Sunday, 4 September. Brilliantly split the distance between DC and Baltimore. Didn’t have to get on either beltway. Visited Mt. Airy, Littlestown, Gettysburg, Carlisle and Millersburg. Gettysburg cannot be seen in less than a full day, so I essentially skipped it. Visited one battlefield/cemetery. Carlisle was good. I went because I knew Jim Thorpe (famous athlete) had gone to school there. Turns out it also had some involvement with the Gettysburg engagement. Millersburg is a tiny little town on the east bank of the Susquehanna River with a 3-car ferry to the west bank, which has a campground. Took the ferry to the campground. It was a slow, restful day. A lot of bikes on the road.
Gettysburg was a very fluid engagement. As this sign illustrates.
Those are 8″ floppy disks. Even before my time!
One of hundreds of monuments at Gettysburg. Most of them identify brigades, regiments, battalions and companies. Really confusing if you’re trying to keep track
Entrance to Cemetery Hill. It was there during the battle.
I was deliberate in showing the artillery in the background.
To clarify: The battle of Monmouth was during the Revolutionary War.
Molly “Pitcher”. She would carry water to the wounded in a pitcher. Hence the nickname. Her husband worked with cannon. When he was wounded, she pitched in. George Washington personally thanked her.
I’m a Presbyterian.
Very nice looking firestation in Carlisle.
The car ferry. It’s a sternwheeler houseboat with a barge attached. 16″ draft. The water can’t be more than 3′ deep. People wade across the mile wide river.
When the Harleys start their engines, I have to look at my gages to make sure my engine is running.