Harrisburg, PA

Harrisburg, PA is located in the South Central part of Pennsylvania.  Harrisburg is near a lot of Tourist Attractions like Hershey Park, Penn National Race Track in Grantsville, and Amish Country around Lancaster.  If you go there for vacation, you will have plenty to do.  Harrisburg also has a new Civil War Museum that is a chronicle of the events leading up to and through the Civil War period.  If you are a Civil War buff, I highly recommend a visit to the Civil War Museum.

Harrisburg also has a lot of Restaurants, Bars, and a decent Night Life downtown.  The state of Pennsylvania is a little archaic when it comes to the alcohol laws.  If you want to buy Beer to bring to the house, you have to go to a State owned store and buy beer by the case.  if you want to get just a six pack, then you have to go to a Bar that is licensed to sell it that way.  This is often very expensive.

Veteran's will find plenty of Fraternity Clubs in the Harrisburg, PA area to visit.  The American Legion has so many Posts, I can't even count them.  There are also plenty of VFWs, and other private Clubs to go to as well. 

Penn National Race Track over in neighboring Grantville is just a 15 minute drive east on I-81.  They have temporarily closed the Horse Races while they renovate the building for the Hollywood Casino that is expected to open in February of 2008.  Right now you can still go there and bet on Horses in their new Off Track Betting Parlor that they built next to the main building.  I found out the hard way that children under 18 are no longer allowed in since they started renovating the main building.  If you would like to learn about betting strategies using Exactas, Trifectas, and Superfectas, follow my link to the Pari-mutuel Page where I explain how to place these more exotic and potentially rewarding bets.  The Hollywood Casino is expected to be full of Slot Machines, but I heard that Table Games may be installed as well.