Sunday, June 07, 2026

Sunday, June 7: Ocean City, Philly, & Millbourne

This morning we got up at 7:45 AM to get ready to go up to Bob’s for breakfast the same place that Mary & I went to for breakfast. We got ready got a close pack and went to Bob’s. I had pancakes and sausage and everyone else enjoyed their breakfast. It’s about 9:14 AM now and we’re getting ready to go leave directly from the restaurant to head back. I have to return the car by noon at the Rental place. Found out Larry‘s daughter wasn’t coming at all as of this morning, but we already made a reservation to get her car out so that’s what we’re gonna do. We’re gonna leave right now as soon as we pay the waitress. Food was very good and we’re going to head out. When we left the restaurant and decided that we were just go ahead and take the AC expressway since it’s the quickest way to get back. We talked a bunch and then I was drinking my super coffee, which was tasty. I also drank my juicy. We slid and smoothly into Smedley Street And dropped off Coleen. After we dropped her off, we drove straight up north Broad Street. Somebody pointed out that my gas cap was open. Fortunately, the gas is covered up anyway, but we closed it went by Mike’s and I dropped Mary off with all the bags plus my box of juicy. Fortune drank a few of them at Larry’s. It’s 11:26 AM I’m about to drop the car keys off at the Hertz which I think closes at noon on Sundays.  Well, I was looking at the location where the booth that we’d be covering would be and dear God it’s out in 20 second in the parkway this year. I guess the vent became too big for downtown so that means I have to hustle it up 22nd St. and then figure out where it is. It’s kind of far compared to where it used to be around Pine Street and 13th St. which is really close and easy to get to by foot. Oh well I just dropped off the car and to Mary’s. I got back from Mary’s and unpacked and decided that a nap would be a good idea so that’s what I did. I drank some iced tea and kept going and put away my clothes and stuff then I was gonna take SEPTA to the parkway while I found out I was 20 minutes off so I tried to take a Lyft and the Lyft driver showed up pretty quickly and they were gonna have her go take a ride on Mark all the way down to 16th and loop back up and I said forget it just drop me off at 22nd as far as you can and that was 22nd Winter Street. Once I got dropped off, the whole thing was blocked off and I forgot that it’s not free. it’s 10 bucks to get in unless you’re a vendor with the wristband. So I was really lucky and I saw these guys sneak around. Getting frisk by security guard with a wand so I just pretended I already had a ticket and the security guard didn’t even look for my wristband so I got in then I had a hard time finding it. It was supposed to be near the Irish flag and it actually is but I guess the heat frustration made it hard to find it is so big here. No wonder they moved out here. The neighborhood is not big enough for all this. But I got here and everybody was cool thank God they had dedicated people that have been here since 9 o’clock to the people here been here since 9 AM. I give them a lot of credit. It’s now 3:30 PM. Well, I spent my time there till 5:35 PM and I decided it was a good time toleave. They already had a bunch of people there and they didn’t need me around so I decided there was a good time to leave so I walked down 22nd market to catch the trolley and the EL to Millbourne. It’s now 5:50 PM. Well, I got back to Millbourne lo and behold. Pat was upstairs from work so I invited him over to have pasta at my place so I cooked up the pasta and he fetched the drinks. I had a Pepsi in there, but man that was pretty warm because the refrigerator is funky because the freezer is all funky. Pat said he would fix it. Anyhow we had dinner and shot the shit and did to catching up. After that, he decided to go to sleep, and I chow down and decided I would take a shower and shave because I was feeling really sweaty.