Gettysburg!

148 years ago today, one of the greatest battles of the Civil War began, accidentally really, at the quiet town of Gettysburg.  That was the destination of yesterday's travels.  We began our morning at 7:00 walking to pick up our rental that we would drive the 3 hours to Gettysburg.

We were exceedingly happy because they upgraded our vehicle to a SUV due to that certain features of it were broken and it was not suitable for Brent or I.

Our first stop in Gettysburg was naturally the  Tavern at the Farnsworth House, where one can see Brent standing next to the brick wall where one can see dozens of bullet holes in the brick:

We decided that since it was close to noon, that we should just have lunch before heading to downtown Gettysburg.  We walked around the square and even got a picture taken with good ole Abe:

We then headed to the visitors center, went through the museum, which is excellent, and then raided the bookstore!  

After going through the visitors center, we took the auto tour of the battlefield.  It took us 3 hours to drive the tour and take pics.  We even went to a few places even Frauen hadn't been too! Here's just a few pics from the drive:

Virginia Memorial

Devil's Den: