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Greensburg & Mc Connellsburg & Gettysburg 2020

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Wooster, Fort Loudon, Georgetown, Gettysburg, Greensburg, McConnellsburg, Stoystown

Day 1 Itinerary

Places visited: 4095 Stone Creek Drive - Jack's Diner - Sheetz #661 - Flight 93 National Memorial - The Mountain House Restaurant - Big Mountain Overlook - Gettysburg

4095 Stone Creek Drive
4095 Stone Creek Drive
4095 Stone Creek Drive
4095 Stone Creek Drive
4095 Stone Creek Drive

4095 Stone Creek Drive

Bailee and me heading out on our adventure. Left the house at 7:30 AM on the Harley Ultra Limited

Jack's Diner
Jack's Diner
Jack's Diner
Jack's Diner
Jack's Diner
Jack's Diner
Jack's Diner

Jack's Diner

We stopped at Jacks Diner about 77 miles into the trip. Jacks had been closed because of COVID but today was the first day they were open. Both of us had a big breakfast with eggs bacon hash browns and toast. We left about 10:30.

Sheetz #661
Sheetz #661
Sheetz #661
Sheetz #661
Sheetz #661

Sheetz #661

First fuel stop and short break. You were supposed to be wearing masks if you went in but no one was

Flight 93 National Memorial
Flight 93 National Memorial
Flight 93 National Memorial
Flight 93 National Memorial
Flight 93 National Memorial
Flight 93 National Memorial
Flight 93 National Memorial
Flight 93 National Memorial
Flight 93 National Memorial

Flight 93 National Memorial

The Mountain House Restaurant
The Mountain House Restaurant
The Mountain House Restaurant
The Mountain House Restaurant
The Mountain House Restaurant
The Mountain House Restaurant
The Mountain House Restaurant

The Mountain House Restaurant

Biker bar. They just opened. Met and old guy named "Johnny Blades". He tipped us off to another scenic view spot.

We got a bite to eat and relaxed for 45 minutes before setting off again

Big Mountain Overlook
Big Mountain Overlook
Big Mountain Overlook
Big Mountain Overlook
Big Mountain Overlook
Big Mountain Overlook
Big Mountain Overlook
Big Mountain Overlook
Big Mountain Overlook

Big Mountain Overlook

Maybe the most spectacular view I’ve ever seen. Right there with Grand Canyon. Picture cannot do it justice. There were two young couples there way out on a ledge. Bailee was freaked out.

Gettysburg
Gettysburg
Gettysburg
Gettysburg
Gettysburg
Gettysburg
Gettysburg
Gettysburg
Gettysburg

Gettysburg

We arrived in Gettysburg around 6:30 and checked in to the Comfort Suites hotel. After getting unpacked and showered Bailee and I went to explore. We took the MC and did a drive by of the battlefield. We then parked on Baltimore street in town and went for a walk. We were going to get ice cream but the line was very long and we kept walking. We saw a lot of houses that had the signs indicating an original civil war era structure. We walked all the way to the city square and took the picture of Bailee with Perry Como.

trip-journal-location
Gettysburg

Day 2 Itinerary

Places visited: Comfort Suites Near Gettysburg Battlefield Visitor Center - Visitor's Center - Gettysbike Tours - Monument to Major General George Gordon Meade - The Peach Orchard - Branch (North Carolina) Artillery "Latham's Battery" - 20th Maine Infantry Monument - Pike Restaurant & Tap House - Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Memorial

Comfort Suites Near Gettysburg Battlefield Visitor Center
Comfort Suites Near Gettysburg Battlefield Visitor Center
Comfort Suites Near Gettysburg Battlefield Visitor Center
Comfort Suites Near Gettysburg Battlefield Visitor Center
Comfort Suites Near Gettysburg Battlefield Visitor Center

Comfort Suites Near Gettysburg Battlefield Visitor Center

Bailee had a had time getting out of bed Saturday morning. We went to the hotel lobby for breakfast. Because of COVID they only had coffee and muffins. We started walking to the place to rent bicycles.

Visitor's Center
Visitor's Center
Visitor's Center
Visitor's Center
Visitor's Center
Visitor's Center
Visitor's Center

Visitor's Center

Visitors Center was closed because of COVID. Adams county went to Green status the day we arrived but the park facilities remained closed

Gettysbike Tours

Gettysbike Tours

For our second day Bailee and I planned on renting bicycles and touring the battlefield. We rented from Gettysbike Tours (Pic). We walked from the hotel maybe a mile and got there 20 minutes before it opened. We waited across the parking lot and were the first customers. We wanted electric bikes but they only had conventional bikes.

So we rented anyway. We rode the trail towards the Taneytown road which was a slightly uphill grade. We were exhausted before we made it out of the visitor centers! But we kept going and made for a good morning.

