We are home again after a 1000-mile road trip around New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. One high point was a quick visit to Cape May. The temperature was around 80 degrees and it was sunny. Apart from the fact that this little seaside resort town was completely deserted, it was a perfect summer day.
On the way home we visited my parents in Poughkeepsie. This timed out perfectly so that I was able to wake up in their home on my birthday. I think it’s pretty fitting to spend some of your birthday with the people who actually made it all possible.
We drove back to Vermont slowly, stopping in Hudson, New York to visit their fabled antique shops. That was fun until we realized that everything was priced way beyond our budget for a simple settee to place in front of the woodstove in the kitchen. I’m not sure who buys antiques in Hudson, but it won’t be us. Dave did scoop up a nifty picnic basket at a remote roadside shop on the way back to the Taconic Parkway for just $7.
We tried in vain to have a little celebratory dinner at the Putney Inn on the way home, but it was all booked. “Leaf” season made it a challenge to find dinner at any semi-fancy place so it was lovely to be welcomed at the Parker House when we got home.