A Weekend Trip - Part I

This past weekend Marilyn and I enjoyed another of our Retiree Adventures with a weekend trip to the Philadelphia area to visit with some friends and relatives, and the weekend also encompassed a trip to New York City.  

We left last Friday morning and made our way to the town of Chadd's Ford, PA in the Brandywine River valley.  Our destination was this place....

...which has for the past several months been hosting this event....

Chadd's Ford was the place where noted artist N.C. Wyeth had his studio, and his children, all artists, most notably son Andrew Wyeth also had their studios and was the home base for their careers.  We have long been a fan of Andrew Wyeth, and were excited at the opportunity to see this exhibit.

The museum is in a gorgeous wooded area, and the exhibit was astonishing.  Three floors of Andrew Wyeth original works.  A wonderful thing to see.  

Oh, I mentioned seeing relatives.  By pure coincidence, Marilyn's brother George and his wife Ann were also at the Brandywine Museum that morning to see that same exhibit.  A lucky accident of timing on both our our parts.  George and Ann were there all morning, while we arrived around Noon.  So while our visits did not coincide exactly, we did get to see them and say "Hi", which was nice.

Following our tour of the Wyeth exhibit, we journeyed to the small town of Limerick, PA, and met up with our niece, Jill Richards, her husband, Ryan, and son, Gavin for a nice outdoor dinner at a local Italian joint.  A delightful visit.

After that, it was drive to Willow Grove to check  in at a local hotel, and then visit all day Saturday with friend Bill and Joanne Montrose.  It was a fun visit, including lunch at a great local deli....

It was at the suggestion of Bill that we planned and made this trip in the first place, but the story behind that, and details of the remainder of our weekend visit deserves a post of its own, and that will be forthcoming later today.

In the meantime, I leave you with some photos that we took, and, yes, photos WERE permitted in the Museum, which is not always the case, of some of Andrew Wyeth's marvelous works.