Gettysburg National Park: It is hard to believe that Gettysburg was and still is a centre of religous teachings. A Lutheran Seminary ( top picture) was in operation during the Battle of Gettysburg and still is in operation today. The German Reformed Church was headquartered here also during that time. Yet this is the place where the the biggest loss of life on this Continent took place. Over 40,000 men lost their lives here and another 11,000 were injured or missing. The real history of this place and the battle and not Hollywood's version of Gettysburg, is truly remarkable. There is a lot of territory to cover here and I am glad we booked in for 4 days.

The weather has been fantastic. Today was near 80 F and tomorrow is supposed to be mid 80's. The nights are warm and no heaters needed. Thursday though it is only supposed to get to a high of 61F. We will save going to Eisenhower's residence for that day. Tomorrow a friend we met in San Diego will be coming to stay next to us for a couple of days.

Yesterday we came through Lancaster, and it wasn't till later we heard about the shootings of the Amish children there. What lunacy, what a waste. People here are pretty upset and scared.
Jim