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The Places I've traveled Part 3

     Darby Pennsylvania, I don't know why I took the time out to mention Darby. As I type this I really don't know. Darby sits right outside Philadelphia, I spent a lot of time out there mostly during my homeless faze living with friends. As far as I'm concerned there really isn't anything exciting that happens there. It's also close to my favorite part of Philadelphia which is South West Philadelphia it's always some positive fun to get into out there. In Darby there is also a huge raw African presence, I say that with the upmost respect. I feel like living there was an introduction to life in Africa in America. Everyone was always nice and willing to teach me a lot if I asked and they cooked some pretty good food. It sucks that I'm allergic to fish and seafood because most of their best dishes are made with it.

      Off to Altoona Pa, this was a really fun trip. Well it wasn't a trip at all it was a conference with my Job when I worked for a clinic in Philadelphia. I was a Certified Peer Specialist and we participated in a mental health and wellness conference located in the Altoona Grand Hotel. It was a nice trip Me, my supervisor, my mentor & a couple other people from the Peer Specialist family attended. We were there for two days and were given stipends for food. I was the only one that brought my swimsuit, my supervisor talking about how did I know to do that? I told him I went online a researched the hotel before we came. He laughed & said oh yeah the internet & walked away. Funny story, so you guys know I smokes the ganja, well of course this was a non smoking event. So at night I dressed in all black went high into the mountains & and hid in the trees and smoked my L. Funny thing was the security smelled it because I saw them down below in their lil golf carts trying to find out where it was coming from. I laughed so hard they were not going to find me. I did this for two days it was the best and I only smoked at night. It was a beautiful drive into the mountains of Altoona and I'm glad I was able to experience it.

     Harrisburg PA, I visited Harrisburg which is the Capitol of Pennsylvania. I've been there for different types of protest involving human rights and that time a friend and I visited Hershey's Chocolate World. That was a very fun experience. It is a great time for people of all ages the friend I went with was 75yrs old and I was about 36 & we had a wonderful time. I even brought back a lot of gifts for family and friends. I can't wait until I'm able to return, there were a couple of things I wanted to do that I didn't get to do that I will do next time.  

 

Photo taken by, Jodie Spartz


Next in no particular order we'll travel to Connecticut, Brockton Massachusetts, & Georgia
       

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  1. Wow there's a such thing as Hershey's Chocolate World. I've heard of Hershey Park tho.

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