We headed out from WHUMC at approximately 9:00 AM on Friday and
headed to Gettysburg, PA to hike the Gettysburg Heritage Trail and
visit the Gettysburg National Battlefield.
This year we were fortunate enough to be chosen in the lottery to stay at Macmillan Woods on the battlefield.
Over
the course of the weekend, we visited several monuments - including the
site of the Gettysburg Address and the David Wills House (where the
address was finalized the night before.
In
addition to visiting the battlefield, and visitors center, we had an
awesome guided tour by a battlefield historian that provided much
information about not only details of the conflict and what led up to
it, but some of the aftermath for the local citizenry. We
cooked several meals in camp, but did have lunch on Saturday at the
visitor's center and had our obligatory dinner at the General Picket's
Buffet before cutting the boys loose in town for a bit of free time.
Saturday night we enjoyed a ghost tour in town before calling it a day and heading back to camp.
Sunday morning, we trekked around town and had a tour of the David Will's House before heading back home to West Hartford.
