So excited to be so close to our final destination (Pennsylvania), we get up early, say our prayers that the trailer (and we) will safely make it the last few hundred miles or so to Sterling and Sarah's new home, and we drive out of Palmyra towards Narberth, Pennsylvania, which is just outside of Philadelphia. This is where I start to stress about having to leave the trailer unattended for a few hours tonight at the hotel parking lot because we have tickets to a Philadelphia Phillies game and we can't take the trailer there. This is what I am best at...worrying about things that have not happened and are not likely to happen. Using this talent to it's fullest, I worry that Philadelphia is full of thieves and gangsters and that our trailer will not be safe even in neighboring Narberth. That thinking, of course, leads me to remember that Sterling and Sarah are going to LIVE close to Philadelphia and Sterling will go to school there every day and so then I really start to stress because if I am worried about a trailer, then I triple worry about my son and his wife and their new baby! Before I even see where they live, I decide they cannot move there. Joel will not turn around however and assures me that everything will be just fine (with more than one roll of his eyes and a shake of his head). Patting my hand helps.
We find our hotel, park and unhook the trailer. We go inside to rest a bit while Sterling and Joel drive over to the apartment building where Sterling and Sarah will live (to get the key so we can move their stuff in the following morning). The trailer is safe in the parking lot.
We then get very excited to go to the Phillies game. We are actually Yankees fans, with the exception of Sterling who is sort of a Boston fan because he lived there for too dang long going to high school and while there got brainwashed into thinking the Red Sox are great. We are glad that we can all now be Phillies fans together. We buy shirts and caps to prove that we are committed to this new ball club and we cheer them to victory from the top of the stadium, literally. We're still not sure what a Philly is though. Good thing Sterling and Sarah have five years to find out.
These are happy faces because they just ate hot dogs and drank sodas and they are glad they are not looking out the window of a car or a truck.
Tonight, the Phillies are playing the Diamondbacks...
...they win 3-2 in the 11th inning!
You may have noticed that the appearance of Haley in a photo on this blog is a rare occurrence. She has an aversion to cameras. I can vouch for her attendance at every activity on this road trip, but sadly, future generations may doubt.
