Off to Philiadelphia

Monday, October 10, 2016

Today we are heading to Philadelphia, where we will house/pet sit for Chloe, a 10 year old Clumber Spaniel.  We'll also visit with family.

We head out at 9:42 am, deciding to stop along the way for the much needed coffee which helps me have a much better outlook on life.  We stop along the way for breakfast at a diner in Hanover, PA - Menges Diner, approximately 15 miles west of York, PA.

I'm not exaggerating when I say that we walked into the diner and everyone there stopped talking and stared at us.  It was like a scene from a movie, really.  I think that they saw us parking Alex and their interest in us peaked, because I watched as others came in and the reaction wasn't the same.  I was fully clothed so I know that that wasn't it :).  We had a great diner breakfast and spent only $10.50. For those who are interested in value, we had a breakfast which included 2 eggs, sausage, toast, hash browns, coffee (Wilson - $4.95) and 1 egg, toast, homefries with chipped beef gravy, and coffee (me). Crazy...We ate around 11 am, so considered the meal equivalent to two meals for each of us.

We arrive at Stolzfus RV & Marine, where we purchased Alex, at about 2 pm.  We are new to all of this so we had several questions regarding our experience with Alex, wanting to make sure we were doing everything correct.  Our salesman, Chris, was incredibly helpful.  We shared with him two beers; Alchemist Heady Topper & Focal Banger.  We were back on the road by 3:35 pm arriving in Media, PA at 4:20 pm.

Happy Birthday John Prine!  70 years old today and the singer of one of Wilson's song options for his funeral playlist :)

Leave Gettysburg, PA at 9:42 am
Rte. 15N ►30E ► 100 ► 202S - (Stolzfus) ►Rte. 1N
Gas purchased at Rutters (next to Menges Diner), Hanover, PA - $2.35/gal
Arrive Media, PA at 4:20 pm
Miles traveled 133.1