New Hope & Bucks County, Pennsylvania
12/31/2009
When we woke up in the morning we were greeted by several inches of snow. Checking the Weather Channel we discovered that our area down through Philadelphia was under severe weather conditions until 4 pm. According to the television the storm was moving right along our driving route. It occurred to me that if the Mummers Parade was cancelled, there would be no way for us to know until we had already braved the elements to get to Philadelphia. I had already bought tickets for the Mummers Fancy Brigade Finale (which is held inside at the Pennsylvania Convention Center) so I called the Center to get information about cancellations. The guy on the phone said, “It won’t be cancelled. No way. It won’t be cancelled. Cancelled? No way. It won’t be cancelled. It’s going to happen. The weather’s not that bad. Look. It won’t be cancelled. It won’t be cancelled. You can call again tomorrow morning, but man, it won’t be cancelled. No way.” After a few moments of thought I concluded that the man on the phone believed that the parade was not going to be cancelled.
We had planned to leave early in the morning to reach the town of New Hope before heading to Philadelphia, but we decided to wait until the roads had been cleared for safety’s sake. Besides, I got the impression that New Hope is virtually in Amish country, so trying to reach it and actually enjoying our time there in the middle of a blizzard probably wasn’t very realistic. So, scratch New Hope this trip.
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