# Gettysdope IV: The Quest for Peace **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 25, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-iv-the-quest-for-peace/413095 "2007-07-25T15:57:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-iv-the-quest-for-peace/413095/41 "2007-07-27T02:06:05Z")
[QUOTE=supervenusfreak] … bacon salt! 😃 [/QUOTE] Yes, please bring bacon salt! ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-iv-the-quest-for-peace/413095/42 "2007-07-27T02:51:18Z")
I’ll be there with my usual assortment of burgers and dogs. Mrs Geek and the 3 Geeklings will be there as well. [QUOTE=jayjay] [Mapquest](http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?go=1&do=nw&rmm=1&un=m&cl=EN&ct=NA&rsres=1&1ffi=&1l=&1g=&1pl=&1v=&1n=&2ffi=&2l=&2g=&2pl=&2v=&2n=&1pn=&1a=&1c=vandergrift&1s=pa&1z=&2pn=&2a=&2c=gettysburg&2s=pa&2z=&r=f) says it’s about 3 1/2 hours. [/QUOTE] Not if you take that route. 30 is SLOW and twisty and when it’s not twisty you are slowing down to go through every little town 3 house town along the way. Your best bet (IMHO) is to take 76 to 70 (towards Baltimore) then cut up 15 N at Fredrick to get to Gettysburg. ETA: 3 1/2 hours is probably about right as long as you don’t follow mapquest’s crappy directions. ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-iv-the-quest-for-peace/413095/43 "2007-07-27T05:10:56Z")
LOL. Somehow I knew that I would be bringing it along. I ordered the bacon salt last week. It should be here before then. I plan on trying it in a few dishes. Hopefully I will find a tasty picnic appropriate dish for then, and bring along extra for others to taste and enjoy! Wow! the freezing bubbles idea sounds like a lot of fun! ---
**Author:** ![AntaresJB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AntaresJB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AntaresJB)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-iv-the-quest-for-peace/413095/44 "2007-07-27T05:21:21Z")
I’m so there, as long as it’s on the 15th. I put in for that day off at work several months ago. I call dibs on the lazy-person’s contribution of paper plates, plasticware, napkins, etc. I so don’t cook. I will also bring my guitar, and a massive pile of books for the book exchange, since a co-worker dumped a bunch of romance novels on me and I am through reading them (most of them are, frankly, not that great. But free!). ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-iv-the-quest-for-peace/413095/45 "2007-07-27T21:05:10Z")
Bad news, kids. I called the park office this morning, and the 15th is booked. So is the weekend of the 8th, and the weekend prior is Labor Day. August 25th is the Saturday before that, and pavilions are available. What would y’all like to do? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-iv-the-quest-for-peace/413095/46 "2007-07-27T22:17:12Z")
The reason for moving to September was that people wanted cooler weather – August 25th is definitely still summer. What about Sept. 22nd? I realize that’s Yom Kippur – how many people would be unable to attend then? Is that number greater or smaller than the number who don’t want to do August 25th? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-iv-the-quest-for-peace/413095/47 "2007-07-27T22:20:00Z")
**Scuba Ben** and I observe the Jewish holidays, so Yom Kippur is out for us. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-iv-the-quest-for-peace/413095/48 "2007-07-27T23:07:36Z")
I’d be out if it’s Yom Kippur, too. What about something in October? I know it’d be cooler, but it’s not bad and there’d be some nice fall foliage. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-iv-the-quest-for-peace/413095/49 "2007-07-27T23:32:33Z")
I checked the dates - The 22nd is during the sheepdog trials finals. I’d be in the area, but distracted. October is good. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-iv-the-quest-for-peace/413095/50 "2007-07-27T23:45:31Z")
October is good for me, too. Better pierogie casserole weather, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-iv-the-quest-for-peace/413095/51 "2007-07-27T23:52:09Z")
October would be good for us. It’s spaced out enough from Labor Day that there shouldn’t be any scheduling friction here. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-iv-the-quest-for-peace/413095/52 "2007-07-28T00:19:44Z")
October is a maybe for me, it depends heavily on scheduling beyond my control. ---
**Author:** ![AntaresJB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AntaresJB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AntaresJB)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-iv-the-quest-for-peace/413095/53 "2007-07-28T02:16:31Z")
Sept 22nd will definitively not work for me (nor will the 29th, although it wasn’t mentioned). I could do August 25th. As for weekends in October I’m free on the 6th and the 20th, theoretically. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-iv-the-quest-for-peace/413095/54 "2007-07-28T02:31:41Z")
Those other September dates are out for me. As for October, I’m good for any Saturday except the 20th. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-iv-the-quest-for-peace/413095/55 "2007-07-28T05:15:26Z")
I am available for the August 25th date. I am out of it for the entire month of September. October? Meh. Who plans that far ahead? Probably hard, but not out of the question. ## Tris “We better get back, 'cause it’ll be dark soon, and they mostly come at night, mostly.” ~ Newt, Aliens ~ ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-iv-the-quest-for-peace/413095/56 "2007-07-28T10:40:48Z")
October would be better for me. We will be out of town (in a different direction) the last weekend of August. ---
**Author:** ![Anita\_Vacation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Anita\_Vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anita_Vacation)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-iv-the-quest-for-peace/413095/57 "2007-07-28T13:35:23Z")
I think an October Gettysdope would be lovely and seems to be getting positive responses here. Put me on the bandwagon for any weekend in October. Woohoo! ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-iv-the-quest-for-peace/413095/58 "2007-07-28T15:24:54Z")
Early October sounds like a wonderful time for a Gettydope! ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-iv-the-quest-for-peace/413095/59 "2007-07-28T17:48:21Z")
I don’t care, and the further in the future it is, the more time I have to plan for it, which doesn’t mean that I’ll begin preparing before the last possible moment, but I could. October, then, would be lovely. ---
**Author:** ![TwoTrouts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@TwoTrouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoTrouts)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-iv-the-quest-for-peace/413095/60 "2007-07-29T01:16:12Z")
An October date would work very well for Debbie and me. It is a beautiful time of the year in this area! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-iv-the-quest-for-peace/413095.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gettysdope-iv-the-quest-for-peace/413095.md?page=4)