And we're off......

The wedding was beautiful. Claire and Joey looked amazing and threw quite the party. While Cory and I were on the dance floor, Adam played photog and snapped some of pics, I think he knows how to work my camera better than I do. Ma also got a chance to dance with her son.

On Sunday, we spent the day at my Uncle Tom and Aunt MaryAnn’s house. We got the tour and dinner, all for no admission charge, which was a great way to spend day 2 of our vacation. We spent the day sharing family stories and memories and I have to say I learned that my mother liked to sleep late as a kid. Now I know where I get it from, it is genetic.

Once we got directions from Dannielle (thank you for getting us started in the right direction), we began our journey farther west.

We spent the morning reorganizing the car, man can I get a lot of stuff in my trunk, and then we were off to the Hershey Museum, or so I thought. One wrong turn and we ended up at up at Factory Works, and to earn her keep I put Ma to work boxing Kisses.

Across the street was the Botanical Gardens and it was a beautiful walk. We stopped by and saw some butterflies and took time to smell the roses before heading to lunch. We stopped at a diner type restaurant. Ma loves the décor and had a “fantastic” lunch.
Then across I-76 which is a beautiful drive. I never knew that you drove THROUGH the mountains – I always thought you went up and over or around. They don’t let me get out too much I guess. It was cool and we went through 4 I think. We also took a road less traveled – I think it was called Laurel Scenic Byway. The mountains and the sunset were amazing and we even had a little nature experience with a deer and a bunny. And no animals or humans were harmed during the experience.

Thanks for all of the suggestions – and other than west, we are driving until we get tired or see something interesting.