We decided that instead of going through Baltimore (we would have had to go around anyway because of the tunnels), we drove up to Gettysburg, and then went east to West Chester where we were staying.
Well, it was raining hard when we entered Pennsylvania, and was pouring when we got to the Gettysburg Visitors Center. We looked through the museum at all of the civil war relics found in the area, along with a large collection of period weapons. The girls were particularly interested in the story of brothers who ended up fighting on different sides in the war.
After some time in the museum, the rain had stopped, so we were able to walk through the cemetery and see the various monuments. Then we were on our way through Lancaster to find our campground.
Well, our GPS routed us on some state roads, which really ended up being tiny two lane country highways, with no shoulders, hairpin turns down tiny canyons and sketchy low hanging trees. At one point the highway turned, and we were supposed to continue straight to reach our destination, but we missed it, and so turned down another road to try and make our way back, but then saw the warning sign for the low bridge ahead and so ended up white-knuckled turning around in a tiny church parking lot. Then we came to the 1 lane bridge with a weight limit. It was pitched so high, that you couldn't really see if there was any traffic on the other side. The campground was a KOA... fairly commercial, right? No, not this one, with dirt roads, perched on the side of a hill above a river. We made it though, and set up camp in no time.
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