I was so very sad when I realized after we left the Digger’s Dungeon that we crossed Chesapeake Bay in the dark! What a bummer. I still have yet to actually see the Chesapeake Bay….
We spent the next day driving….all….day….long.
Well, almost all day, we did have the unexpected blessing of being able to ferry across the Delaware Bay.
What’s funny is, we are not “ferrying” people. I only took a ferry once and Mr.OverKill had never taken one. We didn’t realize there were things to consider like, schedules and reservations…. We pulled up to the gate at 12:15 to find that the ferry was going to depart at 12:30. Everyone got super excited…until the nice lady at the gate explained that the ferry had just sold out. She said we could go ahead and buy a ticket and they would try to put us on the ferry, but if they were all full, we could get a refund.
We decided to go ahead and buy the ticket. We were put in the standby lane and the kids and I jumped out real quick to snap a photo in front of the mini ferry.
We waited anxiously, and the kiddos prayed….and we did indeed make it on! They took us and one more car. See?
Tootle Bug was worried that the van was going to fall off. So cute!
The kids were so excited to take the one hour ride across the bay, which shaved hours off our trip. They had fun exploring the ship and watching for dolphins. What a blessing from the Lord!!! An unexpected adventure in the middle of our day of driving.
I was a beautiful day, and there were some amazing clouds.
We landed in New Jersey, ate a quick lunch and got back on the road.
Look familiar?
That’s as close to New York City as we cared to get. We drove on through Connecticut and the fam had dinner at an amazing little chicken place. (I had dinner at Trader Joe’s ;) We rallied after dinner and pressed on to stop for the night at our next stop, Plymouth!
When we look back on out trip, this day stands out to us as our 3rd unexpected blessing from the Lord.