A Civil War battlefield
Gettysburg, PA There are monuments dotted all around the countryside Gettysburg is only a few hours from the Capital. The campground I had booked couldn't have been in a better location, being only half a mile to the National Park visitor centre and half a mile to the town. Many of the houses in town are very old and sit very close to the road, they may not have always been that close of course, the roads may have been widened since they were built, but everything feels really squashed. The battlefield covers the area all around the town and there is a self drive auto route that you can do if you don't want to do a bus tour. When we checked into our campground they gave us tickets to a Diorama in town which is a model representing the battlefield. They turn off the lights so they could light up the area they were talking about and explain in detail how the battle went down. I really didn't need to know in that great a detail but I got the gist of the story. Lindsay ...