This picture is from a 2017 trip I called Swede Mysteries of Life. DNA tests had revealed a branch of the family with connections to Philadelphia previously unknown to my Ohio clan, so an uncle, two, cousins, and I headed there for some research and recreation. By spending a couple of nights near the city’s Independence National Park, we were able to include a look at some of our nation’s history along with some of our family’s. The ship in the picture is a reproduction of the Kalmar Nyckel which brought our ancestors here in the seventeenth century. There’s no question that our afternoon cruise on the reproduction was infinitely more comfortable than their ocean crossing voyage.

Trip Peeks are short articles published when my world is too busy or too boring for a current events piece to be completed in time for the Sunday posting. In addition to a photo thumbnail from a completed road trip, each Peek includes a brief description of that photo plus links to the full-sized photo and the associated trip journal.