Freedom isn't Free

We left Massachusetts and headed for historic Gettysburg. The weather turned very hot and humid and was quite stifling. Now imagine wearing a blue or silver wool uniform which was the case for all the brave souls that fought this historic battle in the heat of the summer of 1863. Jack and I took one of the guided tours through the battlefield and I highly recommend doing this if you come to Gettysburg. It really told the story and brought home the significance of this battle and the Civil War to me.

Another of Jack's old high school friends Wayne Croft lived about an hour away. He met us for lunch one of the days we were here. We had a very nice visit and ate lunch at a tavern in Gettysburg town. Next on to Harpers Ferry another historic site.

My nephew David, wife Stacey and family live in Virginia. The Harpers Ferry KOA was about the closest RV to his home. It was located in a pretty area but the weather continued to be extremely hot and humid so it was hard to do much of anything much outside. We spent the next few days visiting with them and their two adorable children Lauren and Kyle.
Kyle was getting his tonsils out and we stuck around few days to help out. Poor little guy.

Jack's cousin Arthur also lived about an hour away in Alexandria. We had wonderful visit with Arthur, his wife Sigrid and his mom Aunt Joanne. Always good to reconnect with family. Sigrid was quite the bookie ( having been librarian for Library of Congress) and gave me lots of books to take along. I have been enjoying them greatly.


We also decided to stay one more day and head into our nation's capital and spend a day touring the capital's historic monuments. Luckily, it had remained cloudy which helped to cool it off a bit. Would love to come back some day, I feel like we barely scratched the surface of Washington DC. So much to see!