Tonight I am writing from the Courtyard by Marriott in Gettysburg, PA. Drove 304 miles today. Left Zanesville, OH after a great breakfast at Cracker Barrel. Gassed up with 13.438 gallons at $3.899 per gallon. The price in Indiana at $4.099 was rediculous. Thanks to traffic and onstruction, did get into Gettysburg until 1:00.
I am sore and tired. On my last last visit, I walked the entire battlefield in a light rain. Today, not so much. Walked halfway down Cemetary Ridge and a bit at Little Round Top. The visitor center is new from what we visited in 97. Kind of thru us off our game plan. I hope the boys learned something.
Went in search of supper and dismounted at Appalachian Brewing Company. I wasn't hungry but everyone else ordered and I ordered something to go. We tried a few different beers. The mountain lager was very good. It was cold, crisp and light, very good after a day of trudging. Rob tried the Happy Trails, IPA then the Purist Pale Ale. The Hoppy Trails was a very good pale ale. The purist pale ale was a little too light and lacked a good hop flavor.
SO at 2 Am I have a cheeseburger and leftover chips and fries. One annoying thing I have noticed is that if you ask for hot sauce, you get tabasco. These places have different food, different beer but they all have tabasco sauce. What gives? Denny's, Cracker Barrel and the Appalachian Brewing Co all have tabasco. I love hot sauce, but I prefer a good cayenne to tabasco. I did manage to buy a bottle of Cracker Barrel's Bone Sucking Sauce, which is habanero based. Another bottle for my hot sauce collection. Go figure, I can buy it in the store but have it at my table. That blows. The brewing company had malt vinegar at every table but tabasco, time to get off the soap box.
Our goal for tomorrow is to visit another place here then road trip to Sharpsburg, MD to visit the battlefield at Antietam. Not sure where we will land tomorrow. Maybe another hotel or my brother's place in Alexandria, VA.
My ultimate goal is to stuff my face with fresh seafood. A man has to have a goal.
Hammer
Friday, June 3, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Road Trip Day One
I am on the road headed East. Left Kahoka, MO this morning at 6 AM. Fueled up at $3.679 per gallon. Bought some drinks and hit the road. At Quincy, IL we got breakfast at McD's. All of the way thru Illinois we were in heavy rain. The temp dropped to 45 degrees. We headed on into Indiana. The rain stopped finally. We stopped at Crawfordsville for gas and lunch. Lunch was at Burger King. We fueled up again but this time at $4.099 per gallon, ouch! That was $67 gone fast.
After passing thru Columbus, OH, we had stop for a pit stop and grabbed a few drinks and beer.
Finally we landed in Zanesville, OH. It was 5:30 PM EST, so we moved up an hour. The time change was actually in Indiana. SO after 10.5 hours on the road and 609 miles later we have stopped for the day. Everyone else is in the pool and I am relaxing in the room with a cold one.
We are staying in the Baymont Inn and it seems pretty nice. Booked it on Hotels.com. If you plan your trip well in the early stages, you can decide where to stop before you leave and save some money on lodging. We came thru here in 97, so we knew Zanesville was where we would stop for the day.
Been a long day but glad to be stationary. We all have asstritis. Will probably order in a pizza for later. No new gastro adventures today. I did see a blimp headed north but couldn't read the name on it. I think I ate a whole head of celery today just snacking. Luckily I still have carrots, cauliflower and radishes.
I guess one note of importance is that as soon as we passed into Ohio, I started seeing signs for Skyline Chili. Cincinatti claims to be the chili capitol and Skyline is a brand I have seen on a few travel and cooking shows. I think I am going to save my chili for Ben's Chili Bowl in Washington DC.
And as bad as number 2 son was today, I don't think he needs any chili.
Tomorrow we head out aimed for Gettyburg, PA. We are going to tour the battlefield and look for interesting food to eat.
Talk to you later.
After passing thru Columbus, OH, we had stop for a pit stop and grabbed a few drinks and beer.
Finally we landed in Zanesville, OH. It was 5:30 PM EST, so we moved up an hour. The time change was actually in Indiana. SO after 10.5 hours on the road and 609 miles later we have stopped for the day. Everyone else is in the pool and I am relaxing in the room with a cold one.
We are staying in the Baymont Inn and it seems pretty nice. Booked it on Hotels.com. If you plan your trip well in the early stages, you can decide where to stop before you leave and save some money on lodging. We came thru here in 97, so we knew Zanesville was where we would stop for the day.
Been a long day but glad to be stationary. We all have asstritis. Will probably order in a pizza for later. No new gastro adventures today. I did see a blimp headed north but couldn't read the name on it. I think I ate a whole head of celery today just snacking. Luckily I still have carrots, cauliflower and radishes.
I guess one note of importance is that as soon as we passed into Ohio, I started seeing signs for Skyline Chili. Cincinatti claims to be the chili capitol and Skyline is a brand I have seen on a few travel and cooking shows. I think I am going to save my chili for Ben's Chili Bowl in Washington DC.
And as bad as number 2 son was today, I don't think he needs any chili.
Tomorrow we head out aimed for Gettyburg, PA. We are going to tour the battlefield and look for interesting food to eat.
Talk to you later.
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