A Taste of Philly

It was mentioned before that on the day we had our "meet and greet" meeting shortly after our arrival, we were given a bag full of local merchant information, maps, coupons and flyers for businesses in town. One of the flyers was for a place that specialized in Philly Cheese Steaks and Hoagies. It is called The Little Philly, and it isn't much of a place to look at:

and it isn't in an especially pretty part of town, but boy, do they make great cheese steaks and hoagies. We went with Hank and Brenda since they are from the New York area and also can appreciate good cheese steaks. We all were pleasantly surprised as Hank, Brenda and I had the steaks, and Josie had an Italian Hoagie that was as good as we got in Philly. It is unusual to find a place that can make the real thing, but we did. The owners are from Philadelphia, so they know what they're doing.

The day was rainy again but was more typical of a Seattle day - very light rain, cool and overcast all day. Josie and I both went in the afternoon to get haircuts at a Fantastic Sam's in town, so we are set for another couple months in that department. Also, since we don't have access to the Internet using our new, problematic Verizon "Fivespot", we stopped at the park office and picked up another log-on code so Josie and I both can be logged onto the Internet at the same time on the park Wi-Fi.

One of the gentlemen that works our shift at Amazon.com and is also staying in this park stopped by to ask us if we would be interested in joining about 6 other couples that we work with - and are also staying here in this park - for Thanksgiving Dinner (buffet) at a local restaurant. We have passed this restaurant several times (The Creek Side Restaurant) and it looks like an excellent place. At least it is always packed with vehicles when we go past all the time. Hank and Brenda have also agreed to go with us so our Thanksgiving Day is beginning to take shape. Karen and George work weekdays, Mon-Fri, so they will not have an opportunity to go with us. They are becoming active in a local church though, so they probably will do something there.

Even though we never really got untracked to visit anyplace on these 3 days off we had this week, we feel rested and ready to go for our first 4-day stint of 10 hour work days. It should be interesting. Of course, the sun is out again and the forecast is for warmer days. It figures...