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I'm in too! Looking forward to the next post

All your photos of the new light poles made me think how happy this guy must be: Brown Paint Guy is going to be busy for a while getting all those new poles to match

I can't help it, I have to ask, What is this? Unfortunately I'm not in Florida nearly enough to have learned on my own

That was the beginning of the "FUEGO" joke

A little late to the party, but I'm here. I timed my high school career perfectly, I was able to take part in two band trip to WDW. I marched down Main St and played on a stage in Epcot....as an 8th grader and as a Senior. It was an experience I will never forget! Disney really made us feel like rock stars with our backstage access and just in general with the way we were treated. Some of my best memories of high school are band trips!

Wow, good job to WDW helping out with that tire. I have been a member of Good Sam Roadside Assistance for a long time now. They cover all the vehicles in the family, including my motorcycle's and the fifth wheel. If you recall my tire mishap last August on the way back to Boston from Ohio, I had a service company at my trailer within 15 minutes of my first call to Good Sam, on a Sunday morning! They had told me 70 minutes when I spoke with them, and I was ok with that. In addition, they have an APP for your phone that has all your vehicle info in it, and it provides them your exact locatio

Great start, I'm in! Looking forward to more

There were some replies to this post when I put it up originally, I found this article (http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123368299 ) on the news regarding the Doolittle Raiders and thought there might be some interested people here. The Raiders are having their final "Goblet Ceremony" on November 9 and we are all welcome to observe this ceremony via the web. I am planning to watch, wish I lived closer as I'd go stand on the side of the road and show my respect / support for these guys!

Really like the potential of the Musket Mickey Sign! Can't wait to see the finished product

Page one bragging rights! This never happens! I like your reasoning about reposting and am looking forward reading along (again)! :pc:

I'm in! Bring on the Troll Rant's, Troll Fails, and all the other Troll Trip Report Greatness.

Thanks! We had an awesome time and it was nice to make it a little bit educational for the boys. Can't wait for next year to get here! I would love to do the Eastern State Pen! We have watched several documentaries about it. I'll give you a yell next year when we are heading that way and hopefully we can meet up. Thanks for reading along! Glad you enjoyed it, it was a lot of fun to write it up.

The tire was getting on the older side at 5 years, but it had always been kept covered out of the sun, and had under 10,000 miles on it. No idea other than age what might have caused it. Yeah, Good Sam is great. Last problem was a broken leaf spring on the way home from the Fort in 08. I figured, based on the unexplainable noise we were hearing, I dragged that thing about 400 miles with a broken spring. (Does my guardian angel comment make more sense now?) Thanks for following along! I too am fascinated by abandoned things. We'd like to visit the highway as well as the aban

I thought we were going to have two more updates, I was wrong, this is going to do it. The Last Update, here we go. I packed up as much of the camper and the outside stuff as I could on Saturday night so we had minimal packing to do in the morning. We got up and were on our way fairly early. Before long we drove by this factory, sure would have liked to stop in and gotten some samples We saw some more great scenery today as we were heading further east A sign for the “Turkey Hill Experience” It looks like fun, you can see more about here if you’re interested. http://turkeyhillexpe

Thanks sharing that! I never would have been aware of this info had you not posted this! Thanks for reading along, another update coming up in a couple of minutes

Let’s get right back at it this morning. Our last stop was just outside the Pennsylvania Monument. This pulled up behind us as we were parking. You can rent these in town for a battlefield tour. $10/hr or $40 for the day (8am-6pm) The view from the top of the Penn. Monument My best friend just retired after 20 years in the Army National Guard in an engineering unit. He has this building tattooed on his leg. So this picture is for him The last observation tower of the day (thank God). Also the tallest I believe. This was on top of Culp’s Hill. DW didn’t feel she

Wow, we are flying through this today, Does this make up for my several day hiatus? Another observation tower to climb, these towers gave my legs a work out, but they were worth it! The view from Little Round Top The rock formation at the center / left of this photo is the infamous “Devil’s Den”. We’ll get a closer look at this are in a few short time. “Devil’s Den” dead center this time More from Little Round Top This is Brig Gen Gouverneur Kemble Warren, the statue is alleged to be on the spot where he stood and overlooked the battle. I would not hav

The visitor center is great! Lots of artifacts displayed in the lobby areas. There is also a museum area that you can go through ($$) as well as a Cyclorama and film area ($$) We did not do any of this, but would consider it next time. Next year I am going to reserve a guided tour for our family. You get a licensed tour guide who will drive your car around the battlefield while stopping and visiting key points. The cost for up to 6 people in one vehicle is only $65. There were several of these tour guides on the field while we were there and we were able to listen in to some of the descripti

Some more photos of the Eternal Light Peace Memorial These signs were great, they were everywhere and did a good job of giving you an idea of what happened and when. These photos were taken from the top of an observation tower A monument to the 12th Massachusetts This next monument was really cool. It is for the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry and their mascot, a brindle bull terrier named Sallie. After the first day of the battle she went out to where the members of her regiment had fought and died and laid down with them until she was found on July 4th. Sh

Here we are having just backed into site 35. Full hookups including cable, a nice level, gravel covered site. That’s it for campground photos tonight. I get another big fail in this category. But I have an excuse. After setting up the rig, cooking dinner, and taking care of the dog, I had been pretty busy, I sat down and that was it for me. The next morning we took a short drive through downtown Gettysburg Then we pulled in to our attraction for the day I had visited here when I was a teenager with my parents, and I was looking forward to seeing it all again as well as having

Sorry guys, I had to work for a couple days here, but let’s get this baby cranking again and see if we can get through to the end. We left off cruising east through Ohio, fairly soon we came upon this sign We were just passing through though, didn’t even get off the freeway, so before we knew it we were leaving West Virginia in our dust We drove through some more gorgeous country. Did I mention I love travelling by car so we can see what our awesome country has to offer? What do you suppose is in this barge? Kind of looks like salt to me, are there salt mines in PA?

Wow, maybe I'll think twice about getting on Windseeker myself next time we are out there. Thanks for the info on the FROG group. I think I may have joined their forum a number of years ago when we bought the 5th wheel. The gentleman we bought it from owned an RV shop for 40 years, we got a lot of little "personal" touches from him that we love. It will make getting rid of the rig harder than it should be when the time comes. Thanks for the comments, we aren't done yet! My wallet and your DH's have some things in common, they never seem to agree with the DW's! Thanks for sharing tha

It sure does! I really want to do a DCL trip with the kids. It's just a cost thing at the moment. I love the sunrise and sunset pictures you are putting up. They are so nice, I can only imagine how much nicer they would be in person....I have to get the wife over here to read your report (and TCD's latest cruise report)....maybe then she will open the purse strings a little bit for me

Thanks Dave! This was what the whole trip was about! Hard to tell Judy, they are liquid tank cars for the most part, but are used for a huge variety of commodities, from Milk to Liquid Nitrogen. I loved the driving through the countryside. I too was shocked by her bravery, she doesn't do things like that! It was fun to watch

Great report Judy. I really enjoyed all your photos. Thanks for sharing your trip with us!