A Day in Gettysburg

The boys and I went on a field trip to Gettysburg today - again. We've been there several times before - there's so much to see and do! Historic Gettysburg is really a quaint and beautiful place. This time we toured the new Visitors' Center - the museum, the excellent film they offer and the Cyclorama presentation which involves the largest painting on display in North America. We visited a military surplus store and a toy soldier store. Rode through the battlefields. Had lunch at a picnic table outside the Visitors' Center. Enjoyed a quirky little museum that's stuck back in 1968 - the Lincoln Train Museum - where we took a simulated "train ride" with Lincoln. Walked through the serene and beautiful National Cemetary. Then promptly had a van-break-down. Thankfully, it was in the train museum's parking lot and the attendant running the museum bent over backward in helping us. My knight-in-shining-armor left work early to rescue us (and quite graciously I might add). He jimmied it and got it working. So our lovely day had a happy ending after all . . .