Philadelphia - feeling more like a home

Three weekends ago I discovered the beautiful, long bike path that runs along the Shukyll river. It wanders away from Center City, passes through Fairmount Park and continues on for a long way. I don't know how far it goes since I got off at the cute city of Manayunk: a former industrial town now fully revitalized with boutique shops and baby-boomer Harley Davidson riders.

There were a lot of things on this bike ride that reminded me of growing up in Virginia:
romantic bridges...
hospitality...
shallow rivers and dense forests...
...and honeysuckle - one of my favorite smells ever ...