Arrived at hotel, checked in and my son wanted to rest. The missus and I went out to get a feel of where everything is, places to eat, visit, etc… Let’s not forget, the heat and humidity was horrible with temps in the 90s. Too damn hot to enjoy anything but we both did stuff the best we could. Visited mansions - Hagley, Rockford, Neumours, Winterthur mansions all owned by the Du Pont family - that’s right THE Du Pont family we all know today as DuPont. Had dinner the first night at Chelsea (it’s okay but restaurant didn’t have A/C).
The next two nights, dinner was much better. Ate at Big Fish Grill Monday, Iron Hill Brewery Tuesday - both I highly recommended going to. Right on the Riverwalk - a paved walking trail along side restaurants and businesses they had before the pandemic must’ve killed half of them. Most places were closed on Mondays - some don’t open til Tuesday.
Their mini golf course on the Riverwalk was one place closed where we both could have done during our stay. Son still in bed resting, says he still has a headache and nauseas. In fact he pretty much stayed in the room the whole duration of our trip. Needless to say, I was heartbroken to see him sick. although no fault of his own. Just bad timing. Monday, he vomited - thankfully I had a hotel garbage bag handy. We have been pushing him to stay hydrated and take Tylenol if needed. Says he has a migraine headache with nausea, dizziness/lightheadedness, chills, and diarrhea. Yup… migraines symptoms.
He did manage to eat a little breakfast Tuesday after picking up some Pepto Bismol that morning after he developed diarrhea. I was ready to return home Tuesday but he wanted to stay in to rest. We did ask him if he wanted to go to Urgent care in Wilmington but declined. It was then he told us he may have caught some sort of virus from work since a couple contractors were out with same symptoms. Now he tell us.
.Basically, the missus and I went out and make the most of our visit - I tried but I was not enjoying my time but I did the best I could. Wednesday he was a little better on the drive home and I told him I’m doing the driving this time. I didn’t mind it at all but coming home, traffic was worse around Philly area all the way up near the Penn Turnpike due to an accident near the Turnpike - a 1 hour delay to travel 5 miles. Took us at least 45 minutes to get out of the horrible bottleneck traffic. Did I mention how I hate driving in Pennsylvania…. and Pennsylvania drivers? Idiots in a hurry to go nowhere’s and getting in the far left lanes (3 lane highway) then suddenly realizing they have / need to get off at the next exit. What the hell is wrong with them for being in the wrong lane then realizing they have to get off at the next exit? Pure stupidity.
My son was feeling a little better as the day went on. He did call into work today and told his boss he has been sick these last 3 days spending his time in the hotel room trying to recover. He said he will go in to work tomorrow. We did ask if he wanted to go to urgent care and or set up an appointment with our family doctor. He said no. Okaaaay….
He did seem fine this morning but we both told him to call in today if need me. I’d rather have him rest up than get sick on the job.
Will I visit Wilmington again? No. Will I visit Delaware again? I don’t know unless we head further down to the beach towns like Bethany Beach etc… Honestly in my opinion, I’d rather not. I’d rather head up to Maine instead. I love visiting Maine.
