Wednesday 2/18/09
I woke up feeling really lousy. I hadn't slept well for a couple of nights, I was tired, achy and my stomach didn't feel right so I took some drugs and we went to Bally's for some breakfast. The buffet wasn't open for breakfast so we hunted up the coffee shop. There was a line, but it moved relatively fast and we were seated after maybe 15 minutes, but no one came for order. Finally a busboy who was clearing the table told the hostess not to seat anyone else in that section, that we hadn't been waited on. We were very impressed that the busboy had noticed and took action. Shortly one of the hostesses came and took our order and everything went smoothly from that point on. On Diane's suggestion I ordered something bland, pancakes, I only eat about half. Diane had their breakfast special bacon and eggs, toast and home fries.
We went back to our room and finished packing and checked out. We headed over to the White House Sub Shop, another Roodfood recommendation. They have been in business since 1946 and serve as many as 1,000 subs a day. We ordered a large Cappacolla and Provolone to go. The gentleman that waited on us has been working there for 50 years and was very accommodating, he asked if we were traveling and therefore he cut one half in half again and marked it so we could find it and used extra wrapping paper.
Next stop the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge for some birding. We were able to see and identify some of the ducks. I have never had much luck with ducks but they were in breeding plumage and therefore more easily identified. We saw Canvasbacks, Northern Pintails, Northern Shovelers, maybe some Green-winged Teal,and a couple of Buffleheads. There was also a ton of Brants, and 2 Great Blue Herons.
Then it was time for the drive home. This was rather uneventful until we got into Connecticut and started hitting snow. We got home around 5:30.
The photos from day 3 can be found at http://bobrich.smugmug.com/Vacation
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