Gettysburg

Day 16 September 28, 2024 Gettysburg to Philadelphia 136 miles

We had very noisy neighbors last night. We had to go out twice to ask them to be quiet. The second time was at 12:30. They did finally go inside.

A gentle rain was falling when we left. Several of the folks going more south were concerned about the weather affected by the hurricane. We had rain off and on but not too serious. The fog was worse. It was really thick for awhile. Luckily it left when we came to the area where we saw all the Amish buggies. We have seen more than twenty buggies. Some had roofs, some were more enclosed. Far more men than women. We didn’t get good pictures of them. Too many rain drops.

A minor accident of some kind occurred on one of the roads. At least three cars were involved. They were completely off the road on grass. A fire truck and police cars were on the scene. The ambulance left just before we arrived but they weren’t in a hurry.

We stopped for lunch at what we thought was a small diner. Turned out to be a small food court. We did get lucky with a parking spot just across the street. We decided on Canadian bacon and pineapple pizza. Not really all that good. We have been spoiled by Flying Pie pizza in Boise.

The last 30 miles took us nearly two hours. We did arrive at the storage unit in time to get our spot. Rob got the car in without too much trouble. Another customer was so excited to see the car. He looked all around it. Then we went out and ordered an Uber to take us to the hotel. We were set to go when Rob noticed he didn’t have his phone. He returned to the car but no phone. Turns out another customer found it on the road and turned it into the office. Boy were we lucky on that one. This was Rob’s first missing phone event.

The traffic in Philadelphia is terrible. All the lights are backed up at least a block. Then to make matters worse people run red lights. We saw at least three enter the intersection on full red and the other light was green. They sometimes don’t even try to speed up. If they don’t speed up they drive extremely fast.

The hotel is not far from the storage unit. We will need to go to bed early because we have to get up early. The flight boards at about 6:30 in the morning. Nite all.