Gettysburg

Recently we met up with a couple from Tennessee that I have known for what seems like forever.  They are great friends of ours and travel buddies (we've gone all the way to Maine together!).  They were taking a spur-of-the moment road trip, gave us a call, and we were off!

We met up with them in Gettysburg, for a great dinner, filled with chatting, good food and of course no dinner outing is complete without: ice cream!

We met up for dinner at the lovely Dobbin House.  It is a local tradition, dating back to our nation's beginnings: 1776, which of course lands this eatery on the Nation Register of Historic Places.  It is known as Gettysburg's oldest home, founded by Reverend Alexander Dobbin.  We dinned in the Alexander Dobbin Dinning Rooms and were seated in an upstairs, former bedroom area.  One of the tables (not ours!!) even came with a canopy from a bed (??!?)  Nicole wanted to move to that table- I think Yogi put the kibosh on that one before we got there! ;)

The fare at Dobbin House is period Colonial.  Many of the recipes, I noticed as I perused the menu, are original Dobbin family recipes.  Dinner was delicious- their crab cakes and smoked salmon are both superb (according to those at our table).  All of the items we ordered were prepared with an attention to detail.  Dinner even came with a couple doses of Isabella squeels.  Bahahaha!!  She scared the little lady and man at the table beside us (too bad I didn't have their instinctive head whips on video when she squealed...), then she just turned, smiled, princess waved, and said "Hi!" to them.  Hearts.  Melted.  Around.

After dinner we walked a block or so to the Sunset Ice Cream Parlor on Steinwehr Ave.  Their peanut butter sundae is to.die.for. Very good, and very reasonably priced- pleasantly surprising for a very touristy town during the summer months!

We sat at the parlor (they have great, colorful picnic benches to sit outside at) for a long time, talking old times, traveling, family, teaching, the future, and of course photography!  It was great to meet up with our friends from out-of-town, and we had a lovely evening!

**Post will be edited to include a group picture at a later date! ;)