Gettysburg

Wednesday morning we pulled up stakes and continued our northward travels, taking the Capitol Beltway around DC and on into Maryland. I swear the entire Beltway was under construction while we traversed it. We continued on into Pennsylvania, and stopped at a pretty nice campground outside of Gettysburg.
Most of Thursday was spent visiting the battlefield. We purchased a CD for a self-guided tour and drove around the battlefield in the Jeep, stopping at each checkpoint on the CD. Very well done and extremely educational. Doing this makes one stop and reflect on the absurdities of war, especially considering the carnage that took place over a three day period in July, 1863. Many of the fields and ridges are almost exactly as they were back then, so what you see today is virtually the same that those soldiers saw back then.
We left Gettysburg on Friday morning and made a detour through Bird In Hand and Intercourse, PA - Amish Country, and saw many horse-drawn carriages along the route.
While trying to get back on I-78 near Allentown, we got caught in a massive traffic jam due to a major accident that closed down the highway. At one point it took close to an hour to go about 500 yards! Finally got around it and made it to sister Barbara's place by around 5:30.