Monument to Major General George Gordon Meade
Monument to Major General George Gordon Meade
Monument to Major General George Gordon Meade
Monument to Major General George Gordon Meade
Monument to Major General George Gordon Meade
Monument to Major General George Gordon Meade
Monument to Major General George Gordon Meade
Monument to Major General George Gordon Meade
Monument to Major General George Gordon Meade
Monument to Major General George Gordon Meade
Monument to Major General George Gordon Meade
Monument to Major General George Gordon Meade
Monument to Major General George Gordon Meade

Monument to Major General George Gordon Meade

looking south toward little/ big round top

looking west toward Seminary Ridge

Bailee posing with a cannon near “the angle”

Peach Orchard
Peach Orchard
Peach Orchard
Peach Orchard
Peach Orchard
Peach Orchard
Peach Orchard
Peach Orchard
Peach Orchard

Peach Orchard

Trostal Farm with cannon ball hole

Peach Orchard looking back toward Cemetery Ridge and Union positions

Branch (North Carolina) Artillery "Latham's Battery"
Branch (North Carolina) Artillery "Latham's Battery"
Branch (North Carolina) Artillery "Latham's Battery"
Branch (North Carolina) Artillery "Latham's Battery"
Branch (North Carolina) Artillery "Latham's Battery"
Branch (North Carolina) Artillery "Latham's Battery"
Branch (North Carolina) Artillery "Latham's Battery"
Branch (North Carolina) Artillery "Latham's Battery"
Branch (North Carolina) Artillery "Latham's Battery"

Branch (North Carolina) Artillery "Latham's Battery"

Confederate Lane on the right end of the confederate line looking east toward little / big round top

20th Maine Infantry Monument
20th Maine Infantry Monument
20th Maine Infantry Monument
20th Maine Infantry Monument
20th Maine Infantry Monument
20th Maine Infantry Monument
20th Maine Infantry Monument
20th Maine Infantry Monument
20th Maine Infantry Monument
20th Maine Infantry Monument
20th Maine Infantry Monument
20th Maine Infantry Monument
20th Maine Infantry Monument

20th Maine Infantry Monument

path to top of big round top. we hiked up

End of the Union right with the 20th Maine. Bailee posing

Pike Restaurant & Tap House
Pike Restaurant & Tap House
Pike Restaurant & Tap House
Pike Restaurant & Tap House
Pike Restaurant & Tap House
Pike Restaurant & Tap House
Pike Restaurant & Tap House
Pike Restaurant & Tap House
Pike Restaurant & Tap House

Pike Restaurant & Tap House

Bailee and I were exhausted after the bike ride and needed some food . We had to wait for an hour to get a table but it was close to the hotel so we waited there. The food was good!

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Memorial
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Memorial
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Memorial
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Memorial
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Memorial
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Memorial
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Memorial
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Memorial
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Memorial

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Memorial

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Gettysburg

Day 3 Itinerary

Places visited: McMillan Woods Youth Campground - Perkins Restaurant & Bakery - Battlefield Harley-Davidson - Culps Hill

McMillan Woods Youth Campground
McMillan Woods Youth Campground
McMillan Woods Youth Campground
McMillan Woods Youth Campground
McMillan Woods Youth Campground
McMillan Woods Youth Campground
McMillan Woods Youth Campground
McMillan Woods Youth Campground
McMillan Woods Youth Campground
McMillan Woods Youth Campground
McMillan Woods Youth Campground
McMillan Woods Youth Campground
McMillan Woods Youth Campground

McMillan Woods Youth Campground

Traveling to the tour, we left at 7 AM. It was sprinkling during the ride but stopped before we got there.

Confederate Horse Tours. Bailee was on Cinnamon and I was on Penny (the horse). 😀

Two and a half hour tour of the area of Pickets charge.

About 15 people start the tour. 14 finished. One big guy fell off.

Bailee liked the stories the guide told.

Big swail in the land in front of and to the right of Virginia memorial. Partially hid the approach of Pickets charge

Perkins Restaurant & Bakery
Perkins Restaurant & Bakery
Perkins Restaurant & Bakery
Perkins Restaurant & Bakery
Perkins Restaurant & Bakery

Perkins Restaurant & Bakery

Battlefield Harley-Davidson

Battlefield Harley-Davidson

Culps Hill
Culps Hill
Culps Hill
Culps Hill
Culps Hill
Culps Hill
Culps Hill
Culps Hill
Culps Hill
Culps Hill
Culps Hill
Culps Hill
Culps Hill

Culps Hill

2 mile walk from East Cemetery Hill to Culps Hill and down to Spangler Spring. Bailee was tired and napped in the room.

