awesome.
City Mouse here, checking in from a cute little joint called Cafe Romeo at Yale in New Haven, Ct. We are just sitting amongst our smarty-pants peers, soaking up the knowledge and culture, enjoying lattes and coffee cake and sunshine and conversations on how to improve the world. but let me back up and fill you in on the adventure so far.....
we got off to a start tuesday night by driving separately to my brother's house in Mt. Vernon, OH. Country Mouse did a nice job following the big redheaded van across the miles. We were just at brother mouse's house long enough to enjoy my too-cute-to-boot niece, who entertained us with smiles and jabber.
Wednesday morning we had breakfast at the local greasy spoon and headed east. To the end of the world to be exact. World's End State Park, PA. it was a LONG drive. much longer than we expected. We arrived at our site after dark. But being the Wilderness Mice that we are (and by we, i muean summer), we got the camp site set up. After setting up we needed to find some firewood so we could make dinner (no propane fueled camp stove for us--unlike our camping neighbors--thats cheating), plus we had no cell phone reception, so we drove 15 miles back out of the state park. We found a gas station to sell us firewood, and much further down the road we found ice cream, and more importantly, cell phone reception! Counrty Mouse would like you to know that the reason we didn't have firewood is because we arrived 8 minutes after the camp store closed. such luck. oh well, we are resourceful. We checked in with both momma mice and extremely tall boyfriend mouse and headed back. Country Mouse prepared a delicious dinner of chicken tacos, potatoes, and corn that we picked up a farm market on the way. I built a fire. a darn good fire if i do say so myself. (i know how to do this because I paid attention on vacation last month and watched extremely tall boyfriend mouse (ETBFM) do it. it was stellar, as was the food. it was soooooooooo delicious. the we climbed in the tent and hit the hay.
In the morning we make delicious pancakes over the fire (that i also built!), got ready and went mini hiking.
Country Mouse here to tell you about how beautiful Worlds End State Park is. We walked along the river on a lovely little path complete with my favorites, pine trees and ferns. I took pictures. Do you know how long its been since I've shot a roll of film all in one day? Lovely flowing water and rocks and the air. . . all those of you in Indiana, just imagine air without humidty that is just the right temperature that you can actually feel sunlight as it filters through the trees. Perfect. Then we drove on this dirt road up a mountain to a scenic area with a rock garden. We climbed around for a bit and then had to move on.
The gps (geeps) guided us through the back roads of Pennslyvania, maybe not in the most direct route. But it was an enjoyable scenic drive. . . but then I got sleepy so a stop had to be made. We decided to use the geeps to find a lunch stop. It said that Back Mountain Tomato was just a few miles away. We drove out into the middle of nowhere and had the nag (voice on geeps, not Nicole) say via point on right. . . not so. So we tried another 4 restaurants and they weren't there either. Lovely technology. At this point, we are a few hours behind schedule, but you can't pass up a winery when it's on your path. Family owned at that. Had to make some investments there. Finally we got on the road. . . for hours. Traffic and craziness. So glad city mouse is driving. I saw New York City across the Hudson River.
City Mouse back....We got into Yale about 730 last night. I took Counrty Mouse to one of my favorite Thai food places, York Street Noodle House ( I love me some noodles). Then after a nice visit with our friends Gabe and Sarah and their awesome dog, Delft, we slept. Great long day. Good to sleep.
So here we find ourselves, getting ready to head up to Cape Cod National Seashore, via Mystic, CT and Newport, CT. Pray for less traffic. Its not our favorite.
Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more adventures to come.....
love,
the Mice
5 comments:
I've been checking everyday for some news...sounds like you are having fun! Heidi
we are having a blast!
Heidi! Thanks for reading. Hope you all are doing well back home. I miss you- but I don't miss work :) Country Mouse
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