Oh dear, only 2 months 'til Christmas! On the road for almost 2 1/2 months. It seems impossible that we left our "other" home midsummer, and now we're closing in on the holiday season. Still, there's much to see on this trip. So, while Doris and most of the group are enjoying their trek to Gettysburg, PA, I get to spend quiet time attempting to calculate how much we can see and what routes to take so that we arrive in California before Thanksgiving.
Gettysburg. Site of one of the bloodiest battles fought during the first days of July, 1863, there were between 46,000 to 51,000 casualties incurred in three days, with the Confederates suffering the most during this turning point in our Civil War . A powerful monument covers acres and should be a required visit for all people, regardless of nationality. I've been there several times during my tour company days, and have also circled it in an overfly during one of my cross country flying trips. If television were there to transmit the battle, the war may well have ended the next day by popular decree.
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| Gettysburg battlefield, one of numerous monuments to this pivotal Civil War battle. |
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| The Union Army's hill top commanding view toward the advancing Confederate Troops below. |
Tonight? Another farewell dinner as we leave for Virginia while our friends continue their exploration of the Washington, DC area.
