DAYS 22-27 MARYLAND AND GETTYSBURG

DAYS 22-27
We spent 5 days in Westminster, Maryland with Barbie and Bryan (daughter and son-in-law). Here is their beautiful home and garden. We also enjoyed their pets: Bandit and Rascal are Shelties who can do some pretty amazing tricks. Their cats were a little friendlier toward us this year. We think it’s because we didn’t have Angel around to torment them.

We traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania for a day. What a great history lesson. At the Welcome Center, we watched an IMAX film and toured the museum. In the museum, we heard the Gettysburg Address performed by Sam Waterson (Law and Order). If you know who he is, you know he sounds just like Abraham Lincoln would have sounded.

Then we did the tour around the battlefield on our own examining monuments and cannons. We were in awe of the massive numbers of soldiers who fought there over a three day period. Over 51,000 were dead, wounded or missing!

Bob and I went antiquing in Frederick, MD. We do enjoy that pastime.
We went to Barbie and Bryan’s friends’ house for the 4th of July.

DAY 22 WILLIAMSBURG, VA

WILLIAMSBURG, VA

This is the Hampton Coliseum in Virginia;
one of the first sights we encountered as we arrived in Virginia.

Williamsburg, VA
We found a little campground to park the RV, which gave us the freedom to drive into Williamsburg.
However, we only ended up driving to the Welcome Center.
From there, we took the bus to the different areas in Williamsburg.
Patrick Henry giving his "Give me Liberty, or give me Death" speech.

The Wigmaker
This was fun to watch. These kids had no idea what they were doing.
Brickmaker
The working man
The Capital Building

Martha Washington arrives
with fanfare

The Folk Museum
That is me standing in front of that gigantic magnolia tree!
Church podium donated by Thomas Jefferson.
Okay, Yuck. She is holding a huge beetle.

In front of the courthouse

The Magazine Inside the Magazine Another beautiful sky
There was quite a bit of walking here. We needed more than one day to really appreciate the history here, but we did get to meet Patrick Henry and Martha Washington. This was a fun and interesting stop on our historical journey. I like learning about history this way.

DAY 20-21 OUTER BANKS, NC

DAYS 20-21
Outer Banks, NC

We have grown fond of looking at the sky and have taken some fascinating pictures. One of them looks like we have our own guardian angel overhead. Do you see it?

Our first stop in NC’s Outer Banks was Roanoke Island, land of the Lost Colony. They had a great Visitor Center with a walk through the settlement, a tour of the Queen Elizabeth II, and a museum telling the story of the Lost Colony.

The reconstructed lighthouse doesn’t really resemble a lighthouse,
but I guess it serves its purpose.Our next stop was The Wright Brothers Monument and museum. This was pretty interesting. We are learning a lot on our historical journey.

The Wright Brothers Monument
Unfortunately, we regret that we did not go farther south to Cape Hatteras to see the lighthouse there. Perhaps another trip.

With our RV, we couldn’t find a good place to stop and catch the waves, but got a few pictures of the ocean. We hope to get our feet wet when we get to Cape Cod.