Lancaster, PA

After leaving Massachusetts, we drove along I-84 (to avoid the 95 corridor) to Scranton, PA. When we got close to town, we put on the 30,000 lbs of Bananas song. It was glorious! A little further down I-81 we turned south and got to Lancaster, where Court & Elyse live. We all went to the newly-discovered Ethiopian restaurant, which was awesome. Wow we missed Ethiopian. (Image is after we stuffed our faces.)

On Friday, Hil's mom came out for the long weekend. We all went to Lancaster Brewing for dinner. The beer there confirmed our west coast bias; we mocked their Pale with <30 IBUs and the IPA with a measly 55. They did, however, have two blends on the sampler board: the milk stout mixed with the strawberry wheat and the IPA. Both blends were pretty good and the stout/IPA was probably our favorite of the 15.

In Lancaster we spent time walking around the cool old buildings, going to funky shops, and cooking. We also visited the house that Court & Elyse are buying (pending the inspection). Nice! On our way out of the area, we met Allison for lunch outside Harrisburg. And she's talking about getting a new house too! We feel a bit behind. [just repeat the mantra: we're going on a trip, we're going on a trip] Arrived in Havertown for some time with Hil's mom.