Rocky and hilly terrain. Fortunately, temps were in upper sixties so comfortable

Saw a few Ohio monuments. One of an Owl mounted on large boulder. See pic.

trip-journal-location
Gettysburg

Day 4 Itinerary

Places visited: Barlow Knoll - Lincoln Diner - Herbst Woods - Robert E. Lee's Headquarters - Seminary Ridge Museum, Gettysburg - Haunted Gettysburg Ghost Tours

Barlow Knoll
Barlow Knoll
Barlow Knoll
Barlow Knoll
Barlow Knoll
Barlow Knoll
Barlow Knoll
Barlow Knoll
Barlow Knoll
Barlow Knoll
Barlow Knoll
Barlow Knoll
Barlow Knoll

Barlow Knoll

Hiked 2.5 mile route following the third leg of theFirst Day Walking Tour” book.

Left side faced Northwest toward Oak Hill / Ridge

Lincoln Diner
Lincoln Diner
Lincoln Diner
Lincoln Diner
Lincoln Diner

Lincoln Diner

Herbst Woods
Herbst Woods
Herbst Woods
Herbst Woods
Herbst Woods
Herbst Woods
Herbst Woods
Herbst Woods
Herbst Woods
Herbst Woods
Herbst Woods
Herbst Woods
Herbst Woods

Herbst Woods

Chambersburg pike at the edge of town looking west. Next to the Buford /Reynolds memorial

On the southwest cannon on the Buford memorial on the Chambersburg pike coming into Gettysburg. This was the cannon that fired the first cannon shot of the battle

Robert E. Lee's Headquarters
Robert E. Lee's Headquarters
Robert E. Lee's Headquarters
Robert E. Lee's Headquarters
Robert E. Lee's Headquarters

Robert E. Lee's Headquarters

Seminary Ridge Museum, Gettysburg
Seminary Ridge Museum, Gettysburg
Seminary Ridge Museum, Gettysburg
Seminary Ridge Museum, Gettysburg
Seminary Ridge Museum, Gettysburg
Seminary Ridge Museum, Gettysburg
Seminary Ridge Museum, Gettysburg
Seminary Ridge Museum, Gettysburg
Seminary Ridge Museum, Gettysburg
Seminary Ridge Museum, Gettysburg
Seminary Ridge Museum, Gettysburg
Seminary Ridge Museum, Gettysburg
Seminary Ridge Museum, Gettysburg

Seminary Ridge Museum, Gettysburg

Bailee’s idea to go to this museum. Good idea.

Haunted Gettysburg Ghost Tours
Haunted Gettysburg Ghost Tours
Haunted Gettysburg Ghost Tours
Haunted Gettysburg Ghost Tours
Haunted Gettysburg Ghost Tours
Haunted Gettysburg Ghost Tours
Haunted Gettysburg Ghost Tours
Haunted Gettysburg Ghost Tours
Haunted Gettysburg Ghost Tours
Haunted Gettysburg Ghost Tours
Haunted Gettysburg Ghost Tours
Haunted Gettysburg Ghost Tours
Haunted Gettysburg Ghost Tours

Haunted Gettysburg Ghost Tours

Farnsworth house with bullet holes in south wall. Confederate Sniper shot thru window. Forensic team team found blood pool and drag marks from this window down stairs. Lots of blood had seeped through the first floor in to the basement

story of confederate soldier ghost seen looking out windows

trip-journal-location
Gettysburg, Ligonier

Day 5 Itinerary

Places visited: Evergreen Cemetery - East Cemetery Hill - Ligonier

Evergreen Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery

Evergreen Cemetery

Got up early and took a walk up to Evergreen Cemetery to look for the McCreary plot the ghost tour guide spoke of the previous night. I couldn’t find it but did find the Jenny Wade burial stone.

Jenny (real name is Ginny) was buried three time. First time was in her sister’s garden after the battle. She was here for 6 months. She was then buried in a Lutheran Cemetery in town and then later reburied in Evergreen Cemetery

East Cemetery Hill
East Cemetery Hill
East Cemetery Hill
East Cemetery Hill
East Cemetery Hill
East Cemetery Hill
East Cemetery Hill
East Cemetery Hill
East Cemetery Hill
East Cemetery Hill
East Cemetery Hill
East Cemetery Hill
East Cemetery Hill

East Cemetery Hill

Ligonier
Ligonier
Ligonier
Ligonier
Ligonier
Ligonier
Ligonier
Ligonier
Ligonier
Ligonier
Ligonier
Ligonier
Ligonier

Ligonier

Bailee and I traveled part way home and stopped in Ligoner PA. One reason we stopped there is because of a revolutionary fort there. We went to take a tour but they were closed. Instead, we took pictures from outside the fence and then walked into town. Bailee got a pound of fudge at the candy store.

trip-journal-location
Wooster, Georgetown

Day 6 Itinerary

Places visited: Jack's Diner - 4095 Stone Creek Drive

Jack's Diner

Left Ligoner at 8 AM. Stopped at Jacks Diner on way home. Last stop in Pa

4095 Stone Creek Drive

Arrived back home at 12:30. Bailee carried her fudge she bought in Ligoner the whole way home. It didn’t melt!

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