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What a yummy meal - both of them! Yep, their tiramisu is very good. I'd go to that restaurant just for dessert! What a great evening!
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We also had a few drinks watched a bit of the Glastonbury music festival (I can’t believe you guys have never come across Madness, such an awesome 80s band! ) and then a really stupid horror movie that just had to be seen to be believed, it was so bad. It was all about a group of kids out in the woods with a mad bear that was eating them all, one by one. We turned down the sound and made our own commentary for it, which was much funnier. At times, it got to the stage where it hurt to laugh and we couldn’t laugh anymore. By the end of the night, Joe, Lauren and Joy were all like old friends to us. It had been a great night.
I remember Madness - One Step Beyond!!!!
Another great update!
Your trip report triggers a bunch of different memories for me. First, I had an ex whose family lived a few minutes drive from Hersey park. So as we're driving from Philly to their place for the first time (probably for something like Thanksgiving) I see in the distance what looks to be a huge house. I have a vivid imagination and for some reason got it into my head that maybe my then-bf actually came from a family of means. I mean it looked like we were driving directly to this humongous house. Well, it turns out the humongous house was the Hersey Hotel. Don't laugh. It could've happened. His folks lived in a much more modest abode.
I had another ex who lived in Albertis which is between Allentown and Kutztown. His parents are Pennsylvania dutch and do not speak English. All of your photos of the drive out to Sue and Steve's reminded me of the drive going out to his place. That commute was a b@#$% and the reason that relationship didn't last long at all.
The pictures from Longwood Gardens reminded me of when we went with Tara and her husband. I'm glad we got to introduce you to a great Christmas tradition. The movie that they show there about Pierre DuPont's life and vision always cracks me up because there are all these hints in the movie to let you know that Pierre was gay.
I noticed the Jim Brickman Christmas CD at Sue & Steve's place. Isn't he great, Sue?
Mark's stuffed pork chop at the Hersey Hotel made me hungry and I just ate! Darn you!
Loved the pictures of your walk in the woods even the one with the ? bear droppings.
Maybe it has to do with the crowd you hung around as a misspent youth because I definitely remember Madness.
Your trip report triggers a bunch of different memories for me. First, I had an ex whose family lived a few minutes drive from Hersey park. So as we're driving from Philly to their place for the first time (probably for something like Thanksgiving) I see in the distance what looks to be a huge house. I have a vivid imagination and for some reason got it into my head that maybe my then-bf actually came from a family of means. I mean it looked like we were driving directly to this humongous house. Well, it turns out the humongous house was the Hersey Hotel. Don't laugh. It could've happened. His folks lived in a much more modest abode.
I had another ex who lived in Albertis which is between Allentown and Kutztown. His parents are Pennsylvania dutch and do not speak English. All of your photos of the drive out to Sue and Steve's reminded me of the drive going out to his place. That commute was a b@#$% and the reason that relationship didn't last long at all.
The pictures from Longwood Gardens reminded me of when we went with Tara and her husband. I'm glad we got to introduce you to a great Christmas tradition. The movie that they show there about Pierre DuPont's life and vision always cracks me up because there are all these hints in the movie to let you know that Pierre was gay.
I noticed the Jim Brickman Christmas CD at Sue & Steve's place. Isn't he great, Sue?
Mark's stuffed pork chop at the Hersey Hotel made me hungry and I just ate! Darn you!
Loved the pictures of your walk in the woods even the one with the ? bear droppings.
Maybe it has to do with the crowd you hung around as a misspent youth because I definitely remember Madness.
Thanks for sharing those great memories Douglas - glad I was able to help bring them back for you.
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Wednesday 30 December – part one: amazing what they serve at Dunkin’ Donuts!
I don’t think either of us slept too well last night, as we knew that Mark had to be up early to head out with Sue at 6.00 to work for the day.
Once Mark got up, I went back to sleep for a while, but surfaced not long after 7.00. Last night, while we were flicking through the various TV channels, we found the “animals make-over” channel (I kid you not! ) and there were cows on it. I was in heaven, as I love cows about as much as Eeyore. At some point, Joe said that this morning, if we were up early enough, that we could go and see some cows at a farm he knows and we took him up on that offer.
Nice and warm out today!
We set off just before 8.30 and our first stop was at the Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru just down the road. I was amazed at what they do here. At home, Dunkin’ Donuts only does donuts and that’s it. Here you can get so much more. I got a cheese and egg wrap and Steve got a couple of croissants and we set off again.
