into Gap for dinner at the Gap Diner and finally home to the cottage to review our photos and prepare for bed.