The Bullet and the Midget: The Second Day of Christmas - The Feast of Saint John the Apostle

Baldwin's Book Barn

The Feast of St. John the Apostle turn out to be an even more beautiful day than St. Stephen's. Clear blue sky and temps in the mid 50's, probably as high as 56 or 57 at some times. A great opportunity to take the MG out for a spin.

We headed up Goshen to gas up at the Wawa on 352 and 3 and to gauge how feasible a longer ride would be. My wife bundled up fairly well and brought along a riding blanket; I didn't wear thermals just a t-shirt, hooded sweatshirt and my old A2 leather flight jacket. That turned out to be enough for the weather.

After gassing up we decided to continue on with the ride since the weather was so good. We headed out on 352 to 926 and followed that to the Brandywine where followed Creek Road north along the east bank of the Brandywine to 52. At 52 we made a right towards West Chester and headed to Baldwin's Book Barn. Surprised to find it open, we stopped and went in for a browse.

In the parking lot of Baldwin's

We left Baldwin's and headed back on 252 but instead of going all the way back to Creek Road we made a left on Birmingham Rd. This is a really nice windy country road. I've been on it once on my regular car, the first time we came to Baldwin's, but now I realize I need to added to my Bullet rides. Birmingham took us back towards 926, which was not marked at that intersection (the street sign just said "W New Road") so I overshot but once I was over it I realized that I needed to turn around.

At the foot of the Lafayette Memorial

Fortuitously, the next possible place to make a turn around was the Birmingham-Lafayette Cemetery. It is an odd little graveyard that played a part in the Battle of the Brandywine as its stone walls were used by the American Revolutionary Army as its first line of defense during the battle. At the entrance there are two monuments to two Colonels that fought in Wayne's Division at the Battle, beyond that there are monuments to two Revolutionary War Generals, the Marquis de Lafayette and Count Casimir Pulaski. It is a little cemetery attached to a Quaker Meeting house and there is what looks like a single room octagonal school house in the back. A place well worth returning to for further exploration.

From the we headed back to 926 and the way home stopping at the Goose Creek Grill for a little late lunch. Monste got at sorts of attention when we pulled in the parking lot, some ladies coming out of the restaurant stopped to chat with us about the car, the chef came out to look at it, the bus boy told me it was "bad assed", and while we were inside some guys milled about her checking her out. The lunch was good, we both had steak salads which were pretty good. While sitting in the restaurant I noticed a red convertible Ferrari pull into the parking lot. After we finished lunch we drove around the back of the restaurant and saw the Ferrari parked in the back. Its license plate read "SNAIL", yeah, right!

From there it was just a quick jaunt down 926 to Garret Mill Rd and the Goshen for the way home. A great day for a ride and a fabulous ride. The Birmingham-Lafayette Cemetery is definitely going on the list for places to explore.

The exotic car tally now stands at 9 Ferraris, 4 Teslas, 2 Lambos, 2 Maseratis, 2 Cobras, 2 Unknowns, 1 Bentley, and 1 DeLorean. The MGA I removed from this tally and put in the Classic Car tally.