Today we ended the friends and family portion of our little (ok, huge) vacation. Our route to New York and ultimately Vermont tomorrow took us right through Allentown, PA. Mike’s Uncle George and Aunt De live there and invited us to stop by. It’s been well over 10 years since we last saw George and De. George meg Alex when he was a baby, but nether had met Ben. We had a lovely lunch together catching up on all of our lives. They’ve got an adorable little shih tzu named Chloe that BFN was having a blast playing with. It was a very lovely visit, and again, made me resolve to do a much better job keeping in touch with family. We have one more family stop in the works near the end of the trip. It was very nice to have all of this time with everyone the past week.
Heading out of Allentown we drove through the Delaware Water Gap and ended up in Poughkeepsie for the night. We got a little bit of a later start leaving Allentown than anticipated so we missed the visitor center and the all important park map. No worries though, we found a place with a bit of s guide map and were able to explore a little of the scenery. We stopped at Raymondskill Falls, very pretty waterfall. Leaving the gap we strayed just far enough off the route to venture into New Jersey and officially add that state to our list for this trip.
And here we are in Poughkeepsie, NY for the evening. Got a bit of a drive to Vermont tomorrow, lots to stop and see and do along the way. Tomorrow is officially the end of week 3, the halfway point. When we started I couldn’t see how we could possibly be gone for so long. At this point it now feels like time is slipping by way too fast and I can’t believe we are halfway done already. I want to devour every moment of this trip.
One more thing... big thanks to Uncle George for noticing that one of our brake lights had gone out. Happily there was a replacement bulb in the glove box and with borrowed tools it was a quick and easy fix. Brown Car is serving us very well thus far.
Oh, and the daily weather report... showers leaving Gettysburg this morning. They cleared out by the time we hit Allentown, made for a bit of a muggy afternoon there but not too bad. We headed pretty much north today so the temps are dropping a bit. Looks like we’re in good shape for Vermont. Not checking the weather in Acadia just yet! Very lovely here in Poughkeepsie tonight, in fact it’s on the verge of being almost cool.
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