Gettysburg Pennsylvania
October 30, 2007 Van Go parked in front of the Pennsylvania Monument at Gettysburg National Military Park. We got up with the sun, ran the engine to warm the Roadtrek. Our heater is not working. We decided over coffee to go back to Gettysburg since we have not been through the National Park there. The visitor center is a dark and dingy sort of place with workers perched atop stools calling out, “next” and handing out maps. There is an orientation program with a lightup map as its center, but there is also a fee not covered with your park pass so opted out of that and went on the Auto Tour. They also have guided bus tours, individual tours or private tours you can take. We followed the route stopping at the key points of interest. Monuments, plaques and exhibits tell the story of three days of battle with troops moving and men dieing. Our first stop was the cemetary where Abraham Lincoln gave his two minute speech, The Gettysburg Address. Today a monument stands on the spot where he was...