Onward to Pennsylvania

We got up at 430 this morning in order to beat the morning rush hour traffic. We got to Houston Intercontinental airport in plenty of time, passed through security, and had a bit of breakfast before going to our gate. The flight was scheduled to leave at 750 to arrive at 1153 EDT. All were on the plane and we taxied around runway after runway. There was a cold front that came in last night and for some reason the pilot announced he couldn't use the regular North runway. So it was 830 before we took off. There must have been some terrific tail winds as we arrived on time.
A bus took us to the rental car place where we met up with Gil who had flown up from TN and was riding with us to PA.

Fall foliage is somewhat washed out this year. Too much rain in the region.

We passed the historic Peace Church in Camp Hill, outside of Mechanicsburg. The Sanctuary was built in 1798. Confederates located a battery of rifles here. ~ Our first stop, even before going to the hotel, was the RROC Headquarters and Rolls-Royce Foundation. It was our first visit here. The Foundation has several cars on display that have been donated along with other memorabilia. Quite interesting. I picked up a travel log and was reading about an African safari that an RR owner had taken. Imagine my surprise when I realized it was the exact same tour we had taken in 1990 when we went to Africa on an Abercrombie and Kent  expedition from our home base of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The other tour had occured some 30-40 years previous.

We had dinner at the Black n Bleu restaurant in Mechanicsburg. Excellent food.