Sunday, August 20, 2017

Road Trip to Hanover PA…

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Our last day in Gettysburg we decided to do something different. We were planning to drive over to Codorus State Park for a nice hike. One thing we love about Pennsylvania is that the state parks have no entrance fees so visitors can check any of them out at no cost.

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As we started looking for hikes we discovered that Codorus State Park also has the most challenging disc golf course in the state. Even more surprising is there are 54 holes of disk golf spread over three courses. We couldn't resist the challenge so instead of hiking we decided to spend the day playing as much disc golf as we could. We played two of the courses and there were some very challenging shots as well as some extremely long holes.

We only played 9 holes on one course and then drove over to a high point to have the lunch we brought with us. Boy what a beautiful panorama we had of the lake below from our lunch spot. Afterward we finished up the other 9 holes of the first course and then played a second 18 holes on another course.

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After disc golf we planned a meet up with RV friends Dan and Merlene (whom we met several times all over the USA by now). However, we still had about an hour before we were suppose to meet them so we googled what to do in Hanover and found out that they were the snack capitol of the USA. So we decided to do the self guided tour of the Utz factory that makes some tasty potato chips and other snacks.

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After the tour we headed over to the planned meet up spot with Merlene and Dan to a brewery in Hanover PA midway between where we were both camped. We picked Aldus Brewery since it was the highest rated brewery in Hanover. The beer was pretty good along with the complimentary pretzel sticks but the highlight was reconnecting with Dan and Merlene and sharing all that we each did since our last encounter.

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Back at the camp in Gettysburg it was time to pack up to head out the next morning. When morning came there was rain in the forecast so I studied the radar and picked a time to leave hoping to miss most of the rain predicted for the day. We made the 118 mile drive to a campground just south of State College Pennsylvania. We plan to visit Penn State while here…

NOTE: We leave State College PA today and head north to Ives Run COE park near Tioga PA for three nights. Then we move into New York for stop sin Brewerton, Ogdensburg and East Chazy.

5 comments:

  1. Another fun day meeting up with fellow rv'ers, Safe travels today.

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  2. So glad you got visit one of the factories in Hanover. We do have the best snacks in that area. Our grocery stores all have huge snack aisles. Codorus is great place. We camped at the Ives Run COE park shortly after it opened many, many years ago!! If you get a chance to head towards Corning, don't miss Corning Glass. It is an awesome place with so many glass blowing areas.

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  3. Glad to hear you are enjoying our home state! Love to Dan and Merlene, too. We met them during a stay at Betty's. Enjoy Happy Valley...our daughter graduated from Penn State.

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  4. The next time you visit Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada the campground Riverbend has a disc golf course. ;)

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  5. Oh my gosh... you are going to our favorite COE park.(and we've been to a LOT)...Ives Run.

    When we visit our daughter who lives in nearby MD, we stay at Cordurus State Park. We were just there in June. We like Section D as it is more open. Last week we took the granddaughters home and made a stop in Hanover on the way back to Alabama. We like the Hanover Food Outlet. Spent over $120. Did not chance going to UTZ too.

    Enjoy PA!

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