Day three, pleasant, despite the weather

It was an eventful day even though I only made two visits. Due to miscommunication, I spent over an hour sitting in Helen Ericson’s home driveway while she sat in her store, Teach and Learn, wondering what had happened to me. No worries. By the end of the day I was able to backtrack and had a good visit with Helen. We laughed about my long trek through the suburbs. Helen and her husband, Lance, own Teach and Learn in Southampton. They have been in business for the past 20 years and their store draws teachers from Montgomery, Bucks and Philadelphia counties. You can learn more about Teach and Learn by visiting their fine website @ www.iteachandlearn.com.

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Outside of Teach and Learn [left] Helen shows off her eye catching window display before showing me the inside of the store [right].

I also stopped in at the Becker’s Headquarters and Distribution Center in Philly, where I met with Rob Bonczkiewicz the catalog manager. You’ll find many of our titles in Becker’s catalog. The distribution center supplies Becker’s 10 retail stores, sprinkled across Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

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Inside Becker's warehouse. What a stunning catalog Rob is holding!

Other than getting lost on my way from Philadelphia to Lancaster, PA, it was smooth sailing. Well, except for having to deal with some thick fog that made me pull off the highway at a small town about 60 miles short of Lancaster. I’m a firm believer in not taking unnecessary risks. I found a nice little hotel, bunked down for the night, (with my laptop close by so I could check my emails), and figured I’d just get an earlier start in the morning so I’d be on time for my appointments in Lancaster on the 13th.