Life in the left lane

I'm at an Econolodge in Shamokin Dam, PA, typing on the common computer here. I read all my recent emails and got one from my son who just moved to Edgewater, a neighborhood in Chicago, Ill. I just read the Edgewater Wiki article (but don't quiz me on all the streets and neighborhoods. Next time I visit, I'd like to go to a Swedish resturant and try lutefisk, featured sometime on Prarie Home Companion. I think the Swedes also make a berry syrup (can't remember which berry) that I've had on pancakes.
It was rainy today, but Dad and I drove by "Saint Monicas," once St. Michael's, In Sunbury, PA, where I went to school from K-4, and 679 King St. The concrete step in the front of the house has shrunk tremendously from my childhood days when I'd sit there to put my roller skates on.
We also saw the Joseph Priestly House (quiz points to anyone who knows his place in history), which I'd never visited,Priestley's grave, and up and down the streets of Norry (a.k.a. Northumberland, Penna. Then we drove to Danville and my birth hospital, Geisinger. The East Entrance, which was around in 1956, still houses the birth center. I suppose it was called a maternity ward back then.
The old Cherokee Merck Plant in Danville is now owned by Cherokee Pharmaceuticals. We drove into the visitor's parking (there's a guard house and fence, so we couldn't see the building Dad worked in) and took a few pictures. On our way out, I noticed a SUV following us. Once we got comfortably back in Danville proper, it turned around - it was a CP security car. Gee, I've never been suspected of espionage!
Looking forward to Dad's special day tomorrow. He is a charter member of the Susquehanna Chapter of the American Chemical Society and will speak at a reception at the Priestley house. Tonight we're going to check out Ted's Landing for supper. We had lunch at the Pine Barn Inn just down the hill from Geisinger. Dad remembers when Mrs. Bush owned it. It really was a livery and horse barn. A doc at Geisinger in the early 1900s stabled his horse there, or so the menu stated.
When I figure out how to post pix, I'll post them here.