I was offered an opportunity to tour Three Mile Island Unit 2 after working in the nuclear industry for close to 10 years. It’s one of those things which I can speak intelligently about it (”yeah, a PORV stuck open”) but I never thought I would be able to visit the site in person.
From left to right: me, Gail, and Dana, at the TMI-2 Control Room
Although the site is located near Middletown, PA, it was close enough to Harrisburg for me to collect all the local ECs.
New ECs from Bass Pro Shops Harrisburg, PA
New ECs from PA Turnpike - Highspire Service Plaza Harrisburg, PA
New ECs from Whitaker Center of Science and the Arts Harrisburg, PA
One of my first trades of the year… that went downhill straight away.
Tom offered these wonderful Disneyland quarters. After he mailed them, I realized that I didn’t have a single coin he asked off of my trade list. Yes, I felt horrible about lying online… I sent Tom what I hope was enough money to cover the cost.
New Disneyland ECs.
I’ve been trying to get back into the hobby through buying and trading coins. Haven’t been very successful so far however…
eBay has close to 5,000 listings of elongated coins at any given time. Going through each one is absolutely exhausting. No matter how I sort, I usually don’t get through all the pages. If I use “Price + Shipping: highest first”, I end up gawking at how expensive the coins are (and getting a smug feeling when I have a copy of the coin in my own collection.) I swear Disney coins weren’t so expensive 10 years ago…
I’m also drawn to those “X different ECs for Y dollars” listings, even though I never purchased any. To think, going through a bag of 1000 ECs will be absolutely wonderful and dreadful at the same time. I’ll be able to fill a few boxes of traders for sure.
Speaking of traders, my trade list is out of date 
I was in the middle of an exchange with Don when I realized that I couldn’t find 4 out of 6 of the coins he asked for. This is a nightmare! Did I have a whole other bag of trades somewhere and just left them behind when I moved?? Maybe it’s time to figure out another trading organization system…
The last of my coins from the Savannah trip was scanned and cataloged today. I wonder why, with four or five machine locations on River Street, I only visited two shops.
Here’s a picture of the Waving Girl statue:
And the coin that accompanies the scene. Perfect depiction:
New ECs from Basket Bears & T’s Oh My Savannah, GA
