When the only radio music choices available are Country or Christian rock, you know that the true road trip experience has begun. We ate at what could possibly be the most random restaurant in the world, chatted up some local color, and said hi to the Amish, Mennonites and other 'Plain People' in Lancaster County. I even bought an Amish inspired hat, which fits my head (size 7 5/8 sigh)!
I kept channeling Psycho...Psycho meets 35 flavors of chicken wings
It's kind of creepy how much my face looks like a sticky bun in this photo
After a quick stop at Hershey Park in Hershey, PA to ride the free Disney-esque ride that simulates the chocolate making process with half of the 1.3 billion Indians in the world (it rivaled those encountered at Niagara Falls), we drove to Chambersburg to bunker down for the night. Sadly, the only place open for 'food' was Ruby Tuesdays, which kind of completed the road trip experience. I cursed Guba's name as I once again got 5 ounces of crap broccoli cheddar soup.
Pure chocolate-y goodness
What really awed me, was the number of kids staying at the hotel. I guess I'm too
used to business hotels. This particular one was geared more towards families...families with kids playing in sports tournaments. It brought be back to the good old days playing in the Japanese Basketball league.
Finally after some shopping (sparklers were bought for the summer!) and a wave 'hello' to Gettysburg, we finally made it to St. Michaels, which is on the skinny peninsula part of Maryland. Quaint. It was really quaint.
Monday morning the real fun began...crabbing. The video says it all. Four hours and two bushels of Maryland Blue Crabs later, we called it a day and out our whole catch steamed. I REALLY wanted to bring live crabs home. I REALLY wanted to bring live crabs to work. But Captain Russell (letsgocrabbing.com) dissuaded me from what would surely have been a folly. Instead, I brought back two coolers full of cooked crabs--at least 100 of them. WTF.
But it's so worth it. I'm in crab cholesterol heaven.
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