Greatest Yondering Trip of All Time Part 2

June 28, 2015
I started the day at daylight visiting the lower road of Culp's Hill to see Confederate positions. Afterwards I worked my way around West Confederate Avenue and Seminary Ridge. I visited the Confederate positions on the second and third day of the battle. After going and picking up the kids and Alice we headed back to visit the Round Tops, Devils Den, the Peach orchard, and Wheat Field.  During this part of day I met a reenactor preparing for the big anniversary festivities.

After lunch Luke and I took off from the Virginia Monument and made Pickett's Charge. Alice picked us up at the copse of trees and we headed to Winchester, Virginia via Harper's Ferry.

June 29, 2015: This was an all day trip. We left Winchester at 8:00 AM and pulled up in our driveway at 6:30 PM. We covered about 570 miles.

Greatest Yondering Trip of All Time Part 1

My wonderful family got me up on Father's Day and informed my that my gift was a trip to Gettysburg.

June 25, 2015: We drove about 245 miles to Kingsport, Tennessee. We had supper at a Johnny's Pizza where Isaac won a plastic pink pig that has an obnoxious snort.

Peace Memorial-Oak Ridge

June 26, 2015: The day took us all away across the widest part of Virginia along I-81. We got off the big road and found the Chambersburg Pike (US 30). We entered Gettysburg the same way as AP Hill. We spent the afternoon at McPherson's Ridge and Oak Ridge.  In the evening  I walked up to the National Cemetery and visited East Cemetery Hill.

June 27, 2015: It rained very hard most of the day.  We visited the park visitor center and noted that most of the Confederate items had indeed been removed.  Later in the day we were able to visit the center of the Union line on Cemetery Ridge. This is referred to as the High Water Mark on the Park Service map. Just before dark we visited Culp's Hill.

Copse of Trees - Cemetery Ridge