Monday, August 22, 2022 (continued)
Back to Pennsylvania, but not going home quite yet!
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Southampton (PA) Train Station
(1892, by the Reading Railroad) |
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Old School Baptist Meetinghouse (1772)
is now an events venue |
Tonight we are staying at the Acts Southampton Estates in Lower Gwynedd Township, PA. It is a gated community on a 75-acre campus with about 281 independent living units, 38 assisted living units, and 118 beds in the skilled nursing facility.
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| The main entrance |
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| The lobby |
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A typical hallway, narrow with no room for extra
furniture, but every one has a mailbox |
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| The laundry room has its own water heater |
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| The Single-Stream Recycling poster! |
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They also recycle batteries, fluorescent light bulbs,
and plastic bags |
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| Proof that Southampton Estates does have a Train Room |
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| A large fitness center |
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| The pool |
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| There is also the "spa" |
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| A ping pong table ... |
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| ... and indoor shuffleboard |
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Southampton's 50th Annversary Heart House
was already on display |
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| The Chapel |
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| Gallery of resident artwork |
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| The Ben Franklin Dining Room |
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| The hallway for the dining rooms |
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| The Constitution Dining Room |
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The Independence Dining Room appeared to be for men only;
through the opaque doors is the William Penn Dining Room |
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| Outdoor dining area |
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| The Veterans Honor Roll |
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| Liberty Grille cafeteria |
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| Liberty Grille seating area |
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| There were four people working on this jigsaw puzzle! |
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| (The jigsaw puzzle was complete by the next morning!) |
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Mailroom (we did not see cubbies, but every
apartment had a mailbox with newspaper hooks) |
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| The library |
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| Low-vision reader in the library |
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| The computers were also in the library |
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| An ATM and bank services one day per week |
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| A convenience store rather than a gift shop |
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| A peek into the Woodshop |
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| Staff lounge |
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| Auditorium |
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| Card Room |
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| Sewing Room (we did not see any dedicated art room) |
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Above-ground connectors between buildings
A through H; this particular connector was called I-95 |
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| Inside I-95 |
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| No modern balcony railings here |
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| The recreation area had horseshoes, shuffleboard, and bocce |
Southampton Estates is located 1.5 miles from Warminster Hospital and 33 miles from the Philadelphia Airport.
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We had dinner at the Steam Pub, which was across
the street from the Southampton Train Station |
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| Southampton Estates grazers (KSS) |
