THE END OF OUR FIRST WEEK

We are currently in New London, CT with my cousin Christina and her husband Brian. Julia, Christina's sister, and her fiance Rick have also come down. We will be here all day Sunday and head off to Cape Cod early Monday morning.

We last left you in Philadelphia. We went to an amazing restaurant. But before this Melba prepared a small appetizer for us!! It was awesome.

She made us shrimp cocktail.
Then we got to take another taxi to dinner.
We ate at the City Tavern. We highly recommend this place to any and all who visit Philadelphia. It is a must see place.
It is completely authentic and the food is great. This is the same tavern Ben Franklin loved to dine in as well as many other of our founding fathers. It was even where they celebrated the first Fourth of July.

Can you believe how they wrap the leftovers?!! Way cool!

Margie just couldn't pass it up. The guy was on break, but he left his hat there. It was a golden oppurtunity.

For dessert we went to the "Naked Chocolate Cafe". It was fun and quite delicious.

The next morning came quick and sadly we had to leave Melba and Jack and continue on our adventure. Welcome to New Jersey.

Capitol #25! HALF WAY THERE!!!

Of course we had to get some Dunkin Donuts for breakfast. They are the best and not found where we live in Idaho.

We got a brief view of New York city as we cruised down the highway toward Connecticut.

Welcome to New York! Shortly after this we went through to Connecticut but they did not have a sign up. Sad...So we will get it on our way out of the state.

Out east they don't do yard sales or garage sales they have Tag sales. Margie found this fascinating and we stopped at a couple.

We also stopped at an estate sale. We sure wish we had a truck. There were several amazing furniture pieces we'd love to have and were very inexpensive but unfortunately they wouldn't fit in our small Civic.
Andrew went on a trip down memory lane as we visited a few homes he grew up in.

Andrew couldn't believe the play set his Dad built was still up after 20 years.

Andrew's parents built this house.
This is the where Andrew went to Elementary school

As many of you know Andrew is an avid PEZ collector. So we made our Mecca to the PEZ factory in Orange, CT. Unfortunately it is not open on Saturdays.

One of Andrew's favorite fast food joints as a young boy was Duchess. We made a quick stop for lunch. And it was just as he remembered.

Notice: Only the elderly may cross here. All others must find other means of crossing.

We made it. Christina made a great dinner and we enjoyed a fun evening on their deck with a BBQ and fire. PS: Their home is amazing. They are doing such a great job with it and it is coming along quite nicely. Christina has a great decoraters knack.