 Past HOMER Trips &
Events
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2000
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Remember this ... |
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May
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Philadelphia Civil War Museum
& the Irish Pub |
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June
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Ellis Island & the Statue of
Liberty |
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July
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Tuckerton Seaport |
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| September |
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Initial
Organizational/Planning meeting for 2000/2001
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October
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Yuengling Brewery
& the Yuengling Mansion |
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2001
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| March |
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HOMER Tender Care
Transportation Training Meeting
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April
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Thomas
Edison House & Museum |
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May
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Gettysburg
Battlefield |
...the
cheapest Amaretto drinks ever? |
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June
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Dupont's
Hagley Museum in Delaware |
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June
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Camden
River Sharks baseball game |
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Summer
Pool Party at Peck's |
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August
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Helicopter
Museum in West Chester, PA |
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September
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Fort Mott
& the Riverfront Inn |
...with
our guide? |
| November |
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Planning
Meeting for 2002 |
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November
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Cooperstown
Baseball Hall of Fame
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...dinner
at the Otesaga Hotel |
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2002
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February
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Philadelphia
Phantoms Ice Hockey Game |
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March
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Battleship New Jersey
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April
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Trenton: State
Capitol Building tour w/State Senator Martha Bark
and tour of the New Jersey State Police Museum |
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May
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Antietam
Battlefield, Harpers Ferry & South Mountain |
...the motel from
hell?!!! |
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2003
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February
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Mutter
Museum, Philadelphia |
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April
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Kirby's Mill tour & So.
Jersey Air Museum
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May
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Fallings
Waters & Johnstown Flood National Park |
...cheapest
motel ever? |
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June
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Ground
Zero, NYC |
...we
were the six guys whose horse won the Kentucky Derby!
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July
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Eastern
State Penitentiary, Philadelphia |
...best guide ever?
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August
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Fort
Delaware and the Riverfront Inn |
...the
guide ate with us? |
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October
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Wharton/Esherick
Museum |
...really
good guide? |
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2004
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March
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Harley Davidson Factory tour |
...the 'closed' restaurant!? |
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April
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Burlington County Police Academy &
Firing Range |
...Snarly's nephew was our host? |
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August
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Circle Line Boat Tour of Manhattan Island
& the Intrepid |
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September
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National Air & Space Museum, DC and
monuments |
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October
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Golf Outing (later remembered)
at Golden Pheasant Golf Club |
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| November |
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National
Constitution Center, Philadelphia |
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2005
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January
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Philadelphia Auto
Show |
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April
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Tour of historic
Medford |
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May
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Wissahickon hike
of the Forbidden Drive |
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June
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Governor's Island
tour & boat ride to Manhattan |
...lunch on Wall
Street? ...Phil & Jerry lost bet? |
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September
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Segway
tour of Art Museum area of Philadelphia |
...felt like
'Rocky.' |
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October
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Millville
Air Museum |
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2006
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| January |
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Planning Meeting
for 2006
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McGuire
AFB & Fort Dix tour |
,,,seeing
and going into many planes? |
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April
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Ben
Franklin exhibit in Constitution Center & US Mint,
Philadelphia |
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May
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River Line
trainride to Trenton & return |
...lunch
in Riverside, then train to Camden |
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June
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Canoe trip in
Mike's Canoes on Batsto River to Batsto Lake |
...Phil's
over-exposure? |
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June
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Franklin
Institute: IMAX Theatre, Planetarium |
...lunch
at a good pub? |
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July
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Wall Street &
NY Stock Exchange |
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August
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Marine Barracks'
Evening Parade in DC & American History Museum |
...first
class service? |
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September
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Kayak
lessons from L.L.Bean |
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October
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Dover
AFB Mobility Museum & Lunch at Sambo's |
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2007
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May
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Appalachian Trail
hike in upstate Pennsylvania |
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June
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Sailing trip on
Barnegat Bay on Charlie's sailboat |
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September
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Kayak trip on
Schuylkill River/Canal in Mont Clare, PA |
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October
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Segway trip in
Annapolis & NSA Museum in Fort Meade, MD |
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October
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Burlington County
Jail & NOAA Weather Bureau, Mt. Holly |
...another good
guide? |
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2008
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April
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Rodin Museum
& Philadelphia Water Works
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July
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N.Y. Mets game at Shea
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Aug
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Medford Canoe Trip |
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September
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Website Rebuilding Meeting.
Only three of us, but it was all HOMER business. |
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October
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Segway trip to Gettysburg
Battlefield |
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2009
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| January |
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Planning Meeting for
2009
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March
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Simeone Car Museum |
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April
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Burlington County Recycle
Center |
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June
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Civil War
Battlefields in Fredericksburg, VA
& Marine Corps Museum |
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September
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Homer Golf Outing |
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2010
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April
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John Wilkes Booth Escape
Route Tour and more! |
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June
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New
Jersey Maritime History Museum |
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August
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Phillies
Game versus the Astros*
*Houston won 4 - 2 after 16 innings. |
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September
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Lakehurst
Naval Air Station & Historical Society
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Kayak Trip
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| 2011 |
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| May
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Washington,
DC: Air & Space Museum, Spy Museum, Phillies &
Nationals Baseball Game
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June
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Rio
Grande, New Jersey: Naval Air Station, Vietnam Museum,
drinks at Pete's, sun-set retreat (gathering of the
colors - Ole Glory - on Flag Day) on the beach at West
Cape May , and dinner at a Cape May pub.
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October |
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Trip to Lewes & Rehobeth Beach Delaware:
Delaware State Police Museum, Dogfish Brewery,
U. of De Wind Farm, the Zwanendaal Museum, the
Overfalls Lightship and Fort Miles. AND, we will
never forget the Kobe Beef Hamburgers at the Buttery
in Lewes.
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| 2012 |
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| April |
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Tour of
the American Water Treatment Plant and the Roebling
Museum
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May |
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Tour
of Atlantic County Wind Mills, a great lunch and a
stop to see Lucy the Elephant
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| September |
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Golf
Outing
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| September |
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Fishing
Trip
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December
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HOMERS at the movies. Lunch at Applebee's
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December 31, 2012
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General George Meade's
Birthday Party, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia |
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| 2013 |
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| February 27, 2013 |
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Steel Toe Tour of the Harley-Davidson Motor
Company, York, Pa.
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| April 23, 2013 |
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Martin
Guitar Plant Tour, Nazareth, Pa
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| May 23, 2013 |
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September
11th Memorial, New York City |
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| July 23, 2013 |
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HOMERS at
the movies, again! Lunch at Applebee's,
again!!
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| October
23, 2013 |
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Trenton
Barracks Museum and State Police Museum |
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| November
4 & 5, 2013 |
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HOMERs On
Segways at Gettysburg
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| November 26, 2013 |
 
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HOMER trip
to the Philadelphia Mint & HNO at Rich's
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| 2014 |
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| May 21, 2014 |
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HOMER
trip to American Philosophical Society Museum's
JEFFERSON exhibit
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June 3
& 4, 2014
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Overnight to Washington, DC for Phillies game
against the Nationals and a tour of the White House.
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