We started our day just relaxing…sharing stories about
Tuscola, pileated woodpeckers and calving glaciers…you know, the normal
stuff. All too soon it was time to
move on.
At Obama's Table |
Our first stop of the day was Ben’s Chili Bowl. This place is really just a hole-in-the-wall
chili joint, but is famous for its chili and half smokes. It’s frequented by Bill Cosby, Barak Obama,
Russell Crowe and George Bush. (George W
even helped paint the mural on the side of the joint!) We all tried the chili dogs and they were OMG
Wow! No wonder this place is
famous! Ben’s Chili Bowl is a definite
do-over for us!
After saying our good-byes to Margaret and Pete we headed
northeast through the D.C. traffic. Even
though it was Sunday, the D.C. streets were jammed. Traffic settled down once we were on the
Beltway, but then about 30 minutes north of Baltimore things came to a complete
stop; apparently, there was a bad accident on the bridge just ahead of us. We parked our car with thousands of others and
watched as emergency vehicles passed us on the left and right shoulders and
then as helicopters landed ahead of us.
We sat there for about 90 minutes.
Finally, traffic began moving again…but the oddest thing was, we saw
nothing…no crashed vehicles, no emergency vehicles…nothing. All had been cleared away before traffic was
allowed to move!
I 95...stopped and making new friends. |
Our target destination for tonight was Atlantic City. Mona had been there with a girlfriend years
ago and she was certain I’d like the city…and, besides, she wanted to look for
Jimmy. While I drove, Mona researched
hotels. She was reading the reviews to
me and our sleep night wasn’t looking good as the best she could find was an
Econo Lodge for $75. This hotel’s only
drawback was the constant coming and going of prostitutes at 3 AM and their arguing
in the hallways. Something to look
forward to!
Suddenly, Mona shouted, “Oh, oh…I’ve got our hotel!” She found a deal on Orbitz where we could
stay at the Trump Plaza Hotel for $50.
This sounded too good to be true, but she booked it anyway…even though
we were sure there must be a catch.
(Would you walk away from a fool and his money?)
We got to the hotel and kept waiting for the catch. We self-parked for $5 and then walked through
the opulent casino and lobby to the front desk.
Sure enough, they didn’t have our reservations. But after 5 minutes they found them and we
were in! We got to our ocean-view room
and finally found the catch…the room wasn’t clean and the bedsheets hadn’t been
changed. Ugh! We called the front desk and told them about
the situation. They said to come back
down and they’d make it right. Make it
right?!?! We ended up in an ocean-front
suite…huge living room, huge bedroom, both with ocean views…two baths with
Jacuzzi tubs...probably the best hotel room we’ve ever had!
From our room...the Jersey Shore! |
We dropped off our bags and headed to the Boardwalk just
outside our hotel. We strolled up and
down the Boardwalk, enjoying the sea breeze and the sights and sounds. I like this place better than Vegas because
the ocean is just steps away. Simply beautiful!
We finished our evening with a prix fix dinner at Evo’s and
then winning a few dollars from the Donald at his casino. Finally, we had a drink in our living room
and watched the waves rolling in again.
Ahh….retirement!!!
Mona you can book my rooms anytime!!!!
ReplyDeleteI think you should have went with econo lodge...probably would get better stories. :-)
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