Day #12 Exploring the Pennsylvania Area Around Honey Brook

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Today was a day to rest and to see some of the local area and to have lunch with a good friend from the past, Patricia Walker. We planned lunch for 1 PM so that I could actually find Eagleville, PA. The roads have all changed and not for the better in most cases. The population has greatly increased since I left Pennsylvania in 1974. The highways brought people who work in Philadelphia to the surrounding suburbs and with it,  increased traffic congestion. Still, pieces of my memory remembered times when I played music in the Audubon Inn, a place next to the Audubon Society of Valley Forge.

Click Link:  Audubon Society of Valley Forge

After lunch with Pat where I just had to have a Philly Cheesesteak, Earline wanted to check out a quilting store in the Phoenixville Area. She came out with some goodies that included threads and some quilting squares of fruit and vegetable fabrics. Very suitable for a dietitian. :)

We then thought we would drive to the Nemours Dupont Mansion in Wilmington, Delaware area. It was 38 miles away but I had forgotten how hard it is to drive that distance on the east coast. It just seemed to take forever and when we got there, the mansion seemed to be non-existent. The grounds are now shared with a large children's hospital and we found out later that the mansion only has tours three times a day and the number of people are limited. Since we arrived after 3 pm, the time of the last tour, we would not have been able to see it anyway.

Nemours Mansion

To sooth our wounds, we found a brewpub called McKensies where we tried their black and white stoudt. It was pretty good, but not outstanding.

http://www.mckenziebrewhouse.com

We headed back to Honey Brook and decided to stop at a state store where you buy alcohol in Pennsylvania. We were amazed over the inflated prices of wines and spirits from California prices. A bottle of Seven Deadly Zins sells for $9.99 in California and for $19.99 in Pennsylvania. There must be significant taxation to cause this. I looked up the tax rate and it is 18% on spirits sold in the stores. I guess we will drink a bit less wine and skip the hard stuff in this state. :)

Tomorrow, more exploration and finding old friends. :)