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| The Magazine Bldg. (Arms and Amunition) |
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| A lot of Muskets kept on hand |
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| Blunder busts for close in targets. |
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| The Court House |
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| Transportation |
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| Merchant shops |
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| Cows and Cart for hauling |
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| Music while we ate a traditional Colonial lunch |
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| Better be good or you will end up here! |
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| Learning to play "Kings in the corner" with old fashioned cards. |
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| Basket Weaving demonstration |
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| Entering Virginia |
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| Went to have a Tour of Thomas Jefferson's plantation "Monticello" |
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| This is the engraving you see on the back of older nickles and on the back of older $2 bills. |
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| Some of the bridges were very unique Day 50 Fri 26 Aug 16 |
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Arriving at our RV Campground in Suffolk, VA.
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| Zoom in and Read about a piece of the Wright Brother's plane going to the Moon and Back. |
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| A sculptured model of the 1903 Wright Flyer |
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A 60-foot granite monument, dedicated in 1932, is perched atop 90-foot-tall Kill Devil Hill, commemorating the achievement of the Wright brothers.
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| View from the Kill Devil Hill Monument of the visitor center |
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| Our next stop was to see this Light House |
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| Then we went to the beach to play in the water - it was only 89 deg today with 70% Humid. |
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| Now we have a 2 Hr. drive back to the RV Park - it was a long day! |
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The Tour of the Gettysburg Battlefield was covered with monuments and cannon
placed at locations where the fighting took place. It took around 6 hours for us to
drive the entire loop and listen to a CD explaining all the major stops.
The Gettysburg Batttlefield is much larger than
most people expect, more than 10,000 acres, and it is
criss-crossed by more than 40 miles of battlefield
avenues. There are more than 1,450 monuments,
markers and plaques on the field.
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| Peace Memorial commerating the 1913 Gettuysburg Battle (50th reunion) |
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| This is called Devil's Den and Slaughter Pen because of the large number of Confederate Soldiers that died here. |
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| A role playing Union Soldier positioned at one of the monuments to answer questions and tell about his part in the war. |
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| Gary stayed behind and I drove the rest of us to Lancaster, PA and a little further to Bird-in-Hand and Intercourse, PA. Went to Quilt Shops for Judy and Garnet. Had Lunch and drove through the country side to see the Amish Farms. |
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| Can't pass up a good flower picture! |
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| Amish Farm Taken by Candy from the truck while I was driving. |
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| Amish Farms as far as we could see.... |
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| The Amish do not drive cars and are not connected to the power grid. This is how they dry the laundry. |
