Gettysburg

So I'm a little behind, but here's a nice post about my trip to Gettysburg last Friday.

Since John was still gone, I knew I would not want to stay at home all day on Friday and do nothing. With nothing to look forward to (John at the end of the day) I knew no work would get done. So I made plans with my friend Andi-we would meet up in Gettysburg, which is about 2-2.5 hour from both of us.

I left early, thinking traffic would be crazy during rush hour. Actually ended up not being too bad once I got past 100. The GPS really wanted me to go through the city, but I was not about to try that. I took 70 to 15, which was a very nice drive. It was raining the entire way, but still not terrible. It was steady and there weren't a lot of cars around so I managed.

It did continue to rain ALL DAY, but that worked well. We started the day with a walk, first along a trail and then we were forging our own path. Yes, we had umbrellas. No, we did not use them. I used to take walks in the rain all of the time. I have gotten used to not doing that, since I'm always on my way somewhere. It's hard to get soaked when you have to then sit at a desk all day. But with nowhere to go, I just let myself enjoy the rain. And it was oh so nice.

Of course, we did end up eating lunch while still soaking wet. Oh well! After lunch we turned the heat on in the car and took the Auto tour around Gettysburg. So many freaking statues/monuments! We took quite a few pictures. I probably won't remember what any of them are though. But they are monuments to something.

Of course, then Andi drove over a concrete marker and we got stuck. Had to call a tow truck to lift us off the "rock". And Mr. Tow Truck Guy almost destroyed her muffler by pulling the car straight across the marker without lifting it up. Silly man. The nice park ranger was just glad we hadn't hit anything historic. I still picture him driving to where we were stuck, hands clenched on the steering wheel, praying to all the gods he knows that we didn't ruin history. He was obviously relieved when he saw what actually happened. Eventually we were off the rock and back on the road.

We wanted to kill some time and get hungry for dinner, so we drove down the road a bit to Cunningham Falls State Park. We saw turtles! Didn't do anything there, just drove around to check it out. John and I will be camping here some day.

After dinner we went our separate ways. The drive home was much worse than the drive back-more cars, more rain, making it hard to see. But I made it alive.

And John came home late Saturday! Words cannot express how great it is having him back. I'm thinking I can handle trips that are up to 4 days long. Sure, I was still lonely, but at day 4 I really just wanted to see his face again. Any trips longer than that will be discouraged.