We found a new complex to explore.  There is actually some work being done on it, so you can't explore everything about it.  And, I think they use a part of it for a haunted house in the fall months as well, so that makes it a little extra creepy.  Granted, I assume the buildings used specifically for that are locked down pretty tight so as to not have anythings stolen.  Regardless, Adri and I live by the urban exploration mantra of "Take nothing but photographs.  Leave nothing but footprints."

I found this location through a website, http://www.opacity.us that my brother-in-law Chopper introduced me to.  Come to find out, the location is only about 15 minutes away from us.  It took us a bit to find a place that we could park and then hike in.  But, once we got to the complex itself, oh boy was it worth it.  We didn't have a ton of time so we only got into one building, but there are many more to come.  This it the front of the building that we did get into.  It actually wasn't hard, no breaking and entering here.

Once inside, we saw some of the most interesting decay we've ever seen.  It was truly a sight to be seen and shared.

We've only just begun exploring this complex.  We'll be back.  There are a couple other buildings we are curious about, including this one...

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Gasser's in an Abandoned Haven

As you may well know, Adri and I have an obsession with abandoned places.  Well, about a month ago we ran across a place about 15 minutes from where we live.  We told ourselves that we needed to look into it and go spend some time there.  I looked it up on Google Earth and found out that it is the Linfield Industrial Park.

Apparently it has been abandoned and for sale since the 70's.  Some guy owns it and every time someone makes an offer he increases the price, so no one ever buys it.  In the time we were there we saw a mother and her son walking around with their dog and a hunter walking through on his way back to the woods to go hunting.  We talked with him for about 20 minutes and found out that the locals walk around in there or through there all the time.

In total we were there for over 3 hours exploring and taking pictures, and we didn't even see the entire place.  Apparently it is 2,000,000 square feet of pure abandonment.  We will for sure be headed back when it gets warmer outside and the green starts to come back.

So, I wanted to share a number of the pictures that we got while we were there.  First, here are my favorites...

Now, some of the others that I really liked, just not my favorites...

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Christmas in Utah

This is going to be a shorter post, mainly because I didn't take a ton of photos at Christmas this year.  Don't get me wrong, I took my camera, I just didn't pull it out much.  I did have a GoPro with me as we went sledding and snowboarding, but those pictures will come later... hopefully with a video.

So, Christmas in 2012... 

We went to Logan, Utah to spend the holidays with Adri's family there.  It snowed almost the entire time we were there, which is a lot more than it has ever snowed here (granted we've only been in Pennsylvania for a couple months).

We spent the majority of the time relaxing and just enjoying the company of Adrienne's family.  Really, the vacation was much needed and a lot of fun.  Good for the both of us.  Good for Adri to be able to see them, and good for me to continue to get to know them.

Just before we went to Utah we took a quick trip down to Washington, D.C. to go to the temple, see the Christmas lights and see my brother Jeff.  I wanted to share just two quick pictures from that.  Especially since at Christmas time it is the birth of Christ that we celebrate.

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Our Final Californian Adventure

So, Adrienne and I decided that we really wanted to do something random, something you may not expect someone to do before they move away from the state.  We thought for a long time about it, and what did we decide.  Well...

We went to Disneyland!!!!! (and the beach)

I know, I know, not original at all.  Who wouldn't expect someone to go do that right before they leave, right?  Well, we didn't just go to Disneyland... we added a twist to it.

No we didn't, yes we did.  We dressed up as Waldo and Wenda and ran around Disneyland for a couple hours.  In fact, we left early because Adri was getting sick of people yelling "I found them!" or something similar to that every 10 seconds.  I actually rather enjoyed it, and played as though I didn't know what was going on.  We had people ask to take pictures with us to send back to their kids and other family to say they "finally found us," and even some people were sneaking them.  I wanted to look at one kid and just say, "You might as well take it with me staring at you.  I mean, it isn't like I don't realize what I look like right now."  We had a ton of fun!

So, for your viewing pleasure, here are some of the places that we took pictures of us playing "Where's Waldo?"  Now that I have uploaded them to my computer, they really aren't all that hard to spot us, but it was really fun anyway.

We look a bit like creepers in some of them, but who cares? We had a blast!  Enjoy!  P.S. You can click on them to make them bigger if you really need to.

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