Gettysburg

Since yesterday was Adam's day off, we decided to take a day trip to Gettysburg while the leaves were still on the trees. It was such a BEAUTIFUL day! The weather was just perfect, and we so much enjoyed the time spent together.

We've both been to Gettysburg before and have done the tape tour, so we just stopped by the National Museum and Visitor's Center to get a map and some quick pics before we drove around our own self-guided tour of the battlefields.

This sign struck us as being REALLY funny! Not only is it in between the men's and women's restrooms; it's also in between two different sized water fountains! Too funny! I wonder if they meant to do that?

Abe "wanna-be"...

Like the hats?

We began our little tour by stopping at McPhearson's ridge. So beautiful!

On top of the observation tower overlooking the ridge...

These cannons are everywhere! We decided to have a little fun with them...

We drove up to Seminary Ridge next...

The Virginia Memorial

Charge!

It was so beautiful on Seminary Ridge that we took out our lawn chairs and had our lunch while we enjoyed the spectacular view!

Our lunchtime view.

Next we stopped near these neat fences to get a few pictures and view the battlefields.

We decided to go up a REALLY high observation tower. It was a LOOOOONG ways down!

For me, the highlight of the trip was our climb up Big Round Top. The forest was so lovely! Doesn't it look like a fairy-tale?

After a long, tiring climb, we finally reached the top!

Civil War re-enactment :)

The hike down was lovely as well...

We had to stop next at Little Round Top. The view was awesome!

I liked the fall foliage in this shot, so I thought I'd share it (plus, the man is kinda handsome, too :))

By the time we reached Gettysburg National Cemetery, Adam was wiped out. He stayed in the car to nap while I explored the cemetery.

It was here that Abe Lincoln gave his famous "Gettysburg Address"

These neat poems were all around the graveyard...

Civil War "unknown" soldiers were marked with a number...

The soldiers who were able to be identified were buried here and their names were engraved into the stone. There are lines upon lines of these!

This is what I found when I returned to the car :)

All around Gettysburg are quaint little shops. I liked this hat shop!

This picture was rather interesting to me. Supposedly, the soldier in the picture and the girl entered into a secret engagment during the war. If the soldier lived, the girl would marry him after the war. If he died, however, she promised never to marry. The solider DID end up dying, and the girl became a nun for the rest of her life. How sad!

A replica of the dress the girl was wearing in the picture.

We ended our day by driving another 45 minutes to Frederick, Maryland, where we met up with Tizzy. Here we are at Olive Garden. It was great to see her and the War Team again! Love ya, Tiz!

THE END. :)