Foto Friday 7-19

[ARW]

With vacation time in full swing let's discuss vacation memories. To get it started we usually end up in Gettysburg once or twice a year. The best reason is it is 1 1/2 hours away for us and about 2 hours for my son. We used to go just for the day but since we bought a camper this year we have made it into 3 day weekends. We were there a couple of weeks ago and are going for another 3 day weekend in October.

My son's Girlfriend bought him this on our last visit.

The view from the Longstreet tower along Seminary Ridge. If you look real close you can see the PA monument in the distance.

Our campsite at Gettysburg Campground. A little better than the camp sites in 1863.

No relation that I know of but we needed to find this anyway.

 

[Blessmag]

Living in Minnesota, any Civil War trips are vacation. This is my CW ancestor; a before and after

 

[Dusty]

This is the Joseph Poffenberger farm located on the Antietam National Battlefield. I love to take photos of the restored farms here and I also take photos of barns and farmland in my home of Franklin County. We were there about a month ago.

 

[Kurt G]

Marker in Hunterstown , Pa describing Custer being saved by Norvell Churchill.
Churchill's grave at Dunsmore Cemetery in Antrim County , Michigan about 10 minutes from our family property.

 

[Seduzal]

Thanks for sharing this interesting adventure story and camping experience.

 

[James N.]

The photos that best represent this sort of trip are not mine, but those of @1863surgeon Doug Garnett, taken with his cell phone during our marathon April, 2018 visit. Owing to Doug's physical limitations, we were compelled to stick pretty closely to the auto tour. Above, Doug photographed his truck one morning amid an unseasonable snow flurry.

Doug remained in the truck while I was photographing the Virginia Monument on Cemetery Ridge; note the blue tour bus at left.

I forced him to get out and walk the trail leading to the overlook on Little Round Top, where he photographed me and his son Bradley.

Devils Den with tourists as seen from the truck in the parking lot in the Slaughter Pen; below the so-called Sniper's Den can now be seen plainly from the road.

Above, Little Round Top as seen from the road; below, the highwater mark monument seen from the truck's open window.

 

[Bamascvreb]

Downtown nashville...wonder what all was left under all the asphalt there now!

 

[David Wilson]

What is that item from Spotsylvania ?

 

[EJ Zander]

Wow you guys sure do pick some of the best weather days to go on holiday. Beautiful pics!
When your kids grow up near G-burg the visits tend to be evenings after chores are done.
Kid #2 awhile back at Florida monument. Most of the family is from FL.