So last night for some reason I don't know who but some guy decided they needed to drive back and forth a few times across the fields in a cart at about 3 AM.  They didn't run us over so that's alright.  I woke up to the sun and the heat from the sun that started getting to intense to lay outside.  I moved to a chair in the shade on the side of the building and updated my journal real quick since I didn't do it last night.  Ben slept even later, but Ane and Liz got up earlier and headed to the Lincoln Diner for breakfast.  Ben and I got there and ordered our food before they got theres.  I got 3 huge, probably atleast 10 inch blueberry pancakes with SCRAPPLE!  I knew Pennsylvania wouldn't let me down when it came to that awesome breakfast meat.  One the way back we stopped by the library for a short time just to check email mainly, because I didn't want to spend my last rest day at a computer updating my website.

We spent the next who knows how many hours at the laundromat.  This was because the other 3 put there clothes in the washing machine, they got the soap cycle and then basically we heard a loud crack of thunder followed by the power going out on the whole south side of Gettysburg.  A huge storm came through for an hour or so and the power was out for a while.  We sat around taking naps and entertaining ourselves with cards and whatnot in hopes the power would come back on.  Ben, Liz and I ended up going to KFC and eating the last of their warm chicken and mashed potatoes right before they locked the doors.  We sat around for some more inside, the power was still out when I got a call from my uncle. 

I meet up with my Uncle Scott and cousin Steven and we went to the local deli-mart place and got a ham and cheese sub and this soda called Frozen Run, its really good and its like a clear birch beer that I haven't had in like 10 years.  While we were sitting outside eating our sandwiches we watched a delivery truck guy run into the awning on a building which was pretty funny.  Lots of people were just standing still staring at this truck driver until the police came.  Next we went into some of the random tourist trap shops until we meet up with the rest of their family, Aunt Boo, Faith, Philip and Andrew.  We started by driving to the observation tower, which was like 200 steps up, just what I needed on my rest day, more climbing.  It was pretty cool though, it gave you a nice view of the fields and the surrounding area.  Next we went to Devil's Den and Little Round Top.  We walked around reading some of the different statues and plaques that they had up in various places.  We did that for an hour or two and then went to the Appalachian Brewing Company for dinner.  I had my 14 oz. NY Strip steak with a salad and a rootbeer float for dessert.  It was excellent, thanks Scott and Beth!  I then meet Ben, Liz, Ane, and David back at the Pub and Restaurant place again, and since they hadn't actually gotten their food yet, I decided to ask for a menu and ordered the Cobb salad.  Yup, dinner number two for the night, back to back.  I have realized that I eat a ridiculous amount of food on this trip and Im going to have to cut back when I get home. 

Tonight we slept under the awning of the front of the middle school.  It was me, Liz, Ben, David and Andy.  There was a random 2 minute rain , but other than that it was fairly cool and I actually ended up getting great sleep.  It was nice getting a break from setting up the tent for these past two nights.

PICTURES FOR THE DAY!

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