Wow what a nice trip you didn't miss anything where the weather is concerned
it was hot yuck


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From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 6:04 PM
Subject: Our Vacation


>I had never been as far east as the ocean before our trip.  Our first plane
> flight went well but we got there after just about everyone had already
> boarded.  We, at first, had made reservations for just Sandy and I but
> then
> later, just in time, reserved a ticket for my 9 year old grandson,
> Everett.
> After making some minor changes, they put Everett and Sandy together and I
> sat across the aisle from Sandy.  It was just over 3 hours to Phily from
> Denver as a direct flight but we were on the ground in Denver for about 30
> minutes because they had to reboot the navigational equipment which took
> several minutes.  The flight was great and the tail wind made up lost time
> so we arrived on time.  Trenton, our oldest son, and one of his daughters,
> Amanda, who is seven, were there to meet us at the airport.  It took us
> about an hour to get to Trenton's home due to traffic but normally it is a
> 45 minutes trip from his house in New Jersey to Phily.
>
> During the days we were there, we got to go to a farm that gives you a hay
> ride, or wagon ride is more like it, to different areas of the farm to
> pick
> your own fruit.  Right now, some cherries were in and some strawberries
> but
> they have apples and other things.  Monday, we went back into Phily and
> took
> a ride on an amphibious vehicle, called a duck although I misspelled it to
> make it read properly, which has 6 wheels for driving on land but it is
> also
> a boat.  It was about a 90 minute historical ride around parts of Phily
> and
> then we drove into the Delaware river for about 30 of those minutes to see
> other things in Phily from the water.  It was very educational.
>
> After that ride, we went to see the Liberty Bell.  They normally allow
> blind
> people to feel it so Sandy and I did.  I cannot explain the emotional
> feeling you have actually touching something as historical and politically
> important as the Liberty Bell and that includes the crack.
>
> Tuesday, we went about 90 minutes from their home to the Atlantic and
> although it was in the seventies, it was super windy and very cold.  My
> son,
> his wife and girls, all went into the ocean to play but Sandy and I were
> just too chilled.  I wish we could have gotten in but I'm too old for that
> sort of cold and I didn't want to get sick as a result.  Our grandson,
> Everett, played so hard in the ocean, he slept on the couch when we
> arrived
> home, and even when my son awakened him and helped him upstairs to bed,
> the
> next day he couldn't remember being helped upstairs.  Sandy and I were
> under
> a large beach umbrella most of the time but it was so chilly, they took it
> down and we sat in the sun to try and stay warm.  I wore my cowboy hat but
> the wind was always trying to blow it off my head.  I am such a whimp, I
> even used a large beach towel to cover up from head to toe.  We did not
> get
> sun burned but we sure got wind burn because the wind was super gusty.
>
> Wednesday, at about 11 o'clock in the morning, we drove to Phily to catch
> the plane home.  It was a good flight both ways and this time we got there
> early enough that they could arrange, or rearrange, seating so Sandy and I
> and Everett could all sit in the same roe.  That made the flight go a
> little
> quicker.
>
> The humidity in NJ just about killed me off.  I haven't been to a humid
> state for many years.  Just walking across their house made me ringing wet
> and I was horribly thirst all the time.  They have central air but it
> seemed
> like that didn't help much.  Fortunately, and this was a big blessing, as
> it
> turned out, they had a cold spell the five days we were there.  It was
> about
> 80 or 82 when we arrived but then dropped down into the low seventies the
> rest of the week and one day it was only about 68 degrees and we about
> froze
> due to the humidity.  The last day we were there, it was about 80 degrees
> and the next day I believe my son said it hit 90 degrees so we made it out
> just in time.
>
> My other granddaughter's name is Allison.  She is about 4 and as I said,
> Amanda is about seven.  Amanda was in Christian school last year and her
> mom, Cheryl, works for the school, gets paid an hourly wage, plus a big
> discount on their school bill.  Allison will be in kindergarten this fall
> and both girls will be in the same school.  Their school is an old red
> brick
> church building which was made in 1901 but the church that owns it has
> carpeting and rebuilt and remodele3d everything inside so it is a very
> nice
> school and church building.
>
> I likely have left out some things that Sandy may comment on later but
> needless to say, we had a great time.  I still can't believe I went
> because
> I am kind of a hermit.
>
> My son, Trenton, right after graduating from Christian school, went and
> applied at Merrill Lynch.  I have no idea how you spell that.  He has
> always
> worked, over the last ten years, in operational departments so he does no
> selling.  When they closed the 1 billion dollar operation in Denver 3
> years
> ago, they gave Trent an opportunity to move to NJ and to keep his job.  He
> has now, after many promotions in these 10 years, also taken some
> difficult
> exams they offer and is now in a special program which allowed him to
> leave
> the main Merril Lynch operation and move into local branch offices.  He is
> learning three levels of department operations and once that happens and
> he
> takes another test, they will, in this special program, allow him to move
> next summer, most likely, to another branch office to run by himself.
> There
> is, fortunately, a branch office in Denver,  Wouldn't that be wonderful if
> they could move back to their home town?  If not, I suppose I'll be taking
> another airplane flight to some place else I have never been.  By the way,
> he also takes college courses online for which the company pays him for.
> so
> he eventually will end up with a college degree, and although he is paid
> quite well now, he'll be way up the ladder in the company.  god has
> certainly blessed him.
>
> If you would like to read something quite interesting about my son which
> he
> wrote, log on to my website, click on True Testimonies, and cursor down to
> a
> testimony called "Jesus Gave Me An Orange Match box car."  It is an
> amazing
> story of healing he experienced.
>
> Phil.
>
>
> Phil C Sharp
> The Coil Of The snake
> A Free Online E-Novel
> www.SafePlaceFellowship.com
>