Experiencing America > 2019 > Mountains, Fields, & the Beach > Day 7
Day SEVEN...
Sunday, July 21st, 2019
This was a day of history and of travel. It was another hot day in Southern Pennsylvania. The main event for the day was a step to the past and learn about the Battle of Gettysburg. Before leaving Harrisburg, we went to find the state house for Pennsylvania; then it was on to Gettysburg.
The Pennsylvania State House.
Once in the Greater Gettysburg Area we went past a farm that was owned by a family friends family during the battle. Then on to the visitors center that the national park service has for the Gettysburg Area. At the visitors center, the youth of our group got to enroll in the Union Army and be trained on how fighting was during the Battle of Gettysburg.
Sherfy's Farm
The sign for the park.
The advertisement for enrolling in the Union Army.
The new recruits learning to be in the army.
The new recruits learning how to shoot.
To get a full expereince of the days of the battle and what needs to be seen and known about the area; we decided to take a bus tour around Gettysburg. This tour gave us a guided oral history of the events that took place, and took the group all over the Gettysburg Area.
The terminal for the bus tour.
The Wade House.
The Eternal Light.
Looking south from the Eternal Light.
The Peach Orchard.
Looking our from Little Round Top.
Looking our from Little Round Top.
A reenactment of a war camp.
A monmument to the fighters from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
After this few hour bus tour it was time to head back west. The goal for the night is Pittsburgh. To get there it was another round of over the mountains and through the woods.
Back to State #8...Maryland!!...
The Maryland Welcome Sign on SB U.S. 15.
Our time in Maryland was brief. It was just long enough to get to Maryland 140, which would take us back to Pennsylvania. Then on to Pittsburgh. At the Pennsylvania/Maryland State Line there was a marker for the Mason-Dixon Line.
A marker for the Mason-Dixon Line.
Back to State #5...Pennsylvania!!...
The Pennsylvania welcome sign on WB PA 16.
As we went through the mountains to head west, this route took us through small to mid-size towns. This gave us various sights along the way.
An old Shell gas station in Mercersburg, PA.
Looking west from a pull off along PA 16 at the Franklin/Fulton County Line.
Looking west at Mcconnellsburg from PA 16.
An elevation marker along WB U.S. 30.
Once we reached Breezewood, it was onto the Pennsylvania Turnpike and straight to Pittsburgh. Once in the Pittsburgh area we were greeted with a being able to see a fist fight break out in the middle of Interstate 376. With a few hours left in the day we went up to Mount Washington for a great view of Downtown Pittsburgh, and where the three rivers come together. Then it was down to Fort Pitt State Park in Downtown Pittsburgh. Here we walked out to the actual point where the three rivers meet. Then on to the hotel for the last night out.
Looking east along the Monongahela River.
Looking north at Downtown Pittsburgh.
Looking across Point State Park.
Looking back at Downtown Pittsburgh at Point State Park.
Looking at the where the three rivers meet.
Day EIGHT