War of the Worlds

Me testing the Pond!

Emma worried by the alien in the lamp!

Ahh, the aliens are coming!

Not long after I decided to go to seminary in New Jersey I happened to come across a television show about Orson Welles's radio telecast known as War of the Worlds. It turns out that the town that Orson said the aliens had landed in is just outside of Princeton. So of course as soon as I discovered this I put visiting it on my list of things that must be accomplished while living in NJ. I convinced my friends we should go and this last weekend we had the fun of adventuring to Grover's mill. We found the monument dedicated to the event, walked around the mill behind which used to stand the water tower that the people of the town had thought was the alien UFO and visited the coffee shop dedicated to the event. Even got to play on a frozen pond. ( I was the test person to make sure it was really frozen) Oh, I can't forget, while we were driving we listened to the broadcast of War of the Worlds. It was a great way to get to know NJ.

P.S. When we arrived at the monument there were foot prints in the snow leading away from it but none leading towards it. Weird !!!!!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Amanda