Once again heading north (it DID occur to us that this was probably the wrong direction to be heading this time of year!) we stop for an early morning visit at the Wright Brothers memorial in Kitty Hawk. WINDY!!! It must have been the reason they chose this location. Lots of opportunities for historic poses of course.

The life size reproduction of the plane and participants is great (an addition since our visit over 30 years ago - yikes! time flies quickly). Notice the two unlikely traveling companions in the background - school bus yellow Tillie and energetic Red. It probably set a record for the slowest a Corvette has ever traveled over such a distance (we were almost to Philadelphia before we parted company).

Still heading north we stopped again briefly for a "heat adjustment" - John had turned it off the day before and it became apparent by the loss of feeling in our toes that perhaps we needed it again. Our next destination was the Chesapeake Bay bridge & tunnel, an awesome feat of engineering. (Tillie's German engineering also is awesome the way one is treated to sharp jerks on a windy day, and it was WINDY! Those engineers are probably now amusement park designers.) We managed to survive and Tillie picked up Maryland and Delaware on her state map.

Finding ourselves once again at water's edge, we took the Cape May ferry to... you guessed it, Cape May. If you've not been there, chances are you've seen an article at least once on this Victorian resort community. Always looking for a bit of history we stayed at the Inn of Cape May, built in 1894 & listed on the National Registry of Historic Places (luckily for us, the rooms have been updated somewhat since then with newly renovated private baths). The next morning and still on a history bent (actually we were just looking for anyplace that was open) we had breakfast at the Congress Hall hotel built in 1816 (and a much grander place than where we stayed). John Philip Sousa stayed & performed at the hotel & in 1882 wrote the "Congress Hall March" in its honor (can you hum it?). Anyway breakfast was good - their pastry chef won 2nd prize for his lima bean cake in the annual Lima Bean Festival the beginning of October. Fortunately or unfortunately it wasn't on the menu to sample (I wonder what the other entries were & what Miss Lima Bean looked like!). I've got that festival on my "to do" list for some year coming up.

Headed home at last we stopped only briefly at Perkiomanville in Pennsylvania, the home of old VW parts, to pick up some new heater cables. They told John one VW owner had motified an electric blanket so you could plug it in the cigarette holder and thus keep your shoulders warm (I wonder if you can get dual controls...)

Tillie arrived home none too soon with snow spitting in the air. She's ready to spend the winter inside but looking forward to more adventures next year. If you find yourself twiddling your thumbs this winter and want to follow our blog at home... www.musingsfromthecountry.blogspot.com is expected to resume the beginning of November.