Heading to Gettysburg today. We pack up early, grab a cup of coffee from the General Store and head off on the road.
We stop for gas at a WaWa in Marshall's Creek, which I'm told is technically East Stroudsburg about 30-45 minutes into our days travels. If you've never been to a WaWa they are quite enjoyable as far as convenience stores go :) They have decent breakfast sandwiches, free air and WiFi. The timing on this is important as you will see.
Wilson and I are enjoying the car ride, coming up with lists of things that we want to learn more about based on what we are seeing and the conversations that we are having. Really interesting things like why are there so many McDade trail entrances our route and what is the difference between horns and antlers? Interestingly enough the McDade trail runs for 37 miles through the Delaware Water Gap on the PA side, which is a part of the Poconos. As for horns vs. antlers, a couple of major differences regarding class of animals, difference in structure, but the easiest way to think of them is that horns are permanent and straight while antlers are shed and branched. I'm not sure if these things are interesting because we're in the car for long periods of time or if they truly are interesting - I'll let you be the judge of that.
The trip to Gettysburg takes about four hours. Approximately 45 minutes before we are scheduled to arrive there we receive a call from the Dingmans Ferry Campground. Apparently they tried calling us earlier and left a message on our phone letting us know that we left our backpack in the store. Urgh!!! If only we had checked when we got back into the car at the WaWa we would have saved ourselves a headache and the need to return to the campground. We continued on to Gettysburg, where we set up camp at Gettysburg Battlefield Resort and make a plan for the next couple of days.
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| Gettysburg Battlefield Resort - RV Park |
Rte. 209 ►80 ► 81 ►83 ►581 ►15
Gas purchased at WaWa, E. Stroudsburg, PA - $2.35/gal
Arrive Gettysburg, PA 2 pm
Miles traveled - 233.9
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