September 29, 2022 Day 6 around Princeton New Jersey 108.1 miles
Today is another partly cloudy day. The drive today is short in comparison. The organizers handed out new directions at the drivers meeting this morning. They are supposed to be simpler. Time will tell on that one. They also told us that there are limitations on the number of individuals that can be at the sites for today. We are to visit the Roebling Museum and the USS New Jersey battleship. So don’t be in a hurry. Some will go to the museum first and some will go to the battleship first. So off we went. We were only about ten lines into the instructions when things no longer seem as described. We gave up on the directions and went with the GPS. We made it there but drove on some rather busy streets. They had us park on the grass near the museum. We are in the group to visit the battleship first. We had our coffee and treats and then walked to the light rail station. We are to take that to the end of the line and walk to the battleship. The train ride is almost an hour from Roebling to Camden New Jersey. When we got off the train we could not see the battleship. But a nearby parking attendant gave us directions. The ship is all self guided. Just follow the lines on the floor. The green line is first and goes to a lot of the ship. Someone has put together an amazing amount of information and items to look at. We might still be there if we stopped to read everything and watch all the video clips. Very near the end of the green line is the enlisted mess hall where we were served a sack lunch. We chose to return to the museum rather than go on any of the other tours. Connie had enough going up and down those little steep stairs. We rode the light rail back to near the museum and walked the rest of the way. When we got close to the museum we could see all the cars lined up. They were really beautiful. Certainly one of the better displays of the cars. The museum is small but very interesting. The Roebling company developed wire rope among other things. They made the wire rope used in numerous suspension bridges to include the Brooklyn and Golden Gate. John Roebling designed the Brooklyn Bridge in addition to manufacturing the wire rope. The company also built an entire town for their workers to live in. The houses are still in use today. The company remained family owned for a couple of generations before selling and in 1974 closing. The plant is no longer there and the museum had been the sheriff’s office and jail. The picture on the wall shows how very small that was in comparison to the plant. We didn’t even attempt to follow the instructions back but used the GPS. We stopped at a grocery store to buy food for supper and breakfast. We were discussing the pros and cons of filling with gas when a Costco gas point appeared. That settled things. Gas there was $3.259 and elsewhere it was $3.399 or higher.
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