DAY 18

Gettysburg, PA

What a fabulously interesting place.  We stayed at the Holiday Inn and had an early dinner downtown where B was fascinated by the horse-drawn carriages that carted tourists around and snarled traffic.

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While the boys slept G and I took turns to go out and walk around the town. I bought a book on the Civil War and the battle fought here which G read cover to cover into the early hours.

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In the morning we explored the battle field, putting book knowledge into perspective and laying footprints  in the dew on the fields of the Civil War’s bloodiest battle.

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From these now peaceful fields, where bullets once flew and blood poured and lives and hopes were lost and leveled – we drove further, to start our lives anew on the East Coast of this magnificent country !

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What Worked For Us : Road trip with old dog and young children

Just do it !