Len covered 2900 miles in six days in a Penske rental van; over 2000 of those miles I was with him either co-piloting or driving the wretched yellow beast. We left the Hoosier state on July 22nd, bound for New Jersey and his hometown. It was time to "Meet the Parents." And typing that sounds as ridiculously as it seems...to go meet your man's parents when you are a woman of my age. I can't even bring myself to say the word "boyfriend" as that also seems ridiculous at my age!
At any rate, I can't say I have ever really been to New Jersey, so I was looking forward to it :)
Any time I can put my toes in the water and my a$$ in the sand, I will jump with happiness :) |
After I met and visited with much of the whole fam damily, including his 98 yo Grandma, (less his siblings and their families who live out of state), we headed to the Jersey Shore and Cape May for a mini vacation. It was seriously a mini vacay; we were there less than 24 hours! We had to get a moving truck back to Ft. Myers, Florida, first thing Monday morning.
Just two crazy 'kids' :))) |
With the early morning beach to ourselves... |
...just skipping some stones... |
...and waiting for the light house to open... |
Waiting patiently.... |
...so we could walk to the top.... |
...and have a look about! |
No walk to the top of ANYTHING is complete without taking a selfie! Oh yeah, he still tolerates me :) |
We stopped in town for a little bit of silliness, and some much needed Jersey bagels for breakfast. |
And then we were back on the road in our Penske moving truck. Well, in a manner of speaking, that is. |
We boarded a ferry to take us across Delaware Bay, which meant we avoided all morning traffic through Jersey and DC. |
Besides, any time I can get IN the water, and ON the water, all before twelve noon? It is already going to be a red letter day :) And I had the most incredible bagel and cream cheese for breakfast! |
Driving through Delaware, and the series of tunnels and bridges, was awesome. I love seeing and doing things I have never seen or done before :) |
Before long, we were passing through Norfolk, VA, and the Naval shipyards- also very cool :) |
Needless to say the boys had a good time playing music and catching up, and generally just being b-o-y-s. |
Ok, that sounds incredibly desperate, but seriously....
I do have an empty guest bedroom, all ready for guests :))) |
In the meantime, we made it safely back to Florida, unloaded a moving van full of furniture and things, and began renovations on our new home in earnest. Stay tuned for that blog...
G'nite, y'all!
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