I wonder if it is opening Sunday?!?!?!?

While getting ready to leave, Randy decided that the bike rack needs to go because it is tearing up the roof on the pop-up. You can see where it has scratched and dented the top of the pop-up. The kids are really upset with this idea but it is what we need to do. The bike rack also adds about an extra hour to our departure time so in the end, it would be a time saver. As we were about to head out, a man came over to talk to us. He was a very nice gentleman from Canada. We chatted for a bit about traveling and as we were about to leave he gave us $100. We were so surprised. The money could defintely be put to good use. This has been one of the many blessings that we have experienced while traveling.
Some of you might remember that Randy was taking pictures of the different NFL stadiums. This is where he sort of decided to cease this venture. As we were heading towards Buffalo, Randy had this "great" idea- we can go by the Bill's Stadium and get pictures. I use the trusty laptop to get the address and put it into our GPS. As we are just about to the stadium a thought suddenly pops into Randy's head- "Hey", he says, "Today is Sunday. I hope the Bills aren't playing at home today."
Guess what? It was opening Sunday and traffic was terrible. We ended up adding a least 2 hours onto our estimated drive time. We learned three things that day- 1. Check the game day schedule before you head that direction 2. The GPS looks for the shortest route, even if it is through mountains, we should have backtracked back to the Buffalo area so we would have been on a major highway, not little roads through little towns in mountainy areas -- which now leads me to point number three 3. Western New York has a few mountainy areas and we ended up driving through most of it. Randy was not a happy camper and decided that we would only go to the NFL stadiums if we were near them, no more driving out of the way, on days we shouldn't, through areas we know nothing about.
The drive to PA was beautiful. I really had no idea how beautiful this part of the country is. We took a few pictures but I am sure they don't show the debth and beauty of what we saw. We stopped by a roadside stand and bought some fresh peaches. They were so delicious. We had those as a snack as we entered into PA. The rest of the drive was uneventful but gorgeous. This is an area that I am so thankful we drove through while it was daylight. Our destination is Hershey, Pennsylvania. Here we will tour Gettysburg and the Hershey Chocolate Factory.
Those posts are coming soon.