Gettysburg has a terrific new (2008) visitor center with a professional movie about the events leading up to the Civil War and the three days of the battle. Upstairs is a huge round room that displays a 100 year old mural of Picketts Charge which was on the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg. It is an emotional drive around the military park with beautiful memorials of the various troops that fought in the war. Long day but memorable.
After lots of historical sight seeing it was time for a day off so we hit the hiking trail. The Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland is a short drive from Gettysburg and has a wonderful loop trail. First we walked to Cunningham Falls (you can barely see Benny on the rocks at the top in the picture). Then on to Hogs Rock overlook and Blue Ridge overlook. John and I did the 5 mile loop but Benny added on another mile plus lots of scrambling on the rocks at the waterfall to get a good workout. We finished hot and sweaty but happy.
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