Well, we made it.........sort of!

We hammered down all day and kept a steady pace. Luckily the traffic and the weather finally cooperated. We arrived at Gettysburg college around 4:15, about an hour to spare before sunset.

It was a tight fit getting through the narrow streets to the college, we even had to take out a removable stop sign at the college to make the turn to deliver this to the actual construction site (thank goodness someone thought to put a removable stop sign there!).

They had us unhook all our chains and leave the trailer there with the load. The other driver that had arrived before us had also left his trailer earlier. We have another driver arriving on Monday with the third part to this unit and he will have the crane stack the two trailers on top of his trailer, once they are both empty and away he will go.

Which leaves us with a slight dilemma. Fortunately all our paperwork is now signed and we can scan them and get paid for this load on this coming paycheck, but now we are left without a trailer. About 70 miles from Gettysburg is a town called New Holland, where they manufacture New Holland tractors. We've loaded out of there before and they always have a supply of our empty trailers so on to New Holland we headed for the night. I like going there, its near Lancaster and I love seeing all the Amish buggies on the road.

We had an opportunity to drive through some of the older parts of Gettysburg, I am assuming these buildings date back to the z800's, if not older. It was just getting dark, and the street and shop lights were just coming on. It reminded of something from a Christmas movie, the shops were all restored and pristine and we both wished we could walk up and down and see all the boutiques and specialty shops. It was really one of the nicest places we have been. It had the old history similar to what you see in New England, but without the "shabby chic". We were both captivated by how clean and, yes, charming is the word to describe it. Coming back for a few days to explore is something to add to my "to-do" list.

Now its Saturday morning and Joe is transferring our tarps and our case from the back of the tractor over the new step deck trailer we are going to take with us. Then we are heading about 180 miles to New York for a couple of very much needed days off, some visits with family and friends, and doctor appointments for each of us on Monday. Its always a challenge to coordinate doctor visits when you live on the road.

I've got some rants written up in my word processing program, I'll try to get some of them posted during our down time.

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend!!