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Tuesday we had a laid back day and only drove around the huge campground.\u00a0 The property is about 5 miles long and has been in the family since 1957.\u00a0 They opened it to the public in 1960.\u00a0\u00a0 It has two large lakes and several camp areas, most of which are dry camping\/tent sites.\u00a0 It turned out to be a great campground.\u00a0 By Wednesday were the only campers in the facility.\u00a0 I suspect that it gets rather crowded on the weekend.\u00a0 They have jeeps, horses, and canoes for rent.\u00a0 There is even a sand beach on the lake.<\/p>\n
Wednesday we toured the Shenandoah National Park.\u00a0 We entered from the north.\u00a0 Our first stop was the Dickey Ridge Visitor Center, where we got to experience a great ranger presentation that focused on how the early settlers farmed and preserved their food.\u00a0 We then continued along Skyline drive to Skyland Rustic Resort where we had a great lunch.\u00a0 Skyline drive is very much like the Blue Ridge Parkway.\u00a0 It is a very twisty road with beautiful views of the valleys far below.<\/p>\n
The mountains in this area are quite different from those in Colorado.\u00a0 They do not have the same elevation raise, but we saw a sign showing an elevation of over 6500 feet.<\/p>\n
Yesterday we drove a relatively short distance to Gettysburg (about 100 miles).<\/p>\n
This will be at least our third visit to Gettysburg.\u00a0 The first was in 1980 in our VW bus with all the girls.\u00a0 Lisa even commented that she remembers being here.\u00a0 It was a wonderful visit.\u00a0 At the time they had cassette tapes you could play in your car radio.\u00a0 It told you where to drive on a map and then gave you a narrative about the battle at that location. Our tour was close to a great sunset and the sights were so impressive. Attached is a fun photo of that VW.<\/p>\n
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If you scan out a bit on the Google Map, you will see that we are less than a mile from the battlefields.\u00a0 This campground would fall into the \u201cOK\u201d category.\u00a0 That said, because of the location we had to pay $79 last night and $99 tonight!\u00a0 As has been the case in most locations on this trip, it is not easy to find a camp spot \u2013 especially on the weekend.<\/p>\n
We are still working on getting the trailer modified to make it more suitable to the way we are used to camping\/traveling.\u00a0 We are not able to \u201cboon dock\u201d which would really make our travels a bit easier when we are going cross country. \u00a0It is so convenient to pull into a Wal Mart and spend the night without having to set up the trailer. \u00a0I have installed an inverter to supply 120V power off the batteries, but the wiring is not completed.\u00a0 Also, the water supply tank is pretty small.\u00a0 I will add a second tank over the winter.\u00a0 Staying in campgrounds is not all bad \u2013 except for the cost and the resources needed to find one.\u00a0 Not worrying about power and water (and to a degree sewer every so often) is pretty nice.<\/p>\n
More to come<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hello from Gettysburg, PA Friday evening\u2013 October 22, 2021\u00a0\u00a0 (fifth post of this travelogue) We are at the Artillery Ridge Campground (Google Maps) {google_map}39.8011, -77.2270{\/google_map} Tuesday we had a laid back day and only drove around the huge campground.\u00a0 The … Continue reading