20251026-Head of the Schuylkill (Philadelphia) Regatta

為了參加這一場短暫卻很遙遠的賽事，差點給我們累壞了，兩天來回共開了700英里。費城是一座人文底蘊深厚的城市，有看頭也有不少美食，但是時間太短了，真的猶如蜻蜓點水到此一遊。

自由鐘（英語：Liberty Bell），又稱獨立鐘，過去稱為州議會大廈鐘（英語：State House Bell）或舊州議會大廈鐘（英語：Old State House Bell），是美國獨立的標誌性象徵，象徵著自由和公正。

房間望外的景觀

第一天下午我們老倆口趁5:15PM集合前，先走到自由鐘打卡

草莓公館，這是全國性比賽，會場的停車位有限，隔天我們沒地方停車，只好停到這裏，然後再走40分鐘左右到會場

我們老倆口自己點外賣，就不去跟年輕人吃披薩

費城華埠

October 26 (Sunday): Head of the Schuylkill (Philadelphia) *overnight trip*

Hotel Info

• The team hotel is the Hampton Inn Philadelphia Center City- Convention Center.

• 1301 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107

• The hotel offers Valet parking for $47/day

• In/out privileges are available

• Parking lot is one block from hotel in an uncovered lot

• Since we’ll need to check out before heading to the race site, the hotel will store luggage if you don’t want to leave it in your car.

• Check in time is 3:00 (but if you’re there early and your room is not ready, store the luggage and explore Philly!)

Saturday Night Dinner

• We will be serving pizza dinner to the athletes at the hotel the night before the race (Saturday night).

• Dinner will be at 6:00. Please plan to arrive in time for dinner.

• Parents are on their own for dinner

• The hotel has a list of nearby restaurants

Getting to the Race Site

• It has been highly recommended that we use Uber/Lyft/Taxi or walk to the race site - based on conversations with people from Philly (including a race official), it will be a hectic drive and there is limited parking close to the race site

• In case rideshare/taxi is not a viable option due to cost/demand, we have a task in the signup genius (see below) for parents to carpool/drive athletes to the race site

• We are trying to minimize our contribution to the congestion on race day!

• If you choose to walk, it is a safe walk. It’s about 2 miles (45 min average pace) from the hotel to Boathouse Row.

• If you take the Benjamin Franklin parkway, you’ll go by the Art Museum, where you can stop and take a picture with Rocky!

• More information can be found on the HOSR website: https://hosr.org/directions/ 

• Updates will be coming later this week with lineups and when athletes need to be at the race site