From the Pacific to the Atlantic

Friday, August 6^th - Okay, so I always get things backwards! Today, we walked across the sand into the Atlantic Ocean, and I can quite proudly say that I have taken my kids from the Pacific to the Atlantic. It was nice to cool off, too, it has been quite hot the last few days. I would have loved to stay longer to play in the sand or even go for a swim, but we only had one quarter to put into the parking meter, so we didn’t have long to enjoy the beautiful beach. We did manage to trap a lot of the sand and bring it back with us, though (not surprising, lol).

We actually started the day by sleeping in and missing out on the continental breakfast offered at our hotel, sigh. So we gave up on breakfast and headed in to Philadelphia to go to the Mutter Museum. It is a museum of medical anomalies, so there were some weird and disturbing sights to be seen. That is the place where the Siamese twins, Chang and Eng, were autopsied after their deaths. It was definitely.....interesting....check it out for yourself here

Philadelphia was crowded and hot and humid, and we had LOTS of trouble finding parking until we stumbled across a spot on the street only a block from the museum. Navi was having difficulty doing her job for some reason, so we decided not to pressure her into taking us to the Museum of Natural Art, just so that I could run up the stairs like Rocky (let’s face it, I would never have made it up anyway)! We got lots of pictures of the city, as there were some really impressive buildings, and the traffic and road system was quite impressive – worth singing about, according to Bruce Springsteen. We decided to head out of town and re-group, so we stopped for lunch in Malvern, PA. From there, we headed to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, to check out the ocean, which took much longer than expected (well, of course, had I realized that this was Friday afternoon, I would have expected all that traffic). After that lovely scenic drive, we stopped for the night in historic Centreville. One thing about historic spots, there are few hotels, none of which are cheap, and few amenities (ie. no internet, much to the chagrin of all of us). So tonight, we are just sitting here reading stories, and I will just post this tomorrow when we get in to our hotel. We are headed to Washington, where we will be staying for a few days – Smithsonian Institution, Washington Monument, and Lincoln Memorial....so many things to see!