8 Nights in the Camper - and Still Counting. Florida to Pennsylvania and Back

On Center St in Pottsville - the museum.
I am parked here now - Lulu is inside. 

I am sitting in front of the Schuylkill County Historical Society building in downtown Pottsville. We left Tallahassee FL on June 2nd - spending nights in South Carolina - North Carolina - Delaware - and now an extended stay in Tamaqua PA. We have slept 8 nights in the camper - and are still talking - so we must be doing okay. 

Besides getting to see lots of friends and family - we managed to stop by to see the church in Finksburg MD where we married 50 years ago. It was the first time we visited it since then. 

Lulu is doing research here on another project. She seldom shares details with me because I have a big mouth. She spent 5 hours in there yesterday - and is working on another 5 hours today - and then tomorrow. After struggling to get quarters for the meter - a local bank would not give me any because of a shortage - I downloaded the parking meter app - and paid online. 

I run into another snafu with Facebook. Normally I write a web page on here - www.harry.everhart.com - then put a link to Facebook. But now Facebook flags me every time I try to post my web site address. I think "cracker" has been put on some obscenity list. After 16 year of the Florida Coal Cracker Chronicles - I am considering a name change. 

In the Schuylkill County Historical Society - I looked around. They are not as organized as the Tamaqua Historical Society. They do have some nice pictures. I will post a few here and comment. 

I drove by the Schuylkill County Prison.
The place still scares me.

Tamaqua was a coal mining town -
railroad town - and dynamite town

A Tamaqua guy was killed at Gettysburg -
he went to college there.

The area was a hotbed of labor organization.
The Molly Maguires was a secret labor society.

Black Jack Kehoe was a Mollie -
not many know that his home in Girardville
was formerly the St Jerome Church in Tamaqua.

Kehoe was hung in the prison for murder. 

We have a busy rest of the year. Next week - we go to the Jersey Shore in Ocean City - where the cousins used to beach together in the 1960s. Then we stop in Richmond VA to see Drew and family. The week of June 22 to 25 - we will recreate our honeymoon from 50 years ago in Miami Beach. After that - we will fly to Europe from June 28 to August 30 - to vagabond around and get out of hot and humid Tallahassee this months. Finally - we plan to spend October and November in Australia. Lulu has a funded project there - and she must use it or lose it. Much of the time will be spent in Canberra (the capital) - Sidney - and Melbourne. 

The camper has been excellent. We have a king size bed and spent every night in it. Most of the time we slept with windows open - but the last 2 nights we turned on the AC. We are plugged into Lulu's old home to do that. The toilet has been fine - but here in town - we have been using the shower in Nancy's old home avoid having to fill our water tank much. The propane refrigerator keeps our food and drinks cold. On the way up Lulu cooked in the camper - even on the move. To get to the church on time - we both showered standing up in the camper while moving - one at a time - because the other was driving. The stove and water heater are propane powered. We have both a gas stove and an electric microwave. 

I am typing on our kitchen table - waiting for Lulu to come out for lunch.