Gettysburg

My family and I recently took a vacation out east, and spent several days in Gettysburg, PA.  We found it to be a charming town, and an incredibly interesting battlefield park.  Our first day there, we took the Auto Tour around the battlefield, following the course of the battle, and marveling over the countless monuments and memorials.  I highly recommend this tour as a great way to start your visit, and get a general feel for the course of the battle. 

Here are just a tiny fraction of the shots I took there (no pun intended). 

The scenery around the park was beautiful, with mountains in the distance, and the old fashion fences, that I just love.  A photograph cannot do justice to the views.

As you can see, the next couple of shots are from the:

The landscape has, in many cases, been brought back to the condition it was in at the time of the battle.  This view down the cannon barrel (located next to the above monument) gives a nice feel for what the soldiers would have seen.  Minus the thousands of armed opponents, of course.

As you can see, we were not the only tourists enjoying the sunny, hot day.

As I mentioned before, there were countless monuments.  Here is the North Carolina monument…

And the memorial to the First Pennsylvania Cavalry.

Ok, you know I could not go an entire post without a little bit of wildlife.  This little guy (and I do mean little) was crawling up a rock while I was looking at another memorial.

 

Thanks for visiting.  I have a lot more to share, so come back again soon!