Drummer Boy Camping Resort Gettysburg

... for a brief synopsis on our trip highlights:

Appalachian Mountains and The skyline Drive (And walk along the Appalachian Trail!!)

History of Civil War Country: Gettysburg and Harrisburg: Both a MUST!!

Washington: And of course the Vietnam War Memorial!!

Arlington National Cemetery … Another MUST!!

It is actually hard to take it all in.. I almost feel like I ...

Well, it's been a while since I started writing this blog. First the bad news; the fundraisers aren't going quite as well as I'd hoped. It's amazing how my peers around me are quick to ask for money for their fundraisers, but slow to support my own. Oh well. I can do it myself. Because here's the good news...

The entire 3-week odyssey will cost considerably less than I originally budgeted. I put the ...

This afternoon, we did a show at a Youth Ranch. It, like Thursday morning's school, is an alternative educational facility. We didn't go as a part of the school day, however. Arn leads a Bible study there with some of the kids, so we showed our video as part of it. So we were able to show, for the first time, our evangelistic version. There were only four kids there, and we projected the video on the bare wall. It was small scale, but just as important as an auditorium full of kids. Kinda ...

... dollars. Hah! It's pretty sharp, too.

That evening, we headed to the house of some friends of the Bjorndals (wow, Mike, lay off the prepositions). We shared dinner, and talked about our respective jobs. Cris Rhyner, our hostess, talked a while about her experiences in India. She works for an organization called Partners in Hope (and per her request, here's the website: www.partnersinhope.us). Partners in ...

Today we just had one school, but three shows throughout the day. Between shows, Kelsey and I had a nice talk with Arn (our host). We talked about life, finances, marriage, careers...
I realized that we're rarely in one place long enough to be able to sit and talk with someone for so long. Ordinarily, we come into a school, do our thing, and leave. But lately, we've established some ...

... in on the Museum. Its apparent early on we will be back after the guided tour to complete the Museums longer movies. The Gettysburg Museum and Visitors Center is an impressive presentation of the Civil War as it existed at the time of this most significant battle. The Battle of Gettysburg is the most extensively recorded and documented battle in American history and the Museum does it great justice. The exhibits, videos, photos, paintings and letters ...

The 13 hours it took us to get to PA was all worth it; after driving through Ohio, the scenery changed drastically and we entered a part of the USA that was unfamiliar to both of us! It felt a bit foreign actually! The drive also allowed us to finish listening to Harry Potter, and I must say, I am very satisfied with the last Harry Potter book :) We pulled into the quaint town of Gettysburg ...

... too good to pass up. We traveled back through Harrisburg and then south into Gettysburg. We found the KOA and dropped off the General Lee Greenwood. We returned to Gettysburg and parked the car. We walked the streets into the middle of town. Every few steps there was another marker informing tourists of the significance of the various buildings. We ate dinner at a local restaurant and then returned to roaming the streets. We walked out of the town following both the route the ...

... So, we turned back.

It was pitch black when we got back to the car. We tried to see the rest of the battlefield (it's open past sunset). But, we couldn't see anything from the road. So, we set off back to Reading. I felt cheated. Thanks to all of our self-inflicted delays, we managed to see only half of the battlefield. On the drive back to Reading, I resolved to find a way to see the other half of the battlefield before I headed back to California.