6/3 - Gettysburg, PA - our tour guide Barry!

Louisiana Memorial

Statue that scared Chrissy!

Cemetery at Gettysburg

Lincoln Memorial at Gettysburg - spot where Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address.

Alabama memorial at Gettysburg

Before I forget....2 things

1. We passed a white Statue of Liberty in the middle of the Susquehanna River. Strange!

2. We've been listening to Three Dog Night - 35th Anniversary. David now serenades with me "Old Fashioned Love Song."

It's a bit drizzly and rainy here, but we decided to head out anyway. Good choice!

We went first to the Visitor's Center because that's where our CD told us to go. They're building a new one and it's sorely needed. There's much disrepair to the facilities and the exhibits are worn and defaced. We took a quick tour of the cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial before getting back in the truck to do the two hour audio tour. It's now about 10:30 a.m.

The first stop is about a half mile from our campground. Union markers are square at the base and Confederate markers are round at the base. Line markers are two different colors. It's important to know that because there are hundreds of them in the park! You could spend days just visiting markers from one side or the other.

It's raining a little harder now and it's VERY windy, but we travel on with our guide - HURRICANE BARRY! So kind of him to join us! LOL

We stop along the drive and take quick photos as it's raining too hard to really get out. We pulled up along a statue of someone (didn't see the name!). Chrissy was in the truck with us and she chose this point to bark at the statue. She apparently thought it was a real person trying to get her mama!

We pulled into a rest area to get a photo of General Longstreet. Didn't take me long to look at it as it was freaky! It was pouring down rain and he looked absolutely disgusted that he was standing there in it!

It's now after lunch and we're still on the two hour auto tour. We've seen memorials from almost every state! New York has the lead for the number of memorials. The one that really got me was one from Louisiana. It was added to the park in 1971. It features a fallen soldier with a female standing over him with a cannon ball in her hand. It's sort of art deco so I decided to risk getting wet and grabbing a quick shot. Someone had place a yellow rose on his heart. It was heart breaking to look at it. Apparently so that David didn't see me motion that I was walking over to the Mississippi memorial to get a photo there. I get the photo and I'm standing in the road motioning for him to move the truck up to get me as I'm really getting wet. He doesn't see me until he puts down the dog which he's been playing with! Really, who's more important....me or the dog! LOL I'm not really gonna ask him that one!

It's now about 3 p.m. into the 2 hour tour. We'd seen a sign that pointed us off to a 3 hour tour. The only thing going through my mind at that point was "A 3 hour tour....the weather started getting rough...." you know the rest. I looked at David and he looked at me and we decided we'd seen enough of the battle of Gettysburg. It's really overwhelming and listening to the CD made it more so. It had sounds of battle and very vivid descriptions of what happened.

Back to the campground for an early dinner and a night of rain!

See ya down the road!

Jenny :)