Hugs and Kisses

It's hard to remember what we did since I last posted but Debbie and I read all the comments last night after we had cleaned up and packed..  The last couple days were a whirlwind of doing things for mom or taking her to appointments to get as much done as we could to help out my sister and her husband for a while anyway.  We did her grocery shopping, took her to get her hair cut and styled, to lunch, bought her a new flat screen TV thinking it would help her be able to see TV (it didn't) her eyes are really failing but she can hear it better so it wasn't a total waste and the antibiotic she has been taking seems to be working and she was much improved from when we first arrived.  I left knowing she seemingly was getting better.  Debbie and I took a last walk on the beach and got up this morning and headed for the Amish Farmer's Market in PA again as she wanted to get some things to take back home.  We bought so much stuff Gnomey was having trouble finding a place to sit in the back seat.   Our next stop was Centerport to see the "Fork in the Road".    You will notice the knife and spoon were attached to a building across the street.  We had the best time laughing about that and taking photos and since we were so close to Shoemakersville (Shoey) where my uncle George used to live we decided to go and see if we could find his house which we did also.  After that we drove to Hamburg, PA to see if we could find the cemetery where he is buried.  I didn't get to go to his funeral last year as he died the day Debbie and I got back to GA on our road trip last year.  His friend Anna had given me some technical information in an email to tell me the cemetery and lot, etc. but I couldn't reach her or the people at the church so when we got to Hamburg we stopped at a flower shop and asked and the lady was do kind and explained where it was and told us where the caretaker was so I bought a bouquet and Debbie said we would find it...and we did!  Can you imagine in a whole cemetery she went one way walking and I the other and Debbie found it!  We left the bouquet and it made me feel good that we were able to find it. We got back in the car and headed to Bedford, PA which was our stopover place for today and we got diverted again when we saw a sign to Hershey, PA...how could we be this close and not go?  So we doubled back because we had already passed the exits and drove through some beautiful little towns and had a fun stop.  I couldn't get a good shot but even the water tower there is in the shape of a Hershey Kiss!  What a cute, happy place.  We had another two hours to drive so it was dark by the time we arrived here at the Hampton Inn.  We unloaded the car and ordered pizza and opened a bottle of wine.  While I was writing the blog Debbie was frantically searching for her iPad camera adapter which she later found in her suitcase (I told her to look there BTW).  We are both exhausted but had a great day and look forward to another fun day tomorrow.  Carol, we may try a casino in Indiana on the way home tomorrow night.  Teresa, really there is a dog wash?  I miss the kids and hate not knowing what is going on with them.  Ms Kay, I am honored that you found A Trip to NJ so interesting.  When is our next cruise?  Dave, hope you had a safe trip to NC and you can rest easy now that you have seen the fork in the road.  Notice the first photos is Debbie enjoying donating to the NJ economy at the toll both going to Atlantic City our last time there.  The last photo is a cool picture of the sky on our way to the hotel tonight.