{"id":597,"date":"2011-07-01T04:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T04:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/07\/road-trip-2011-a-few-hours-at-penn-state.html"},"modified":"2011-07-01T04:12:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-01T04:12:00","slug":"road-trip-2011-a-few-hours-at-penn-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/07\/road-trip-2011-a-few-hours-at-penn-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Trip 2011: A Few Hours at Penn State…."},"content":{"rendered":"

We had an invitation up to visit a famous (in N-scale model railroading circles) basement model railroad in Lewistown, PA<\/a>, while we were in Hershey for the N-Scale Convention.  I asked if we could “swing by” Penn State at least for lunch and some souvenir shopping.  Lewistown is about 1\/2 hour southeast of Penn State.<\/p>\n

We had a good time, with lunch at The Corner Room,<\/a> stops at our favorite souvenir stores (Student Book Store<\/a>, Family Clothesline<\/a> and McClanahan’s<\/a>), and of course pictures at the Nittany Lion!<\/p>\n

The boys had fun posing all over the lion.  Then we used a nearby garbage can as a poor-man’s tripod to get a nice family shot.  I was quite impressed!<\/p>\n

We wrapped up our short visit with a trip to the Creamery<\/a>*…yum!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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I’m a bad bad Penn State alumna — I didn’t bring PSU clothing for the boys on our trip.  They didn’t get new t-shirts until about 2 hours after this picture.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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This fine photo is courtesy of a well-placed garbage can near the Lion.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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