 Friday – Boston, MA to Summit, NJ |  Saturday – Summit, NJ to Richmond, VA |
Visiting cousins in Summit, NJ
 | I left Boston after work on Friday and arrived at my cousins in Summit, NJ later in the night. It was really great seeing them as it has been years since we’ve spent any time together. We had a nice dinner and caught up on out lives. In the morning I sat at their kitchen table talking some more and, although it was Saturday, logged into their wi-fi and checked in on work. I headed out in the late afternoon with plans to come back and visit again soon. They are close enough that I can go down for a week specifically to see them and not just a stop on a longer trip. |
Pottsille, PA
| The day before I Ieft on this trip, I received a picture of a store in my hometown with its sign being removed. Just over 90 years ago, my grandfather started the Yorkville Drug Store in Pottsville, PA. When my dad finished college, he came back to Pottsville and worked the store with my grandfather. It seems, after 92 years, that store is closing and the building may be torn down. I’m a very sentimental guy and this news was very sad to me. My grandparents lived above the store and I have such fond memories of being there. Since Pottsville was just a few miles out of my way, I decided to stop in. I drove by the store as well as the house I was raised in, which is just a few blocks away. Since I was in town, I had to stop for a Coney dog. I do love my Coney dogs! |  |
Coyote Hills Disc Golf, Carlisle, PA
This course has been on my radar for some time since it has some really great reviews online. Discgolfscene.com has it listed as number 4 in Pennsylvania and UDisc has a 4.4 rating with almost 1000 reviews. I’ve driven by here close to a dozen times, however, it was either to late in the day, raining or I had somewhere else to be. Today I was able to play and I was not disappointed. I found the course to be well maintained with some beautiful views and a nice hike through the woods.
The course is very challenging with many of the baskets playing through tight tree lines. Although most were through trees, I though it had a nice mix with some nice elevation changes, some very long open shots and a few possible ace tees. The distances range from about 150 feet to about 700 feet. As I was playing the course, I was thinking how there are definitely ace potentials (like 7 where I hit the basket on my drive) but also double bogey potentials if you hit a tree at the wrong time.
I finished at plus 5 and I was happy with that. For me, it was a tale of two courses. I shot two under on the front nine and seven over on the back nine.
 |  |
 |  |
Gus’s Bar & Grill, Richmond, VA
The Patriots were playing tonight and I wanted to watch the game. It turns out I was going to be getting into Richmond right around game time so I Googled “best sports bar in Richmond”. Google recommended Gus’s. I made it almost in time for kickoff. I did enjoy the bar. There were plenty of televisions, the staff was friendly and it wasn’t crowded. If only the Patriots didn’t play as poorly as they did.
It was a beautiful night so I walked around the area for a little while before crawling into the van for the night.
 |  |
