The last three days we have been reviewing our U.S. History up close and personal. I certainly am not going to tell you folks the story of what happened here. I will encourage you all to take time whenever you pass these historical places to take the time to reflect on what our forbearers were doing back then. Memorizing a bunch of dates and places from a text book is such a poor substitute for walking around on the actual site where the history was made. We stood on a seemingly insignificant ridge of land in a relatively obscure town in Pennsylvania and just began to get a glimmer of understanding of the ideologies that caused the North and the South to fight so desperately here on July 1, 2 and 3 of 1863.

What we so thoroughly enjoyed here was wonderful warm sunshine for all three days. The roads inside the Gettysburg National Military Park are ideal for bicycling. Most roads were one way and the traffic is calm and sedate. Path, our trusty tandem bicycle, had a fine romp. The self guided auto tour was perfect and we kept passing the same cars time after time as we looped around the battlefields.

Again we welcome a new family to our Blog today. I think Judy found a new friend and confidant in Marilyn Sudbeck, a fellow quilter. I know Francis Sudbeck and I share a hobby, whiling away some time whenever our mates find a fabric store. Marilyn and Francis are from Federal Way, Washington, not far from where we lived in Tacoma for a year. I also need to correct a name for the last blog episode Those nice folks were Betty Kelley and Rick Updike. Thanks for the correction Betty.

We are on the move again today. At the moment we are in the parking lot of a small Sewing and Knitting Studio in Fredrick Maryland. We expect to make our way to the Udvar-Hazy Center at Dules Airport outside of Washington D. C. this evening. Then spend tomorrow airplane viewing. This is one of the Smithsonian Air and Space museums. I expect it to be just a little larger than the Piper Avaiation Museum.

We will say goodbye for now and send our love to all our friends and relations.

Gary and Judy