Sunday, October 7, 2007

Day thirty five - Sunday

Although we're camping within walking distance of the Gettysburg battleground and National Park, we didn't go there today. As I mentioned in yesterday's blog, the Apple Harvest Festival is a big deal here. We decided to check it out.

The festival is held about 10 miles north of Gettysburg, just outside of Arendtsville, Pa. Entry was $8.00 per person and in we went. We found LOTS of vendors and food booths. Classic cars were at one end of the grounds and various bands played on several stages. We walked around for about three hours, had french fried sweet potatos and pumpkin funnel cake. How does that work? We go to an Apple Festival and have sweet potato and pumpkin???

On the way back to the campground, we stopped at the visitors center for the Gettysburg National Park and planned our day tomorrow.

Back at the coach we had a game of Scrabble, cooked fish for dinner and Ann did a big load of laundry.

We also looked at our schedule and found we'd be in the Charlotte, North Carolina area next weekend. NASCAR will be in Charlotte, at Lowes Motorspeedway next weekend. I got on line and bought tickets for the race. So, next Saturday night we'll be at the race in Charlotte.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

From Don and Barb:
Sounds like a fun festival, were there any antiques? You said you would be in Charlotte, NC next weekend, if you are taking Interstate 81 south to I 77 you might want to swing by Charlottesville, Virginia and visit Thomas Jefferson's home Monticello. I think you might find it very interesting, we have been there twice and enjoyed it both times. James Madison's home, Ashlawn is very close by, too. You will also enjoy the Blue Ridge Mountains. We look forward to your daily report!