Day Trip to Atlantic City

We've been in NJ for more than 6 months now but we really haven't had the chance to go long-distance driving as a family because of problems with our schedule and not knowing how to go to far destinations. Then everything came into place. July 3 was declared a non-working holiday in Joey's office, I don't work Mondays to Thurdays and most importantly -- a very generous couple, Kuya Jun and Ate Tess Alipit , gladly accompanied us and volunteered the use their vehicle to go to Atlantic City, NJ.




Kuya Jun and Ate Tess picked us up at 9AM. We head on the road at around 930AM. It was a long trip, 141 miles from our place to AC, but was made relatively short with all the conversations and a stopover along the way. My children were angels. Behaved all the way. We arrived there close to 1PM.




It was a warm day, perfect for a day out. We enjoyed the Steel Pier Amusement Park. Juwan had the time of his life at the Crazy Mouse ride. I, on the otherhand, almost puked on the that ride. Jin and Jaira discovered their fishing skills can win them stuffed animals. Joey enjoyed the "sights". :D We enjoyed Pizza, corn dogs fries and buffalo wings at Papa T's Pizza & Grill at the Boardwalk.




Kuya Jun and Ate Tess gave us a tour of the area although we didn't venture far from the Boardwalk, afraid the kids aren't up to a walkathon after they had their fun at the pier. Ate Tess and I got to try the slot machine and I actually won $21.25 in the process. The casinos all look the same to me :). Rows and rows of casinos, with lots of old people playing. I just hope they don't gamble their life savings there.




We left at around 430PM. US' major roadways are really well maintained thus Kuya Jun didn't have a hard time driving plus there's no traffic here. Arrived home at 8PM. Tired but very happy. Kuya Jun was talking of a possibility of driving to Canada within the year to see the Niagara Falls. Hmmm. Looking forward to that :D

Maraming Salamat and God Bless Kuya Jun & Ate Tess.