Day twenty two, Arlington VA to GettysBurg, PA

Fair bit of rain overnight and a drop in temp, thank goodness, it was still raining lightly when we left Arlington at 0900 hrs to do a couple hours of State hopping on our way to Gettysburg, only about 200 kms away.

We left Arlington west on the 267 towards Leesburg, ducked across to Clarke’s Gap and headed over route 9 thru Hillsboro gap and over the summit of Keyes Gap to be greated by awesome views out over West.Virginia. Down the long slope on the other side, crossing the Shenandoah river into West.Virginia to our coffee stop in Charlestown. It was pretty cool cruising down the hill and crossing the Shenandoah into WV as this is the sort of country we came here to ride. Felt good.

Jumping on Route 340 after coffee, wet weather gear now discarded and stored away, we crossed the Shenandoah back into Virginia for about a kilometer before Route 340 crossed the Potomac putting us into Maryland, quickest ever visit into and out of a state you could make in the USA I reckon. Toward Fredericksburg we changed over to Route 15 North and just north of Emmitsville we were back into Pennsylvania to arrive a short time later in Gettysburg.

While the ladies did some retail therapy at an outlet ‘village’, Horse, Red and I popped down to the Gettysburg Battle museum and visitor center and got the lay of the land for the auto tour of the battlefield park tomorrow. An easy day for sure with perfect riding conditions, temps didn’t get above 25 all day, outstanding.