Gettysburg Pennsylvania

We decided to take a road trip and visit some sites on the way to our new home in Rhode Island. We stayed with our favorite East Coast family, Sandy and Doug Banks in Virginia. As always it was a wonderful weekend and we loved spending time with them.
We then drove up to Gettysburg. Of course this has been on both of our "bucket lists" for travel.  It was spectacular. We thought we would drive through maybe spend about three hours. We were there for a day and a half exploring the whole region. Sandy had gotten us "Killer Angels" to listen to while we were driving there. I was so glad we did. That, and the driving tour made us feel like we truly could see the battles and feel the heartache of this scene. So many brothers, and friends fighting for what they believed was right. Truly incredible and life changing experience.

Gettysburg National Cemetary. What beautiful serene place. This is where Lincoln gave his "Gettysburg Address" but along with that it's just a peacful place to really feel the weight of the civil war; and ponder on the things we had learned, and seen in Gettysburg. I also love that our children have grown to enjoy cemetaries as much as Ryan and I. They've started to understand why they are important and how history shapes us into who we are.