I took a couple of days to go from Harpers Ferry to Lancaster, PA. Again, thanks to Judy Watson's kindness I spent the past week crashing on her sofa at night. Day times were spent at the Buchanan Park Dog Park where Ozzy continued to exhibit the characteristics of a happy dog, occasionally running and chasing other dogs in play. Went there a couple of times with my friend Dewie and her dog, Mollie. Many people comment on what a happy dog he seems to be. Time this past week was also spent at Longs Park in Lancaster where I would just park and read the book on Rin Tin Tin which I have been enjoying quite a bit. Had brunch one late morning with Jill and Jim Yescalis, two friends from the sixties. It was a great visit. Got some business taken care of: set up a new mailing address (if you would like it, please message me off record) and got my passport photos taken, and submitted my renewal application for my passport which I am hoping to receive in four to six weeks in my new mailbox. Took two!! showers and did my laundry. Friday morning went to Central Market. Also, continued to have conversations with customer service at Verizon Wireless for a problem I have been experiencing with them. Don't want to get into it here and now, too nice a morning to spoil with that story. It was really nice to take the time off the road for the week. I had become a bit road weary and needed some time to stop, take care of business and just "chill" for a bit.
Yesterday, the plan was to meet Dewie and Merry at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Dewie called in the morning to say she was having plumbing problems and wouldn't make it. So Merry and I decided to go to the Brandywine River Museum instead. The Brandywine is the homestead property and museum of the Wyeth Family, N.C., Andrew and Jamie. There was a special exhibit of Jamie's work and we took a guided tour of N.C.'s home and studio. It was a whole lot of fun. Extraordinary techniques and narratives by all three generations. I think that it was a better choice than going to the Philly Museum. From Brandywine I dropped right onto Route 202 North, then onto 611 North, through some really beautiful rolling farm and horse country, through the Alleghanys and Poconos, through the beautiful picaresque Delaware Water Gap and River Canal, and ended up last night in Middletown, NY at a rest area on I-84, which fortuitously put me about 2 miles away from the Starbucks in which I am writing this blog.
And, Ozzy was a very good dog last night. At Judy's in Lancaster on the sofa, he bed hogged every night. Last night I told him to go to his bed and he actually stayed there all night long without hogging me at all. Maybe he was as tired of me kicking him in the middle of the night as I was being scrunched by him.
On the road today to I know not where...
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