It's super hot here today & this is supposed to be the last of the cool days, but with a temperature of 28 overnight it doesn't feel like it & they reckon by the weekend it will be in the high 30's, grim.
We didn't have that much planned for today & didn't set off until about 11:30 and caught the number 42 bus to Penn's landing, then bought what has to be the most expensive ferry tickets ever at $9 for a round trip, considering you are only on there about 20 minutes its a lot, they could actually make the crossing in half the time but you would feel even more ripped off. The plan was to go to a cafe and have a wander along the waterfront, unfortunately, the cafe was shut and looked like it been for a while, I did check on Google Maps first but to no avail. It actually worked out for the better as the next place was Victors Pub and although it looks like an upmarket place it was very reasonably priced & the food was lovely, at $5 for a pint, it's not bad I thought & I could even watch the trams go pasted out of the window.
We then took a stroll along the waterfront to the Battleship New Jersey it was at this point I saw my first groundhog! After that it was back to the ferry for the 4:30 back across, they only run once an hour and in this heat, you needed to be in somewhere with air conditioning. As it turned out we were the only people on the lower deck as it was nice and cool in there with the doors shut. Once back on the Philly side, it was a bit of an uphill push to get the bus stop which is on an elevated section of road, but one thing I must say is that all the AC works on the buses, there's none of this crap like back home where you boil to death in the roasting heat, the windows don't open so it keeps the cold in, that's how it should be and they also have white roofs which make a difference when you keep the windows closed.
We hadn't been back at the hotel long when it rained really heavy for about an hour, which probably felt like a sauna outside. So depending on when you read this I could already be 50 but as we are 5 hours behind here I can stay younger for longer. Stay younger for longer by flying west, it works.
