Day 54

Vacation Day 10: Sunday was moving day. Headed up the road to Baltimore. A friend from high school (Sheryl Goering) lives in a suburb just a couple miles off the interstate. She gave me good directions but instead of turning left at the bottom of the exit ramp, I went right. So I just did what any tourist would do- went to the next intersection and turned around. No sooner had I started a U-turn than a black Suburban with its lights on pulls up and ask me what I think I'm doing. Seems I picked the NSA driveway. For those of you who don't know what the NSA is, NSA stands for National Security Agency. They coordinate the FBI, CIA and a bunch of acronyms I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you. Needless to say, no one turns around in their driveway without special permission. I explained I was from Kansas and that seemed to clear everything up. He politely pointed me in the right direction and we got to Sheryl's place without having to give up a child or do any jail time.

The rest of the way to Philly was uneventful. Today we went 80 in a 55 to keep from getting run over. Don't know if we have hit the limit yet. Took the west by-pass around Philly and the PA turnpike going east on the north side. Our Holiday Inn Express is in a suburb called Warminster. This hotel ranks right up there with Zanesville's. Very nice and very helpful staff.

We watched some TV before going to bed. Some shows we have grown to love on this trip are "Pawn Stars" (they run a pawn shop in Las Vegas), "American Pickers" (they travel the country-side looking for antiques), and "Top Shot" (reality show to find the best shooter using a variety of weapons).

Monday- We planned to have a lazy morning and then head to downtown Philly. We enjoyed being lazy so much, we changed it to Lazy Monday. I've been trying to keep up with running my 4 miles on the treadmill so I got that out of the way first thing. Then Carson and I had the pool all to ourselves. This afternoon the kids played some Wii while I napped and Sal took a walk. This evening we went to "Roman Delight" for pizza and then saw Toy Story 3. Great movie. I would highly recommend it. As good or better than the first, if that is possible. Carson laughed and laughed. On the way home we were already quoting lines.