Quick update
Just a quick post- I felt a bit sick today, and am labouring under a headache, so, in my infinite laziness I'm just letting everyone know what's happening and going into detail tomorrow night.
Basically, we've been hitting the battlefields hard over the last 2 days. We drove through Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness and Spotsylvania. Four of the largest battles of the Civil War, with only a few miles separating each one. Very interesting to see them today.
We also went to Harper's Ferry, a historical town on the Potomac. Saw some great exhibits, including an excellent live firing demonstration by some re-enactors. Good stuff.
Will post pictures and whatnot tomorrow, if internet is available. We're going to Antietam tomorrow, a battlefield that produced the greatest loss of American lives in a single day - to put it in perspective, five times as many men died at Antietam as the US Army lost on D-Day.
After that we're going to see Niagra Falls, do a loop around Lake Erie and return to Gettysburg to finish up, before we head to New York to return the car and spend a few days there before heading to England.
I'll keep you posted.
posted by Paul Dawson @ 7:01 am
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2 Comments:
Hey Paulie peanut,verbal diarrhoea here aka ya little sis(chatterbox as I now call my self) I can't wait for you to see the wonders of NYC! you will be taken back by the wonderful place there. You will also be able to blind as many squirrels as you like in Central Park and also see the wonderful jackie Kenndy lake. The greenrie in that Park is breath taking! The show are amazing we only saw one as you know Billy Connolly! :) Hey dear old Dad can't wait for you to come to London as mum and I stumbled apon some great markets at Notting hill area down a street I can't name sorry. But there was a shop selling all these cowboy stuff (country stuff) and i immediatly thought of you daddy. But the tower of London is a great building to see and I can't wait to go in and see it with the whole family. Oh yeah and the British Muesuem as well.Mum said when you first came to London,England you went to this mueseum and you both saw your first real mummies which I thought was lovely. But I have waffled on enough so I will say byeee and write again to you guys again maybe tomorrow!:)
anna
And.....breathe.
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