I discovered this area only a few months ago and knew that Matt would love it too. We made plans to camp in the area and see the sights for this weekend. Earlier in the week when it looked like the weather would not cooperate, Matt was all for canceling the trip. I chose to ignore his request and held my ground that we had to visit.
Because I selfishly did so, I was worried about the weather and if Matt would find the area as adorable and quaint as I did. As the trip went on, I became more worried. Matt was running late on Friday and as I packed the car, it poured rain. Once we finally got on our way and went to hitch up to our RV, things looked like they were going to take a turn for the worse as I got pulled over for not yielding at a light. Luckily, I was given a warning and a lesson was learned.
The drive to the campsite was uneventful and we arrived after 9 p.m., the time the registration closes. To our luck, they waited. All seemed to go according to plan until we hooked up the RV, discovered there was no sewer and only a hose for water. While Matt was trying to connect to the water line, the hose split into two, stopping the water supply to us and the rest of the campsites below. We were able to find the camp site manager and they came to the rescue only after all of our neighbors came out to find out what happened to the water!
We woke up Saturday morning to a beautiful day--no rain. I was eager to show Matt the sights. So we loaded up into the car and headed to:
Our navigation led us down a major highway to get to New Hope and Matt was wondering what I thought was so beautiful about this. After a few miles on the highway we were directed to turn off on a small rural road. At a bend in the road, we came to this site:
Now, that's the charming Bucks County that I am talking about. From there the day perked up. We arrived in New Hope, parked the car and went for a stroll. New Hope is a cute artsy town along the Delaware River, so we headed over the bridge across the river:
and from the bridge, watched two sculling boats race. We also stopped to take the obligatory photos crossing the bridge:
Once across the river, we arrived in...
in the town of Lambertville. We walked the Main Street and looked in shop windows. On a whim (and led by Matt) we entered an artist's studio and fell in love with the brightly hued florals on the walls. We looked at all the paintings hanging on the walls, perched on the floors and displayed in the courtyard and purchased two--one titled "Rosey Fun" and another of a tuscan village! We took one with us and we return next weekend for the larger of the two, after it has been signed by the artist--a good excuse to return to the area!
Enjoying the lovely day and the two darling towns, we crossed the bridge back into New Hope and had lunch here along the Delaware. Chloe was given bread rolls to tear apart and throw to the geese and ducks--a big hit with her!
After lunch, we strolled New Hope and then went to ride the steam train:
Chloe was very excited to ride the train.
Maybe a little too excited and worn out. About 20 minutes into the trip up the tracks, she was rocked to sleep by the train and remained that way for the duration of the trip until we got back to the car.
After our visit to New Hope, I drove Matt up the scenic and beautiful River Road... 
we drove all along the river, admiring the stone houses and towns. Chloe dozed for the drive but was livened up when we returned to the campsite and said we were going swimming:
She loves swimming and is quite the swimmer! She was moved up this past week to the next level of swimming and will be the youngest in the program!
After swimming we sat out by the camp fire, and enjoyed what we determined to be one of the loveliest weekends of the year in a lovely spot. It was a nice ending to a very enjoyable day. Of course, as is typical we were awoken by the tippy-toeing of a toddler into our bed at the wee hours of the morning to roll her rubber balls along the top of our bed. What a way to wake up! We will have to work on that one.
The weekend was fantastic and we are already planning our day trip next weekend to pick up our painting and maybe making a float trip down the river.
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