Re: 2006 GWA Conference

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In a message dated 9/3/2006 3:52:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
info@cobrahead.com writes:
I wish I had gone to Valley Forge.  It was across the street from the hotel. 
B.C. Manion from Tampa told me she walked over there from the hotel, but it 
was a harrowing trip across freeways.  Had I thought, I might have taken a 
cab.
Noel - goos meeting you at the show - glad you took advantage of so many of 
the offerings.

I too regretted not getting over to Valley Forge but was told you canNOT walk 
and must take a hotel shuttle, cab or drive over - and then it was a 2.5 hour 
tram ride around the grounds - so that was a 3+ hour time investment we never 
had a break for in our schedule. I try to make a point of seeing everything I 
can at every travel opportunity - you never know if you'll ever be back that 
way again.

But I do not feel too bad now about missing it - after returning home last 
week I talked to a few history buffs and they said the park site is a "fake" - 
basically constructed by the Boy Scouts in the '60s - much like Jamestown and 
Williamsburg it is for tourists -- may be on "hallowed ground", but not much 
authentic left there to see.

Sincerely,
Kathy Jentz
Editor/Publisher
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