Gettysburg

 

Gettysburg RV park

 Friday:   We went on a tour to president Eisenhower's retirement farm. The home's contents were all original to when they lived there, and it looked like they had just moved out.. He and Mamie purchased it right before he became president. It was the first home they ever owned as were military and moved a lot.

We then went on a bus tour of the battle of Gettsyburg. It was a turning point in the Civil War. Our very animated guide described the battles from atop ridges, his hands pointing to places where the thousands of soldiers were all lined up. It was tiring just watching him! But we got a good look at how the battles were fought and won.

We had contemplated just doing a driving tour through the battlefield on our own, but in the end decided to take the guided bus tour.  We are very glad we did.

Pennsylvania is such a beautiful state, with farms, corn fields and this time of year pumpkins everywhere. The people here take great pride in their land and houses.

We went into East Berlin, PA, a short drive from camp on Saturday. We ate lunch at Wild Hog's BBQ. A small family run place where you order inside then sit outside to eat. Their Northern BBQ was good!

Upon returning to camp you could see lots of children with their bikes and scooters playing together around the campground.  It looks like a number of these families come often on the weekends and the children all know each other. We saw a grouping of probably 15 of them gathered under a tree, their bikes and scooters on their sides, enjoying being outside and playing together.

 

There are also lots of farm animals in campground. It depends on the mood of the baby goats if you are able to leave. They stand in the road until they feel like getting out of the way.

 

Nice walking trail through the cornfields at camp

The weather here is wonderful - cool and sunny.

  

Sunday Sept 28? The days are running together: 

Leaving PA today , we drove through Maryland. We crossed the Potomac River and entered Virginia.

It took us a long time to get here as we did not want to go through DC. The roads were good, but mostly 2 lane. We got set up in a nice site. Dennis is getting very good at backing in to a site straight the first time!

 Looking forward to visiting historic Williamsburg!