Garmin (or Carmen, as they call her) took us a route that Steve wasn’t expecting, but that worked out really well, as it took us over the Delaware River and into New Jersey, before then taking us through lots of farming country. I knew that we were going to see cows, so it should’ve been obvious, but I really didn’t realise that there would be so many farms around here. It was absolutely beautiful. Again, I was seeing exactly how you would expect colonial America to look, with tiny villages, complete with family run businesses. It was like going back a couple of hundred years in time and I loved it. I think this is what I really wanted to see here and I got it.
Joe, Lauren and Joy’s place
Finally, we made it to Joe, Lauren and Joy’s place and it was stunning and in the middle of nowhere, although sadly Joe told us on the way back that much of the land near them has just been sold off, presumably for housing development. That would be such a shame if that happens.
We headed out with Joe and drove for probably about 20 minutes through more beautiful scenery. I was especially taken with the bridge that took us over the Delaware that had a 15 mile an hour speed limit on it. We also saw more small villages and farms. It was all so picturesque.
Our first cow sighting! Apparently one of the best hot dog places around!
I noticed the Jim Brickman Christmas CD at Sue & Steve's place. Isn't he great, Sue?
OMG, he is awesome! We've seen him in concert three times, and we had a meet-and-greet with him after one show, where we got his autograph and picture. And he is sooooo involved with Disney...what's not to like?
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Finally, we made it to Joe, Lauren and Joy’s place and it was stunning and in the middle of nowhere, although sadly Joe told us on the way back that much of the land near them has just been sold off, presumably for housing development. That would be such a shame if that happens.
Unfortunately that happens so much around here. Where I live it use to be cow country and now you have to drive out of our new mini city to see one. Usually it happens when the parents die and the children decide to sell the land because money talks.
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What a great day for driving around in the country. Can't wait to see the cows!
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We finally got to the farm and you could see cows as soon as we pulled up, but what we could see out in the fields was only the start. There were also younger cows in the barns nearby and we quickly learnt that if they were young enough to be suckled from their moms, then they would have nose rings put in them to stop that. Instead, they were bottle fed and then trained to drink milk from buckets. This explains why a few minutes later, we then saw a young calf trot past us and then boot all the cats out of the way, who were drinking milk, to have it to himself.
A word here about the cats they have here. There were literally hundreds of them. Joe had warned us about them, but it was almost impossible to believe how many there were, until you saw them for yourself. Steve kept saying that he was glad that he hadn’t brought Sue with us, as she might have adopted one or two of them....
We watched the cows in the field eating and then chatted to the farmer for a while. It was so sad to talk to him. It was exactly the same story that we hear at home all the time, how difficult conditions are getting for farmers and how many have closed down. The price that they are now getting for both the cows and the milk is not enough to make ends meet and Joe said later that the family were thinking of giving it up. I hope that doesn’t happen. I mean, after all, where are we going to get milk from in the future if all the farms close down? It’s not like the need is going away any time.
We next walked up to see the older cows and petted a couple of them, although it was interesting in that respect. Some were absolutely fine with being petted and some really seemed to enjoy it, while others didn’t want to know. Joe freaked me out a bit when he started to talk about the bull in here and how possessive he is and how he might not like it if he saw us. Needless to say, I breathed a sigh of relief, when we got out of there with no bull sightings!
Our final stop was the barn. We met the farmer’s wife, Debbie, who looks after all the calves and she was so nice, answering as many questions as she could, bearing in mind that the milk truck was on its way.
We were able to talk through the calves there and they would come right up to you and allow you to pet them and, in some cases, they would slobber all over you. Poor old Joe ended up with so much slobber on his jacket, it wasn’t true. I guess they really liked him....
The youngest in there was a lovely little thing, who was about three weeks’ old, while the oldest was a brown and white cow that was about six months old. Debbie told us that she was hoping that he would be their mating bull in the future and I can see why, as he’s a beautiful animal.
We thanked them both so much for allowing us to wander around the farm. Apparently, the farmer had asked Joe when we arrived if we were animal rights activists and Joe assured him that we weren’t.
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Glad you had a great night back at Sue's! 
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Again, I was seeing exactly how you would expect colonial America to look, with tiny villages, complete with family run businesses. It was like going back a couple of hundred years in time and I loved it. I think this is what I really wanted to see here and I got it. 
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