Rainy ride

September 10 – It rained during the night and was still drizzling when we got up.  We were lazy getting going but managed to leave by 9:45 as it was a very light drizzle starting back up.  We drove through rain almost the entire trip today.  It was heavy, light and everything in between!  I was so tired of on and off with the wipers and slowing down below the speed limit.

We stopped in Leola, PA at Sharp Shopper.  It’s a grocery store with most stuff stacked in the cases it comes in but I wanted to go because we used to go to one in Waynesboro, VA and they have awesome cheese by the round or by the pound.  They have Ring bologna and other lunch meats and sausages that you can’t get where we live.  So I’m stocked up with meat and cheese for a while!

Since it was after noon, we went ahead and had lunch in the parking lot then drove across the side road to a truck stop and topped off our fuel.  Then it was back on the road to Gettysburg.

More rain and today we were on mostly 2 lane roads.  The scenery was great and so many nice little towns along the way.  Many had 2 story rock or brick homes dating back probably close to 200 years old.  We cruised into Gettysburg Battlefield Resort around 3:15.  A workkamper took my picture driving the RV so he could show it to his wife!  He lead us to our site and it was a bit disappointing.  Very narrow and uneven.  Our site is long and narrow and our picnic table and firepit are behind the RV.  We’re really far in the back and passed a lot of empty spaces much nicer than this one! 

Once we settled in Bill called about a dinner reservation at Dobbins Tavern which is rather famous, but is was full for tonight and tomorrow night.  We decided then to have Mexican tonight.  It was good and we both had some leftovers for another lunch or dinner!

Bill realized he didn’t want to wear shorts for our horseback tour of Gettysburg National Park so we stopped at Wal-mart and Bill got a pair of jeans and 2 pair of shorts on clearance!

Dessert tonight was the last of the vanilla ice cream from last night and 2 little cookies.  Perfect ending to a long wet day!!