Friday Part One:

OK ya’ll this is Fridays post sorry about the delay!
Friday Part 1:
Gettysburg:

We decided yesterday that we’d stop by Gettysburg since we were only about 20 miles from it, boy was that a great decision. I thought we’d just be driving thru an auto tour and we’d spend about 30-1 hr checking stuff out. But when we got there it was like time just stopped. The driving tour is a one way path, and you can purchase an audio cassette tour guide, or you can hire a tour guide who will take you through the route, and that person is yours for like 4 hours. We found ourselves (there was 11 of us) piggybacking onto some of the families that had hired the guides. I think that the boys were touched to be walking through such a historical place. I remember at one moment I was standing on the edge of the battlefield and there was a slight breeze and it was so serene and peaceful, and I was so surprised to see these 12 yr olds so respectful to the soldiers who had perished there.

Fav things about Gettysburg from some of the boys:
The battlefields, the history, The Pennsylvania Monument, Picketts Charge, they also liked seeing and walking where the Confederate and Union soldiers had built their boundaries on Seminary and Cemetary Ridges and then looking across the valley where the deadly battle took place.

Was an awesome day, a place to spend more than just a few hours. And the drive through Caledonia State Park was gorgeous…
So, now as I type this, we are finally headed north bound again, DVD playing cuz we are in a torrential downpour and there isn’t much scenery to see. About 3 hours later than we originally planned, but hey, it was so worth it.
ETA Cooperstown now stands at about 7:30 according to Sally the GPS, and steadily getting later…