I remember what I was going to blog about yesterday: we passed a house that someone had painted: "Bob the I in Kind" on, and I was puzzled until looking again and realizing it said: "Be the I in Kind." So I was going to call the post "Bob the I in Kind," but I could not recall the story yesterday evening while blogging.
We wondered if our room had a poltergeist because we kept hearing strange sounds, like someone was trying to break in the door. I thought I saw a piece of white cloth fall, and even heard it, so I went over to check, but there was nothing there. Tiffy pointed out it was probably light reflecting off the plastic over her dress, which was moving from the ventilation in the room, and the sound was probably the plastic flapping. That was fine, but then after the Brewers won she turned off the TV and we went to bed... and then the TV began to flash. She unplugged it, and we slept soundly with no more incidents.
Today we thought we were too late for the hotel breakfast, but it didn't matter because we had our leftover Chipotle to eat. I was so enamored of the view out the windows of our hotel that Tiffy didn't push the button for the elevator.
But suddenly the elevator opened, and nobody was on it. That was convenient, but when we were checking out, a floor below us was lit up like someone had pushed the button... BUT NOBODY WAS ON THE ELEVATOR. Oh, and there was still food left at breakfast, so we had that and our leftovers.
I did get a video of the beautiful foliage as we drove along.
We drove past State College, and wow is that gorgeous! We could see the Penn State campus up on the top of a hill, but it was too quick for me to get a photo. We drove to Harrisburg but couldn't find a place to park, so we just took photos of the Capitol from the car.
That second one was taken by Tiffy. I'm sure it's lovely inside, but where do people park?
We drove to the Dutch Haven in Lancaster, but it was already 2:30 in the afternoon and we hadn't eaten lunch yet, so we went to the restaurant next door. Even at that hour we had to wait, but it was a delicious buffet with fresh chicken and lots of vegetables. Everything was so tasty, because it was probably really fresh. They had TONS of desserts, but I was only going to take the apple pan dowdy to go with the shoo-fly pie (like the song); however, I had to try little bites of some of the other stuff too. So then we went for a walk before having the shoo-fly pie, and I saw this weird little cloud. Or is it steam?
Then we went back to Dutch Haven, and I got the classic shoo-fly pie while Tiffy got the chocolate shoo-fly pie. I really liked it, and I can't compare it to anything I've ever had before. They heated it up for us and put lots of whipped cream on it, so it was a little like a very gooey molasses cookie with a crust, covered in whipped cream. Then I shopped there a little, getting Travalon a shirt that says "Intercourse, Pennsylvania" and just what I needed for myself - another bucket hat. But it's tie-dyed and matched my Key West shirt. Here I am in front of Dutch Haven.
We went shopping some more, and one place advertised "quillows," which I assumed were quilted pillows, so I got one.
But it unfolds to be a quilt! That's nothing to see - it's just dark green. We walked around and saw lots of other stuff too, like very old buildings and very old gas pumps.
And I found this colorful dead bug which is apparently invasive.
Then we drove some back roads where things looked exactly like paintings I've seen of Amish Country, heading toward King of Prussia. The traffic was really bad outside of Philly, so the phone suggested an alternate way that took us across a flooded road. It was really scenic though, going through Bryn Mawr, which is apparently where the wealthy people live. I really had to powder my nose, so we stopped at a Wawa that was not a gas station, just a convenience store, and it didn't have a bathroom. Finally we got to the hotel and used the bathroom quickly before checking in. The people who work at this hotel are very friendly, and the view outside of our room is so pretty.
Then we went for a short walk to find the bus stops near our hotel, and we found some lit-up buildings.
We went down to the bar for a late, light dinner (I just had hummus and falafel), and we watched the Brewers. Then we got tired, so we moved up to the room. Our TV doesn't show that station, so Tiffy is watching them on her phone and updating me. If they win this game, they will be in the World Series for the first time since 1981!
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