Today was a three-state day. We started in Pennsylvania, went through Delaware, and ended up in New Jersey, all in 140 miles. We are at the Chestnut Lake RV Park, not far from Atlantic City. It's an old park, so the spaces are small, and the facilities are a little beat up. But it's OK.
It continues to be very hot---in the high 90s---and very humid. We put out our awning again, to help the A/C keep the interior a little cooler. We'll see how much that helps.
On Monday, we went to see Atlantic City. Big Deal. Except for the fancy hotels/casinos, the place is a pit. We visited the famous elephant Lucy in Margate (right next to Atlantic City). Ho hum.
And the local city planners have not yet bought into the idea of having utilities be underground.
The thrill (if there was one) was seeing the places that appear on the original Monopoly board---all of which are in Atlantic City.
On Tuesday, we ventured out to get an E-Z Pass to make it easier to traverse all the toll roads in the east. We went to the nearest one---in the middle of the Atlantic City Expressway. We arrived at 4:59 pm, not realizing that they close at 5:00. By the time we walked to the building it was closed. One of the workers soon wandered by, and told me where the nearest alternate---that was still open---was. We finally found it, after a few missteps, and got our transponder. (We used it on Thursday, and it actually worked! Our 40-mile roundtrip was worth it. We zipped right trough the toll plazas.)
On Wednesday, we all went to Cape May, New Jersey ("The Oldest Seashore Resort In The Country") What a neat place. It's a typical seaside town, with narrow streets, difficult parking, a lighthouse Pat and Becky ascended, tons of tourists, etc. But it also had a gazillion Victorian houses that were in mint condition and just beautiful. The city is very proud of them---and very protective, as well. They have very strict ordinances about modifying the homes. It works. We took a trolley tour of the town. The guide was full of interesting stories. Neat.
We were scheduled to stay here until the following Thursday, but we decided to leave Port Republic early because there's really nothing to see or do there that we haven't already seen or done. So Wednesday was our last day.
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