Spring Break Trip Day #2

Today's adventures started out with a Civil War exhibit at a local B&B near my parents' house. We weren't sure what to expect, but with what the tickets had cost, we expected something.  Um, we were wrong.

Yes, it was a beautiful house and it was neat to see the period furniture and hear some of its history, but there wasn't much else to do. Bummer. But Erin got to learn something about what it was like to dress in those clothes (this woman had SEVEN layers under that dress!), and we got to see some things that we did not want to eat.

After that disappointing start, we decided to go on a REAL adventure. My father set out to find every "roller coaster" road in Delaware County, and we all almost lost our lunch a few times, both from soaring over the crests and also from laughing so much. We eventually wound up at the Delaware Museum of Natural History to take in their tarantula exhibit.

The exhibit (and the museum, for that matter) was great fun, and it was really amazing to see all of the furry creepy crawlers up close and personal. But my favorite part of the visit was when my father crept up on my mother and put a stuffed spider on her shoulder. Scared the *#%! out of her!

When we left the museum and headed toward home, we decided to revisit a road we'd found last time we were here. This is a little road that connects two bigger ones, but to say it's unpaved would be a huge understatement. It's gravel, dirt, mud, holes, pits, and car-swallowing craters. Last time, my dad turned around halfway down the road, convinced we'd have to call AAA to get us out. This time, in his new (and slightly higher) car, he decided to go for it. He had a few hear attack-inducing moments, but we made it through!

And we did it right!