We departed the KOA Campground near Newburgh NY this morning at 0805 hrs and headed down primarily interstate highways to Gettysburg PA. The trip was fairly uneventful with a bit of construction and a bit of traffic snarl.
We stopped a couple times at rest areas on the way down and anyone that knows me very well knows I have been a MOPAR fan since birth LOL. So needless to say the camera came out quickly when we pulled into a rest area and there was a very clean General Lee repro, an orange 1969 Dodge Charger driven in the television series The Dukes of Hazzard.
After 5 hrs 15 minutes and 266 miles, at 1320 hrs we arrived at Round Top Campground in Gettysburg PA. This campground is named after (Little) Round Top, a famous hilltop near Gettysburg that was the scene of intense fighting on July 2, 1863. From its summit looking northward, one could see much of Gettysburg.
The campground is part of the Thousand Trails membership program that offers access to over 80 campgrounds across the continental United States. It has 384 sites, many of which are seasonal. They have a large pool and lots of amenities especially for kids. For instance, this weekend is "Christmas in July" and they have all sorts of events going on all weekend including an evening playing of the movie Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase!
We have been to Gettysburg twice before and have taken the battlefield-related tours, etc, so we likely will not repeat those. This is more of a stopover to see friends and break up the trip to our next stop which is in the middle of West Virginia.
Tomorrow evening we will see a couple of our great Alliance friends from the Oklahoma City area, Theresa and Blaine Alsworth. We saw them last at the Alliance Rally in Goshen IN back in May.
Sunday we will have lunch with April Stanton Hill, who is more like a daughter to us! She was close friends of our oldest daughter Michelle when we lived in Norwalk Iowa and they were in high school. Seems like Michelle and April were either at April's house in the country, or our house in town! April now lives in Hanover PA (pretzel fame) east of here and we try to see her each time we are out this way.
Sunday's lunch will be at the famous Dobbin House Tavern. In 1774, the Rev, Dobbin purchased 300 acres of land in and around what is now the town of Gettysburg and commenced construction of a farm and the Dobbin House. In the mid-1800's, a secret crawl space, featured in "National Geographic", served as a "station" for hiding runaway slaves on their perilous journey to freedom on the "Underground Railroad." After the battle of Gettysburg ceased, and the armies had departed, it served as a hospital for wounded soldiers of both the North and the South. The basement is now where the current day tavern is.
We will be here until Tuesday morning when we depart for Briar Point Campground in Weston WV
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