If all goes as promised, we'll be going to Perryville on Tuesday, which also happens to be the 157th Anniversary of the battle. In a touch of irony, the battlefield will be exactly like it was that day the battle occurred. No rain for over a month, and their is not much at all in the creeks, the fields are planted with native grasses, and the battlefield itself is one of the best preserved battlefields in the country. It should be some good conditions for photographs!
I also plan on detecting a portion of Doctors Creek (a long way away from the park, on private property) if we have time.
Does anybody know of any antique shops in the area that has relics from Perryville? I'd like to take one souvenir home with me.