September 25, 2022 Day 2 Philadelphia Pennsylvania to Princeton New Jersey 75 miles
Today is mostly cloudy with a high in the lower 70s. We had a nice breakfast at the hotel and then got an Uber from the hotel to the storage place. We arrived about 9:15 but they don’t open until 9:30 so we had to wait a few minutes. We opened up the unit and loaded the bags in the car. Hallelujah the car started on the first try. All Rob’s worrying for the last few days were not necessary. We decided to head directly to the lunch location for the Glidden Tour rather than going to the hotel. The GPS said about 2 hours without freeways. So off we went. Now no freeways means you go right through downtown Philadelphia. We went through housing, theater, Chinese, church and Jewish districts. We stopped at too many stop lights to count. A couple of sections had banners on the street lights with large letter T’s. We eventually learned this was Temple University. Not the prettiest campus we have seen. The roads have some nasty pot holes and man hole covers. In the housing areas people park their cars on the side of the road and all down the turning lane. If nothing is parked along the side, drivers use the parking lane as a passing lane. It took us an hour to go about 10 miles. In that distance we never got out of city surroundings. We went through several small towns but they all blended together. When that finally ended, the houses became much larger with lush large lawns. Some ranch land was scattered here and there. In the distance were small hills by western standards. They are covered in trees. Most of those have not started to turn colors yet. Just before arriving at the lunch stop we saw two small fawns. The roads have gotten very narrow and the lines are nonexistent. We arrived at Woods Edge Farm a little after 12:00. Lunch isn’t until 1:30 so we had time to look around. They raise llamas and alpacas. They also sell products made from their hair. They also had a few yaks. We parked near the main road and rode up to the top on a golf cart. The grounds are beautifully maintained and the big barn had plenty of room for us to eat. Lunch was a catered BBQ with hot dogs, hamburgers, pulled pork and chicken. The sides included baked beans, coleslaw, potato salad, mac and cheese, and pasta salad. Dessert was cookies. Then it was off to Strober’s Car Collection. They have a beautiful place about 10 miles from the lunch spot. Their cars are real show cars. They provided cookies, coffee, tea, water and ice cream bars. The ice cream bars came from the Good Humor Truck. (A classic aged pickup with an ice cream body.) It rained for a little bit on the way over. After enjoying this location we went to the hotel and checked in. It’s and early start tomorrow so its early to bed.
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