We made pretty good time on the first leg of our trip and arrived in Lacaster a little after 10 in the morning. Lea had hoped to find a McDonald's with a play area, but we managed to strike out there... I guess we just need to get an iPhone so we can look these things up. If you recall, last year we stopped at Lapp's Family Restaurant in Lancaster for lunch. Since it had a big open parking lot and a grassy surrounding area, we figured we would stop there again since we couldn't find a play area. Much to our surprise, however, Lapp's was closed! That, however, did not deter us from stopping anyway and using the parking lot and grassy area as a way for the kids to blow off some energy. GraGra and Grandpa Greg also met up with us there and from that point on we traveled together.
Since Lapp's was closed and it was still early, we decided to drive on a bit further before stopping for lunch. We drove through the touristy Amish country surrounding Lancaster, through Gap, and into Delaware and then started seriously looking for lunch. Outside of Newark we stopped at a Bob Evans - which had to have been the sloooooooooowest Bob Evans in history. It took forever to get lunch. The kids, who had been awake since just be 6:00, didn't really want to eat (even though they were hungry). Since it took forever, they started to get antsy - they weren't bad, but I was ready to be done.
Since we were now into the time span when the kids are normally napping, they were already antsy, and traffic on Delaware Route 1 is generally horrible, we deployed the DVD player and buckled the kids in. Even though distance-wise we were most of the way there (only about 80 miles from our desitination), the after-lunch travel session seemed like the longest.
Traffic on Delaware Route 1 is horrible. It slows and stops for no reason. Crawls along at a snail's pace for miles. I hate it, but I'm fearful that the devil I know is better than any of the other devils out there that I don't know. Luckily the kids were entranced by the Sesame DVD in the player, and at different points each of them slept for about a half an hour:
About 2 and a half hours and 80 miles after we finished lunch we arrived at the realty office in Rehoboth to pick up the keys to the beach house. We managed to get mostly situated before C&G needed dinner. They ate some leftover pizza that GraGra and Grandpa Greg had brought with them and then we headed down to the beach.
Both Colin and Gillian LOVE the beach! Well, ok, I exaggerate. They LOVE the "Watie!", they could take or leave the sand. Both kids love to stand in the surf and let the water hit them.
Gillian ended up getting knocked over by the surf, but she didn't even care! They love the beach!
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I've been to that Bob Evans, once. It is the slowest in the universe.
Once C&G get bigger, there is an awesome shiny silver diner right outside Lancaster, on Route 30, with good cheeseburgers. And good places in downtown Newark.
I once went with some friends to Dewey (from Newark, for course) and we took Route 13 most of the way. A little more rural that Route 1, but barely any cars. The driver grew up in Dover, so she knew these things. But every time I've taken Route 1, unless you get out of Newark in the early morning, it sucks.
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