Day one - the sights of Pennsylvania or what you see when you take the time to look.

STARTING MILEAGE: 51807
Leaving beautiful Towamencin Township, we went north through the even more gorgeous hinterlands of upper Montgomery and lower Berks Counties.  Do you know that most barns don't have windows? (JUST CONFIRMING THAT THIS IS A JOINT EFFORT - NOT THE WEED, TWO PEOPLE)  After winding our way through some lovely farms, we reached our first destination after several aborted attempts at finding the elusive Fleetwood Road.  Turns out we didn't even need to use that road...never fully trust an Iphone map direction!

MILEAGE: 51842
Downtown Kutztown was as bucolic as ever.  Because Sue wanted Nancy to experience a true Kutztown dining experience, we had a late breakfast at Letterman's Diner.

 True to the culinary reputation of the Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine, the meal did not disappoint.  After perusing the menu, we ordered a "short stack" of pancakes with various breakfast meats as accompaniments.  We watched the cook place said pancakes on a highly greased grill, and they were GI NOR MOUS.

The pancake tasted way better than it looks - it basically was the size of our two heads combined.  Wow.   Dat's gut nahhh.

While there, a discussion concerning Kutztown cheers from years gone by transpired between the 20-something waitress and Sue, who graduated from said college in 1972.  Yes, the inspiring cheer she remembered is still part of K'town tradition:
"Ring baloney onest,
Ring baloney twice,
Rah, rah, Kutztown,
Cheez, dat's nice." (To be said with a Dutchie accent)

Neither of us finished our carbo-packed pancakes...

Moving on at a distinctly slower pace, we took a drive-through tour of the college followed by a stop at  Old Main, the site of Sue's classes and dorm for three years.  Still looked sort of the same -- I don't remember the furniture looking so tired.

 

How convenient that there were restrooms available before the next part of the day's journey.

Following the ever-trustworthy Iphone directions, we drove a few miles out of the way before continuing to our next destination - State College, PA.

MILEAGE: 51992

The trip going up 322 looked pretty much the same as it did many years ago - not saying how many - when Nancy went back and forth to Happy Valley (not so Happy Valley these days).  The trip was uneventful, and we found our hotel with ease.  After the compulsory bedbug protocols were followed, we brought our luggage to the room and settled in.  Since lunch practically sunk our ships (get used to idiomatic expressions - Nancy is a master), we looked for lighter, purer fare.  And we succeeded at Harrison's Wine Grill on East College Avenue.  

After dinner, we took the scenic tour through State College, arriving back at the hotel to rest up for the next day's adventure!