DAY 24: YO ADRIAN, WE DID(N'T DO) IT!

"Let me tell you something you already know.The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place, and I don’t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life." - Rocky Balboa.

As forecast, the weather turned nasty in Philly today. Real nasty.

Overnight rain resulted in black ice on the roads this morning. Getting in and out of the city was looking impossible. Accidents and highway closures flooded the news and stuck right in the middle of a 20-car pile up was our tour guide. Thankfully he was ok, but his car wasn't - Rocky tour cancelled :(

It's been nothing but heavy rain all day, so we've been pretty much stuck in our hotel room for most of it. On the plus side, I'm so glad now we did the steps yesterday - but would you believe only an hour or so after we left, Rocky himself, Sylvester Stallone, showed up?!?!

Photos of him posing with surprised tourists, fists raised, recreating that iconic scene at the top of the steps are flooding social media and local news sites, just as I'm getting word of our tour's demise. I tell ya, it was like raw salt straight into an open wound!

"But it ain’t about how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!"

So with that Rocky wisdom ringing in my ears, I realise you can't help bad luck. We've got so much to be thankful for with how the rest of this holiday has panned out, there's no use in getting hung up over one bad day.

Onward and upward - tomorrow we're Boston bound!