Our trip from Williamsburg to Bethlehem PA was mostly uneventful. Brenda, bless her heart, took us into the heart of Washington DC instead of the Beltway around it. We did get to see the tops of the Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial and the Capitol while traveling over the Potomac River. Delaware has interesting parkway 'rest stops'. Actually they are called 'service stops', and feature several gas stations, several fast food chains, information booths, rest rooms, etc. Delaware doesn't take very long to get through. Brenda wanted us off the Interstate and into Philadelphia, but I put my foot down and went around that city - to head north toward Bethlehem.
We did have an interesting event. Letty was driving north on I378 - in the left lane, with 4 lanes completely full. I noticed there was a toll booth sign ahead, but the lane we were in took us around the booths at a pretty good clip. I figured there would be a booth ahead for us - there wasn't, so we proceeded the remaining miles to our exit, where there was a collection booth. When we stopped, the attendant looked at us and we looked at her. Finally Letty said, "How much is it?" "Where is your ticket?" "We don't have a ticket." "You have to have a ticket." "There was never a place for us to get a ticket." "You can't get on the toll road without a ticket." "We did!" The lady must have thought we robbed a bank. She wasn't particularly friendly!! "You will have to pay the full fare." "How much is the full fare?" "$24.95." I don't know that she heard my comment from the passenger side - "Welcome to Pennsylvania.". But we paid and arrived at my brother's house in time for dinner.
Bob could be considered a good chef. We had lamb chops grilled outside - best we have ever had. I could have eaten the whole bunch of them. Then last night we have cornish hen (grilled outside) flavored with an orange sauce. We spent awhile yesterday afternoon touring around - with a walking tour of the Moravian Colonial Settlement next to the river in Bethlehem. Tonight we are going to eat our and then attend South Pacific at the area's Shakespeare location.
Tomorrow we start west! It will take two long days of travel to get to our family cabin in Minnesota. We must go through Chicago :) I would rather go through there Saturday morning early than try to fight the Friday evening rush hour, so we will probably stay around South Bend, Indiana. If something interesting happens en route I will try to blog from there. I think there is no computer connection at the cabin. Probably my next blog opportunity will be from Rochester MN in the middle of next week.
Until then, stay in peace.
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