Stupid Government Shutdown.....!!!!!!!!!

After New York City our plan was to head down to Washington DC, by way of Atlantic City and Philadelphia.  Well, since our Government has decided to shutdown, they also managed to close all of  the places we had intended on seeing.  We never made the trip to Philadelphia, since we would not have been able to see the Liberty Bell.  Maybe this Craziness will end soon and we can back track a bit.  We'll See....

We did make it to Atlantic City on Friday afternoon, in the middle of a storm front that lingered for 3 days. When we arrived, the weather seemed to get better.  It was still cloudy, but the wind and rain had stopped, and it was actually a very pleasant afternoon to walk down the Jersey Shores Boardwalk.

It was Friday afternoon,of the long Columbus Day weekend, and as you can see, we pretty much had the entire Boardwalk to ourselves.  There were 3 wheeled carts, like the one in the bottom middle picture, that you could hire, and be transported to your next destination.  We chose to walk, but decided that if it began raining we would hire one for our trip back.

It turned out to be a perfect evening to stroll along the Boardwalk and take in the Atlantic City Lights.

So we pulled out of Atlantic City and decided to head East to West Virginia.  Our friends, Fred and Tina from Sandy Oregon, have a daughter living in Morgantown while working on her Masters Degree.  We  will be there tomorrow and are looking forward to spending some time with her.  Hopefully our Government can resolve this mess in the next few days and reopen DC to visitors.  Keep your fingers crossed for us.....

So, that's all there is for now.  As always, thanks for look at us,

Roberta and Steve