Gettysburg Battlefield Auto Audio Tour

Gettysburg is a pretty special place. It is mindboggling to think about the pain and suffering that occurred in this 3 day battle, especially looking out now on the beautiful countryside. Everywhere you look, there are monuments and cannon, markers and statues. The park service is planting fruit trees to make this area look more like it did during the Gettysburg Campaign. We purchased a CD and guidebook and did an auto tour since we did the bus tour last time. Got lost a couple of times but had a wonderful experience that we would recommend.
These observation towers are in several places throughout the battlefield area. Neat!!
Couldn't help but take a couple of pics of this old beauty. I am not much of a car person but these old ones grab at my heart. It's an old plymouth. I had to take a look at the logo to make sure but isn't it something else?

This is the Pennsylvania Monument, the biggest and most expensive one in the park. But more of the Army of the Potomac was from Pennsylvania than anywhere else.
For you folks who like to ride horses, like my sister-in-law, Gloria, you can visit the battlefields by horse. It was a beautiful day on Thursday and again on Monday when we finished our tour (did it in two parts, not that it lasted that long!)
This is the Virginia Monument, featuring Robert E. Lee at the top. It sits in an area where Lee watched the last two days of battles- July 2 and 3, 1863.
I just can't get enough of the surrounding areas. It is just beautiful to look to the west and see the mountains and countryside.


Tomorrow we are off to Washington, PA, just outside Pittsburgh. We'll be at the KOA over the Memorial Day Weekend and then on to Ohio. More later from your Very Happy Travelers.