Trains, Cars and Old Friens - A Presidential Weekend

The Connelly clan braved record wind gusts and I-95 traffic and headed north for President's Day weekend.  We wanted to see Jess' grandmother and visit our old church near Philadelphia.  I am happy to report the trip was a success.  I was truthfully pretty apprehensive because JAC doesn't travel well.  All of our previous road trips have been a complete and utter disaster.  Our last road trip JAC screamed so much that I considered drugging him so he would sleep.

Our trip to Pennsylvania went perfectly.  JAC slept or looked out the window most of the time.  I thought my kid had been replaced by an impostor toddler who loved car rides.  Jess' grandmother was thrilled to finally get to meet JAC.  JAC was thrilled because his grandmother brought presents.

We also stopped in at our old church, The North Penn Church of Christ.  This is the church we attended as newly weds.  They were extremely kind to us as we negotiated our first year of marriage.  It was great to return because they were just as warm and friendly as I remembered them.  Plus, they gave us homemade bread for our trip home.

We saved one last surprise for JAC.  My kid is a train fanatic.  We took a detour on the way home and stopped in Strausburg Pennsylvania at the Pennsylvania Train Museum.  They had a wonderful collection of old trains and also had a working steam engine.  JAC was so thrilled when he saw the trains that he squealed like a girl and then spent the next two hours giggling.  He absolutely loved every minute of it and was completely worn out when we piled back into the car and headed south to D.C.

This was great weekend road trip.  It gave me hope that some day JAC will share our enthusiasm for road trips and be ready to go on week long roadtripping adventures.