7 More Days, 10 More States

OH, WV, PA, MD, DC, DE, NJ, NY, CT, Rhode Island!

Arrived in Rhode Island this morning after 7 more days of travel and 10 more states! Don't have many photos to share this time; we have been moving rapidly through familiar states and a good part of our days have been just driving. We did, however, have a couple of great stops along the way. We spent two great days visiting with our son Nick in Pittsburgh over mother's day weekend. Our visit included some Pittsburgh touring, some car repair, drinks at a few beer hot spots and some late afternoon biking on a portion of the Great Allegheny Passage bike trail. The weekend culminated with a great Mother's Day breakfast that Nick cooked for us before we took off on Sunday.

Andre & Nick replacing the battery on Nick's 2009 Prius
200,000 miles+  and still going strong!

Next, it was on to a couple of great days visiting Andre's sister Rose and her husband Terry in Washington, DC. While there, we watched some exciting DC sports (Sorry about the Capitals guys!), took some long walks around their Mt. Pleasant neighborhood and visited some of our regular DC haunts, including the National Zoo, which is within walking distance. As always, we enjoyed great accommodations at "Chez Audette/Lynch", especially sitting out, enjoying the early mornings in their lovely patio garden haven. This would be a great place to insert a photo wouldn't it? So sorry I neglected to take one!

I do have this cute photo of their dog "Zorro", though
 who accompanied us on many walks!

Our final stop before heading north toward Rhode Island was Wilmington Delaware to visit our son Dylan and his girlfriend Vicki. We enjoyed visiting with them in the evenings and kept ourselves occupied and out of their hair during the day so as not to interrupt their very busy professional lives. Dylan is finishing up writing his doctoral dissertation, and Vicki (an MD) is working long hours at a nearby hospital where she is finishing her first year of medical residency.

We spent one of the mornings going to a nearby lab to complete our mandatory pre-employment drug screening for the Yellowstone job that starts on June 8th. On the second day, we managed to sneak in a drive to the Dogfish Head brewery in Milton, DE and of course, just happened upon a special (Free) beer tasting event that was part of American Craft Beer Week. Honest, we don't plan these things - they just happen to us!



The tasting room at Dogfish Head Brewery
 

We said goodbye to Dylan and Vicki after dinner last night and headed north. Driving a few hours then stopping to sleep in a rest area for a few hours before getting up again to cross through New York while traffic was relatively quiet.  We caught a few more hours of sleep in Connecticut and then finished the drive to Rhode Island - crossing the state line around 9 Am.  We will do some much anticipated visiting with friends and family in New England for the next 10 days or so, then head back to Delaware to celebrate Dylan's graduation before finally heading to our summer jobs at Yellowstone National Park.

One funny surprise - Andre got a call asking if he would be available to go back to Florida to complete one more assignment, so his job that we thought was finished was not quite finished yet. He will fly to Miami on Monday, do a school visit on Tuesday and fly back to Rhode Island late Wednesday morning. I guess it really isn't over until the fat lady sings....