Our Trip to Pennsylvania- Day One

Today isn't going to be the most exciting day of our trip- I hope. We left around 9:00 this morning and arrived in Levittown, PA around 7:00 tonight. ONE LONG DAY OF DRIVING!!! We did get to see some pretty exciting things from the car. We saw lots of beautiful rivers and other bodies of water with tons of boats. Some were HUGE navy boats. We saw several train yards, shipyards, and ports. We saw the Washington monument and the top of the capital building. I was excited to drive under Van Dusen Road right before we got to Baltimore, MD. They even spelled it right! The boys liked the tunnel we went through. We did have to explain that you only scream in tunnels from trains at the park not cars! Once in Philadelphia, we saw football, baseball, and basketball arenas all in one area. We went over a two story bridge (we were on the bottom) over the Delaware River. We drove very close by an airport and saw several planes landing. Adam pointed our every yellow car on the road.
Once at the hotel, we had a picnic dinner and then went for a swim. Well, the boys swam. I watched. It's been quite a busy day. The boys are finally asleep. I wonder what time they will wake us tomorrow morning all excited to go to Elmo's House! As Adam goes to Ivy's house everyday, he thinks he is going to Elmo's house this week instead. I hope he doesn't get disappointed when Elmo doesn't have a house- just a world!
The boys were exceptional travelers today. Those Color Wonder markers are the best. They colored, read books, and only watched one movie. They did a great job of entertaining themselves.
Oh-you are probably wondering where Sarah is in all these travels. We did not bring her this time. She is with Gramma and Granddad. When we started planning this trip, Mom said, "We shouldn't take Sarah. It will be too much trouble." I think this was her ploy to get her all to herself for a week! Remember not to spoil her too much!

Some things Kevin and I will remember from today:

• I've never been through so many big cities in one day. I do not like them. There is too much traffic- and this was a Sunday! I can't imagine a week day.
• There are a million 95 Interstates. I-95, 295, 395, 495, 695, and 895. They all take you to the same place. Amazing. We did use this to our advantage though- if one had traffic all backed up we'd just pick another!
  
• The people up here go the speed limit. If it is 55mph, they will drive 55mph. They do not go and get out of the way. And they think we are slow in the south!
• We have never been in stop and go traffic as many times as we have today. Kevin said that they were all slowing down to look at the sites. It did seem that way, which was so we could get a good look at all the things we saw.

Well, off to bed so I can be ready to greet Elmo tomorrow! I'll have pictures to share tomorrow, too.