We drove through New Jersey (tick). Bought petrol, went for a walk in a wood but really just ticked it off. We went through the toll system which will always bite us as there’s no way to register the hire car with their electronic system, and as they don’t take cash it means at some point the rental company gets a note of the outstanding payment and pays it and charges us $25 for the privelege.
Back in Pennsylvania. Billy Joel’s “Allentown”.
Well, we're living here in Allentown
And they're closing all the factories down
Out in Bethlehem, they're killing time
Filling out forms, standing in line
We went to Allentown’s Art Gallery.
A walk around some of the town (looking for a t-shirt that said ‘Allentown’ - failed), and a nice lunch of avocado and egg.
From September 1777 to June 1778, the State House bell was hidden at the Zion’s Reformed Church. The Continental congress removed Philadelphia’s bells fearing British destruction. The bell, now known as the Liberty Bell, was transferred into a national symbol by abolitionists.
To our hotel in Bethlehem, which is also in the first verse of “Allentown”.