Longwood Gardens

On the third we went to Longwood Gardens.  On the way we stopped at White Chimney's which is the Slaymaker family (of Slaymaker Locks, of course.) home.  We had been trying to get a hold of someone there for months, with no success.  They've had an anitque and tours sign out, but were never open.  We finally got a chance to talk to the current owners, so that was great.  We hadn't even gotten to the gardens yet and it was a good trip! : ) 

The Gardens were beautiful, as always, and not crowded at all.  We  did the water gardens, the bell towere and eye of water, the children's garden, and  two of the tree houses.  Mike found a padlock of a company that will be at the show on the Overlook Tree House holding the slide door open.  I just laughed and laughed.

After Longwood we went to the best ice cream shop!  It's in Kennett Square on the main strret, going west.  It's owned by a Mexican family, and they have all flavors.  Besides the regular ones, they have things like corn (which is one of my favorites), cantaloupe, and cinnamon and chili powder are available for sprinkling. It's really fun to check out the unusual flavors.  When there open in the summer there are always people out on the sidewalk ( where they have some benches and chairs) eating ice cream.  For some reason it's feels very much like when we were kids.

Anyway that was our Independence Day. (ok they day before).  It was very nice.