Gettysburg is a cool little town. There's LOT's to see and do here if you are interested in the civil war at all. We took a bus tour of the battle fields today and found it very interesting. This is pic is on top of a hill that once taken by the Union, changed to outcome of the war as it looks over the entire valley where this battle that killed 10,000 soldiers in 3 days took place.
Here's our camping spot for 7 days. It's a nice spot and we have trees all around that provide shade. when we 1st started our trip we almost bought bicycles, but all our camp sites have been gravel so far and who wants to try & ride a bike on gravel? Not us. There's very few places you'd be able to ride a bike, so we'll rent one if we ever want to ride around. It's supposed to be 92 - 94 degrees here today (6-7-08)and that's HOT! Our AC's will be on full blast that's for sure. Our next stop will be Niagara falls, NY. We figure that we're on a big sight seeing trip right now, and these places are kind of on our way north ( to try and get to cooler temperatures), so we're going to stop and spend a few days at Niagara. Kathy has never been and I went in 1975, so it's been awhile for me too!
We have learned that finding a cheap place to stay ( $15-$20 a night) is difficult even trying to use discount memberships such as Passport America. Gettysburg costs $50 a day and the same with Niagara Falls... but these are tourist stops so you have to pay to play if you want to see them. When we leave here we're going to boon dock for a night in some Walmart or other parking lot. We need to find a place we like, that's fairly close to stores, maybe a movie theater, etc. that we can stay at for a month. Of course that'll be further north to get away fro this 90+ weather!
