We left Williamsfield about 11 on Monday and drove to Washington, PA. The KOA book described this campground as being on a bluff overlooking the town. I almost got a nosebleed as we drove up the steep driveway to our campsite. YIKES!
On Tuesday we drove to the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum where we rode the STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE which had been used in New Orleans until the 1950's. After the trolley ride we had a guided tour of the car barn and of particular interest was the open trolley car that had been gotten from Brazil.
From the Trolley Museum we drove to Monongahela, PA to the Memory Tree and Yarn Branch, a small yarn shop with more yarns of various types than I've ever seen before. The mother/daughter team that was working was very knowledgeable about the various yarns, and I fell in love with a super soft yarn to make a shawl for myself. I also bought a ceramic yarn bowl.
We drove back to Washington and toured the LeMoyne House, PAs first National Landmark of the Underground Railroad. It's named for Dr. Francis Julius LeMoyne whose father built the house in 1812. Dr. LeMoyne was an inventor, physician, and prominent abolitionist. He also built the first crematory in the Western Hemisphere with the first cremation occurring in 1876 .
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