The Philadelphia Story

With only 6 days left in the Non-Rev Challenge, it was time for the Bozoners to kick things into high gear and complete as many of the remaining tasks as possible.  Caitlin headed to the City of Brotherly Love for her adventure.  She approached the information booth at the Philadelphia airport to inquire about transportation options to her assigned task.  The information booth lady did her one better--she GAVE her a free day pass!  Apparently, someone earlier that morning had purchased a day pass, used it, and then gave it to the information lady to "pay it forward".   Caitlin boarded the train with her FREE day pass and city map.

She struck up a conversation with her seat mate (who took the above photo), who is an AirTran Airlines employee named Charles.  On their ride into the city center, Charles gave Caitlin the "run down" on downtown Philadelphia and pointed out locations on the city map.  He was extremely helpful and very funny.  When the train arrived into downtown Philadelphia, Charles gave Caitlin these words of advice before he went on his way:  "Watch out for the downtown traffic.  They WILL hit you!"  Thanks Charles!

It was an absolutely beautiful fall day in Philadelphia.  Caitlin made her way through the downtown streets to complete Task #53--With the Liberty Bell (point value:  10, photo credit to German tourist Stephan)

Before heading back to the airport for the next Challenge task, Caitlin spent some time in Philadelphia.  She went to the Philadelphia Museum of Art because of its famous steps.  These are the steps that Sylvester Stallone ran up in "Rocky" when he was training to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World!  Caitlin decided running up steps would be very cool (more specifically, just the top 3-4 steps).  Notice all the other "runners" around her!  Thanks to Philadelphia resident, Tim, for taking the photo.

As you recall in the "Rocky" movies, Rocky's training diet consisted of a lot of raw eggs.  Caitlin considered this, but then opted for a different training diet--an authentic Philly CheeseSteak from Sonny's.

 The employees of Sonny's were very funny and very gracious.  When I told them I had never had an "authentic" Philly CheeseSteak, there was a lot of dramatic throwing their hands up in the air and "Oh my Gawd"-ing.  It was DELICIOUS and a million times better than raw eggs.

But enough dilly-dallying.  It was time to head back to the airport for more adventure.  Stay tuned...