Finishing up in Trenton

On Saturday we decided to take a break. You know I have been collecting the patterns for the Row by Row Experience.  Ron has been a great sport about stopping at quilt shops for me.

Once he gave me our route, I could see which shops were on the way. 

I had said I would like to go down to the sea shore. 

Would you believe there were a couple of shops along the way. 

Olde City Quilts, in Burlington

This was a great one   This shop went on forever.  It actually had three store fronts. Each store front carried different fabrics. One was for the long-arm business. Their row is with the leaves.  I have found that a lot of places make kits for doing just the row, and then a kit to make the row into a table runner.

Here is another.  Love those witches.
from The Village Quilter, in Mt Holly.

Here is the last one for New Jersey.  It is from a quilt shop down by the ocean.
A fitting row. Quilting Possibilities, in Forked River, New Jersey.

Had to stop at Papa's Tomato Pies in Robbinsville,  Oh what a tomato pie.  The taste is so good.
I think we are going to have to go back to New Jersey the end of September.  We will be stopping here again.

One of the towns we drove though had this tree growing out of an old smoke stack.  You just never know what you will see.

We finally go to the ocean.  We had to drive over a causeway to get to Long Beach Island. Talk about bumper to bumper traffic.  Just like I remembered when I was a kid.

We didn't get to spend nearly enough time there.
I miss it.

My feet in the ocean.

It is just so beautiful.

See the traffic on the other side of the road?  That is what we were in on our way to Long Beach.
It was such a gorgeous fun day.

On Sunday, we went to Washington Crossing State Park.
Another gorgeous day.  The park is a lot bigger then I remembered it as a kid.

Here we are.  We could see across the Delaware River.  There were people picnicking, and enjoying the park and the river.

The park even has an open air theater.

One the Pennsylvania side of the park there is this great statue of the crossing.
It was so nice to have a couple days to relax and get it together.
More tomorrow.
Mary