Schuylkill River in Philadelphia

On 22nd March 2008, we spent a day in the famous Philadelphia Zoo. It is the first zoo in America chartered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on 21st March 1859, opened on 1st July 1874 due to the Civil War. The zoo is located at the west bank of the Schuylkill river in Philadelphia. The east side of the river is New Jersey.

When we got on to the helium balloon which rose up 400 feet high in the air, we were given a wonderful view of the Philadelphia downtown. When we looked closer across the river in New Jersey side, we saw a few houses by the cape. At the tip of the cape, there is a house right by the river. It would be really nice to sit in that house by the window to have a 270 degree view of the river and have a cup of tea or coffee.