Nice grassy KOA site.

I hopped onto the 30 back East.  Much to my surprise, the Flight 93 Memorial was just off the highway.  I considered going past it, but it was a nice surprise.

Memorial wall with names runs along the flight path, pointing to a boulder marking the crash point.

I’m glad I went to the Memorial, I was oddly choked up about it.  After so many war memorial, this one about innocents on an unlucky flight some morning touched a nerve.  Wrong flight, go see the wrong movie.  Never know how you’ll go out.  At least these people got the chance to fight back and give their lives to save others.

Back on the highway, I stopped for gas and lunch at Sheetz.   Given how long the lines were, I thought it would be a decent meal.  Not so much – I guess it was just the lunch rush.  I wouldn’t go back.

Gettysburg was less interesting to me.  I guess the real reason I went was all the map levels in Starcraft.  Figured I should stop by the actual battle scene and check out one of the highest casualty battlegrounds and the supposed turning point of the war.

I rode most of the Auto Tour, but realized I didn’t have enough context to understand what was going on.  I figured if I ducked into the Visitor Center and watched the movie, I might understand what I was looking at… But that stuff is expensive.  Certainly not something I was willing to pay for.  Wikipedia will have to do.

Site of the Gettysburg address.

After the rain stopped, I continued east to Hershey.  Went past Attraction Drive before pulling over for some gas.  The nearest KOA was too far and a call to the Hershey campground was $45 a night.  The gas station attendant suggested that heading north was the direction for cheap stays and I ended up at the Dutch Motel in Palmyra. They wanted $60, but some haggling got it down to a reasonable price.

Crossed the street for dinner at Tatiana’s.  Quick google showed some positive reviews and that was good enough for me.

Fairly plain looking Mushroom soup.  Tastier than you’d think.

Coliseum Bone-In New York.   Very good, and first time I’ve ever had New York that way before.  Was a little more well done than I would have liked(touch closer to the medium side of Medium Rare).  But topped with sausage and seafood, it was amazing.

It sounds like this is one situation where asking the locals wouldn’t have done any good.  The local ‘dutch’ community isn’t very adventurous when it comes to dining.  Chatting with the chef/owner, it sound like almost all his traffic is from out of town.  Strong reviews on Trip Advisor and I would agree.  Worth going, if a little expensive.