Sunny but cool today 12⁰C (57⁰F). After breakfast we checked out our motel and headed off to Gettysburg. Whilst going on a detour we saw 3 white tailed deer running through an open piece of land. Once in Gettysburg we were lucky enough to find a motel – The Three Crown Motel – right in the centre of the main street and at a very reasonable price too. After unpacking, Dereck and Doug set off to go and see some civil war sites while Sue and I took a walk into the town, stopping off at all the little shops along the way.
At 12:30pm we met them back at the motel and from there they took Sue and I to The Outlet Shoppes (which was a mall of brand name factory shops) while they went off to explore more war sites. At 3pm they came and collected us and we all headed off to see the Pennsylvania Monument and then went back to our motel. Dereck and I took a walk into the town before getting back to the motel to meet Doug and Sue for supper which we had at “Gettyburg Eddies” which was virtually next door to our motel and came highly recommended. We had a good meal with lots of laughs and then headed back to the motel to plan tomorrow’s activities.
Michelle signing off ….
Dereck says ....One cannot begin to describe how historic this town is and particularly to the American people as the Battle of Gettyburg was one of the most decisive battles in the American Civil War and probably decided the outcome of the war, as well as how the world is today !! I'm sure things would have been very different today if the CSA (Confederate States of America) had won the war. The devisions between north & south are still very evident in everyday people and you get the feeling that those in the southern states still resent the north. 11,000 soldiers died over 3 days in the battle of Gettysburg and the battlefields are perfectly restored to how the battle took place on 1,2,3 July 1863. A great place to vistit even if you are not that interested in history but the mother load for history buffs. Hope to go back there someday with more time ....
Dereck
Very interesting Dereck re the war. My late Dad would have spent days absorbing all the history here. He was big on war history.
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