MARILYN AND MINERVA TRAVEL TO THE PECKONOS IN PHENSYLVANIA

Esther and Eunice took a break from traveling to take care of their newly adopted daughter, Ethel Louise.  Marilyn and I were on the road and traveling to an area of Pennsylvania called The Poconos...or the Pocono Mountains.  We headed across New Jersey on Route 80 to the Northwestern part of this area.  Since Esther and Eunice were not there to rename this, we did it for them.  It is now The Peckonos in Phensylvania. 

Marilyn was certainly into her tactics of being a klepto.  But I watched it all and made sure that items were not taken home.

Our first stop was to a place called The French Manor Inn and Spa, located in South Sterling.  We got a spa suite.  There was even a Jacuzzi in the bedroom area.

 We had a lite lunch at the poolside followed by a massage.

The scenery was just gorgeous and we were just so relaxed.  They serve afternoon tea here in their "cafe" (Marilyn loved the artwork, especially one of the small sculptures) .  It's an extremely informal way to dine here...but keep in mind that The French Manor is not your usual type of accommodations here in the Peckonos.  I would describe it as a very romantic couples or the most relaxing "treat yourself" resort.

After some time, we went to the formal dining room for dinner that started with an amuse bouche.  We weren't too hungry so we munched on this scrumptious salad.

Marilyn and I went for a stroll in the garden area and we met Jeffery Huntzinger, the Executive Chef.

After checking out we stopped at a place called Coutt's Blueberry farm.  It was a bit too early to pick them.  They did have lots of products.  Marilyn wanted to "buy" this blueberry spread that had a lot less sugar than their regular jam.

We continued north to Lake Wallenpaupack...I guess we should have renamed it Lake Wallenpaupeck to a real family resort called Erhardt's.  It would be a great place for all five of us to go to....maybe next time.

Dinner was at  Gersham's Chophouse in Hawley where we had a sample of appetizers.

We stayed awhile at the lake to watch the sunset.  The next morning we went over to the lake to watch humans boating and some lady on water skis.

Afterwards we met some of the staff.   Marilyn saw that this lady was going to have a baby so she talked to it.  I hope she wasn't thinking of stealing it.

Erhardt's has a restaurant and that is where we had lunch.

Time to head back to New Yolk.