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Friday 09/17/10 After furious activity to close house, we were finally off with the Shelley's kids @ 1700. We arrived at Adventure Bound CG to find the Fosters and a roaring campfire. Since everyone was hungry and the Fosters had already eaten, we used the fire to cook dogs over the open flame.

Saturday 09/18/10 Following a quick trip to Cape May Point to scour the beach for Cape May diamonds, we rushed back to the CG for showers and quickly departed for Sue's 80th birthday party. Everyone had a great time.

Following the party, it was rides all around at Morey's Pier on the boardwalk. The kids became a bit disappointed when they weren't allowed to play the ges of chance. At $5.00 for three darts, it sure looked as though the rules favor the house.

After burgers at Five Guys, we made it back to the campground for another night of snorts.

Sunday 09/19/10 001 Our final summer day with the family was spent at the Cape May Zoo. What a great place with a price (donation) that's hard to beat.

Following a late lunch at the Safari Cafe we bid adieu to the family. Bidding farewell gets harder each time.  

The Kids were off to their respective homes, and on day 1 of our "cruise," we were off to Cape Henelopen SP (what a rip-off that turned out to be @ $32.00 for a site with water even though we didn't want it and no electric. By contrast, a site with water and electric at Adventure Bound CG was $20.00). The Cape May Lewis Ferry toll taker let us on for the usual auto fee($46.00) even though we were a few inches over the 20' length limit.

Monday 09/20/10 002 Before leaving the area, we needed a wifi connection to look up an address. We found it at McDonald's, took care of some business and were on our way. Traffic wasn't too bad, although we managed to find some, and the resultant slow going, on the last six miles of the 495 beltway.

The traffic melted away as we traveled west on I66. We made it to Shenandoah NF at about 1730 hours. After purchasing our "Senior" passes (they used to be called "Golden Eagle" passes, we made our way to Matthew's Arm, the first campground in the National Forrest.

For the next few days, we'll be traveling at 7x our usual speed! We'll have to make an effort to stop and smell the roses as we don't normally travel at 35 mph!

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