{"id":7775,"date":"2026-09-20T22:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T22:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/?p=7775"},"modified":"2026-09-20T22:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T22:13:07","slug":"christmas-travels-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/?p=7775","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Travels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

12\/19\/25<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are headed to NY to visit Mom’s side of the family<\/strong>. Of course Mom had our window clings:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s quite a process:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Very festive over here.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lizzy made a marine life themed display:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rachel went up to copilot while Mom relaxed in the backseat (a little less stressful for Mom in the backseat):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lizzy was knocked out pretty quickly:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We made it to Salem, Virginia!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12\/20\/25<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A good hotel breakfast is very important to\u00a0Dad! This Holiday Inn Express had a Very good breakfast.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mom was quite please with the breakfast as well!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rachel took the co-pilot seat:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And Lizzy took her favorite position:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We actually asked for a winter hike so we jumped on a portion of the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania and hiked out to Hawk Rock<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rachel had a book on tape ready:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was pretty cold!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Icicles!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It got<\/strong> rocky and steep:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The halfway mark to the Hawk Rock:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We made it!<\/strong> Looking over the edge of Hawk Rock:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Awesome hike on a beautiful cool day!:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We were all enjoying the views!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rachel and Mom were chillin’ on Hawk Rock:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Susquehanna River:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We took a steep way back:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A successful hike (although Mom fall on a slippery boulder but just a bruised wrist):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We drove to Williamsport, Pennsylvania and stopped at a Giant grocery store. This robot followed us around the store:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We got to the hotel and Rachel painted all of our nails!! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We ate the dinner we got at the grocery store and then Mom had a gift for us:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the hotel we wanted something to do so Mom gave us an early Christmas present. The card game Monopoly Deal:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lizzy snuggled up in the cozy blanket hoodie that Lilly gave her and we all relaxed.<\/strong> Tomorrow we will go to church in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and then head to NY.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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12\/19\/25 We are headed to NY to visit Mom’s side of the family. Of course Mom had our window clings: It’s quite a process: Lizzy made a marine life themed display: Rachel went up to copilot while Mom relaxed in the backseat (a little less stressful for Mom in the backseat): Lizzy was knocked out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7809,"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7775\/revisions\/7809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}