...four score and seven years ago....

...we left Fredericksburg and the Washington area and headed to Gettysburg, Pa...the drive was just awesome...the countryside was just beautiful...we have had wonderful weather the whole trip...as I'm trying to catch up on the travels, I keep getting farther behind...he he...I cannot believe we have been gone for over a month and are still in awe of our great United States...our campground in Gettysburg was the best yet...tall trees and huge boulders around the firepits...we even had birds on our feeder and chipmunks running around...we spent the first morning calling Ford dealers trying to get someone to look at Gus...he was missing out bad driving up the hills...we finally were able to make an appointment for Friday morning at 8am in the city of York, about an hour away...no problem, we decided to stay behind acouple of days...driving thru the town of Gettysburg gave you the feeling of being back in the 1800s...many of the old buildings were still standing...AND they are all so narrow and close to the street...we ate lunch at the Dobbins House...the oldest building in the city and it had been a tavern back in its day...it was soooo dark down in the basement we almost set our menus on fire trying to use the candles to see...he he...Bill was just speechless at the Cyclorama of the war at Gettsyburg,seeing the battlefield itself and the all the monuments honoring the states and men who gave their lives there...the museum housed thousands of artifacts...thought we'd never get out of there...our next stop was the Gettysburg National Cemetery where Lincoln delivered his famous Gettysburg address...what a feeling standing 300 feet from where Lincoln actually stood...this was a full day however, we saved the best for last...we took a tour out to Ike and Mame Eisenhower's farm...their home was a very comfortable modest little house...you just felt at home...his show barn was were he entertained many of the leaders of other countries, showing off his ribbons for his Angus cows...the next morning the others left and we had the whole day to "explore"....the following day would be an early morning to get to York by 8 o'clock for Gus' doctor appointment...