East Coast Adventures
The National Cathedral
We’ve just returned from two weeks on the East Coast and all I can say is – wow! In two weeks, we visited or drove through a total of nine states, spending most of our time in Vermont, Washington D.C, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
We’ve faced 94-degree weather and thundershowers, long lines, heavy traffic, a chirping GPS, really good pizza, really cranky innkeepers (not ours, thankfully!), clam chowder, pomp, circumstance, and big giant robots.
And no, I’m not kidding about the big giant robots.
My favorite part? Visiting the National Cathedral (above). I took 174 photos there – and about 1,000 for the entire trip.
I think I’ll be sorting through photos for a while.
Also discovered this –
They know ice cream in North Carolina.
It’s the lovechild of the bowl and the waffle cone – the waffle bowl. I love the idea. Tricky to eat, but sometimes that’s the way conceptual art works.
The best news? Simply Sara is done. I know I said she was done before, at least I think I did. But now she’s really done, going to print done, completed acknowledgements and final edits done. I’m a little delighted. And VERY excited thinking ahead to the next book – I’ll keep you posted on that!
So the big giant robots? Well…I don’t have pictures. They confiscated my camera at the BMW factory in Spartanburg, SC. But they were big, and giant, and they threw sparks when they welded, and I won’t ever, ever forget them.
I did get this photo in the museum though –
A BMW airplane engine.
Thanks again for all of your entries for the Simpy Sara Baking Contest! They were tons of fun to look through, and I absolutely love Rhonda’s winning recipe – I can’t wait for you to see how it works in the book!
That’s it for now – I think my sweet hubby’s woken up from his nap 
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hi hillary i just wanted to tell you i have read my first book that you have wrote i really enjoyed it very much hope to get more from you. i love to read books on the amish thanks now i have another author to love and read. brenda pulcheon
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