Gettysburg and Dingmans Falls

Off on another trip today, this time to northern New York for a high school reunion.

Our first stop for fuel was next to "Pickle Bob's Ice Cream" in Haymarket, Virginia. Beth always does a good job, with the help of Gas Buddy, planning the best places to stop for diesel fuel. In this instance, any savings in fuel was offset by Pickle Bob's delicious espresso chip ice cream, without any pickle mix-ins.

Impressive Bathhouse

 Gettysburg Camping Resort was our stop for the night. We redeemed another of our free 30 days Beth won at the Hershey RV show last fall. The campground is directly adjacent to the battleground, so is very convenient if you are visiting the area. You can see more info and pictures of the area in our post last fall.

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Campsites aren't very private, but we had a quiet night, much quieter than I expected after discovering it was "bike week" in Gettysburg. The bath house is one of the nicest we've found with 12 private rooms, each with an individual shower, toilet, bench, and sink.

Campsite at Gettysburg Camping Resort

Thursday we spent most of the day crossing Pennsylvania. For some reason we always seem to run into construction and heavy traffic delays in this state. With some rain added in traffic seemed worse than normal. Deciding to detour onto a less traveled route, we explored The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area on the PA/NJ border. The unexpected highlight of the day was finding Dingmans Falls.

Visitor's Center

The visitor's center had helpful rangers that encouraged us to hike the trail even if we were behind schedule. They did caution us that the parking lot can be filled on weekends.

Dingbats at Dingmans Falls

An immediate reward, this narrow ribbon waterfall, is right around the first corner in the trail. It is much more attractive without the silly people in the photo!

Two-tenths of a mile down the trail is a beautiful set of falls, well worth the visit.  If you are inclined, there is a trail, with steps, 107 feet up to the top of the falls. What a great place to stretch our legs and enjoy the calm for a few minutes.


Back on the road, svIntuition turned over 24,000 miles on the odometer.

Made it out of Pennsylvania before sunset and enjoyed a visit with my sister in Malta, New York. For short visits, driveway camping is the best!