Sad day...

I love you Aunt Elsie!!!

The last of our June vacation

From Coatesville, we headed down to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to see Barbara and Jack.
We surprised them by showing up the night before they were expecting us. Apparently, our emails never made it letting them know we were showing up early. :-) No worries though, they were ready for us.

During our stay, we went to Broadway on the beach to Tony Roma's for some really good ribs. B and I went to the outlet mall and shopped around. The new Hard Rock Park opened up and we hung out there for a day. It was a lot of fun.

This is the Led Zeppelin Roller Coaster..













This is one of the entry ways into the area for the Led Zeppelin Roller Coaster.













This is a 'bounce house' in the British Invasion area. Mike noticed the buildings look like faces. Pretty cool, huh?






Just had to take a picture of this place.... :-)

Visiting West Chester, continued

And the rest of the crew.....Martha, Jung, Melodie, Donna, Bob, and Ruth

Visiting West Chester

We went to see the West Chester office to catch up with the rest of the folks left from EB. There are only a handful at this office.

Some of the furniture looks VERY familiar.

Mark in his office.

Dawn in her office.

Raul in his cube.

Next stop of vacation, continued

We stayed at Tim & Gwen's for a few days and during that time, we visited friends and drove around to take in the old neighborhood.
We were hunting down some chew toys for Sugar that we can not find in Texas, so we went to the Acme in Exton. Low and behold, Mr. Dave was working. (imagine that!!) He hasn't changed much and I am glad. It was good to see him.



Melanie and Corey had a gathering at their house and we were the guests of honors. Mary, Sue, Dave, Kim, Jamie, and Bob came out to see us.







Of course, anytime food is around and Mary...she creates her wonderful Dream Torte. I was so excited when Melanie brought it out to the table. I threatened to just take the whole thing for myself. Thank you Mary!!!







And here is Kai hamming it up for the camera. This is his "I am really cute" pose. I can not get over how much he looks like Melanie and yet he looks like Corey. He is definitely their kid.

Next stop on our vacation

After we left the campground, we went to Coatesville and stayed with Mike's brother and his family. Tim and Gwen's daughter, Allie, turned 2 on June 2nd and here she is with the 'popper' that Uncle Mike and Aunt Elaine bought.



She also got a Mr. Potato Head, but the adults were having fun with that before she had a chance to. Here is my Dad with his 'creation'. :-) It came in a carrying case with about 30 pieces. My Dad kept saying that the Mr. Potato Head they had as kids was a real potato!!




Here she is playing with Jen. Uncle Phil was keeping her entertained and had her laughing. I love this picture. She was the center of attention the whole day. She really cleaned up with the gifts too. Such a sweetie.

Second part of vacation

When we left Tim and Bonnie's, we headed over to Pennsylvania and stopped at Thousand Trails RV park in Hershey. Mike's Mom and Dad were camping there. We then found out that his Aunt Marge and Uncle Burt were there too. We stayed there a couple of nights. Yes, in the RV. Mike, Sugar, and me...stayed on the sofa.






During our stay we went to the AACA Museum in Hershey. (Antique Automobile Club of America Museum). That was cool. I love old cars. The place is 3-stories. The main floor had the cars. They ranged from a 1895 Chicago Benton Harbor to a 1989 Mercury Grand Marquis. They change them out and this exhibit was 'fins'. There were some really beautiful cars. The bottom floor had buses and milk trucks. There is a restaurant downstairs, not one to eat at, it is historical. Everything in it is from the original and it is set up exactly like the original. Even the bus from the Forest Gump movie was there. The top floor had some motorcycles. Check out their website. http://www.aacamuseum.org

I did not see any Tucker's, but they are supposed to be one coming in the fall. I will see one of those cars before I die. I think that is one of the neatest cars ever made. Do you know what a Tucker is? Check out this Tucker website. http://www.tuckerclub.org


We also went to the Wilbur Chocolate Museum in Lititz. Of course, we bought chocolate. :-) They make the chocolate upstairs and and you can watch them make some of the candies. There is a museum of old molds that they used and lots of different candies to buy. The place smelled so good. Check out their website. http://www.wilburbuds.com


We went to Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville (near Hershey). I gambled a little bit. Lost some money, then found a machine that I liked and won back my loss. I like that. Basically, I had fun for free. I like the slot machines. Anything with animation is what I like best, go figure. :-)