Raise the Jolly Roger!

BLOG ON THE ROAD, Day 8
Raise the Jolly Roger!


The Sislers are 5-0 at Pirate games this year.  2-0 over the Braves.  3-0 over the Padres.  We wish we could stay in the Burgh for this coming 4 game set with the first place St. Louis Cardinals!  Stinking Cards scored 2 in the top of the 9th to turn back a determined Chicago Cubs team, leaving the Bucs 4.5 games out of first place.  A 4 game sweep by the Pirates will leave the good guys percentage points out of first place at the All Star Break – a seeming impossibility as recently as 2 weeks ago.  Let’s go Bucs!

Our fellow travelers are getting an early start in the morning, heading back for Edgewater.  CJ has a doctor’s appointment Friday, so they will go straight back.  Your humble scribe and She Who Must Be Obeyed will be in no hurry to get up or get out and will probably drive only half way – there are more antique shops to be explored!

For breakfast this morning we went to the Dor Stop, an eatery once featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.  This was our second visit, and our selections were much better than two years ago.  Maybe we just ordered better, but good groceries were enjoyed by all (almost all).  I had two eggs over medium well accompanied by German Potato pancakes (with applesauce and sour cream) and wheat toast.  Yummy.  Bonnie’s breakfast was just okay, she explains.  The toast was just okay.  They had no apple butter for her raising toast.  The bacon was not to her liking.  The eggs scrambled with cheese were acceptable.  The chocolate milk was very good.

From there we went to Barnes and Noble for a marathon magazine reading adventure.  It is not an official “Bros and Hoes” unless there is a stop at a book store.  While I read, Bonnie explored the nearby mall, bought a birthday present for Emma, and Gloria Jean’s coffee for me – caramel nut!  Other purchases cannot be identified in this blog because of upcoming special occasions, and those who will be feted, can read.

For the second day in a row our bed was made.

For the third day in a row we enjoyed a baseball game in the rain – only scattered drops tonight, but the threat was there all evening.

And now we are back in the room, packed and ready for a good night’s sleep before heading south in the morning.

I’ll see you on the road somewhere.

TTFN!