We took a guided bus tour of the Gettysburg Battlefield followed by launch at the Visitor Center and Museum. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and really made the battle maneuvers understandable. I'm still not feeling well, so I slept whenever we were waiting for the next venue.
It was a long day. The buses picked us up at 8:40am at the campground and picked us up at the Visitor Center for the return trip at 4:15pm.
After I napped, we threw our burgers on Loren and Cindy's grill and ate dinner with them. Then we watched the last half of the movie "Gettysburg" before returning to the camper for the night.
I'm tired. See you tomorrow.
Yesterday, I started feeling ill. By the time I went to bed, I had a sore throat and dry cough. This morning, it was worse. Not many pictures today. I helped a couple of guys troubleshoot some problems with their campers and attended the tech session after lunch. General and Mrs. Lee stopped by for a while.
After dinner, I suffered through the first two hours of the movie "Gettysburg." Good movie, but I'm really not feeling well. Hope these drugs kick in my morning. We board a tour bus at 8:45 tomorrow morning for a guided tour of the battlefield. After that, we'll spend some time at the museum and the visitor center. Of course, we'll have lunch.
We're scheduled to be back at the campground around 4:30, so if I don't feel any better, it's going to be a loooong day!
We left the campground in Champion, PA this morning at 9:35 and took PA Rt. 31 and 30 to Gettysburg to attend the 13th annual Aliner Owners Club North American Rally. The roads had hairpin curves and severe changes in elevation. At times, we were close to 3,000 feet above sea level. Even with a quick stop for lunch, we made the 138 mile drive in just over four hours.
We arrived at the Gettysburg Campground at 1:45 and got set up in our assigned campsite. We visited a bit, then went to town (2.75 miles) for some supplies before the sub sandwich supper under the big tent behind the recreation hall.
After supper, th colors were presented and Abe gave his Gettysburg Address. Then there was a welcome meeting and a short business meeting before everyone went back to their campers or broke into small groups to visit.
Tomorrow is the first full day of the rally. Stay tuned.
Our tour was scheduled for 1:00pm, so we weren't in a hurry to get up, shower, and eat breakfast. Steve and Cheryl rode with us for the twelve mile trip to Kecksburg. When we arrived at the factory, we could see the model of the eye witnesses' conception of the Kecksburg UFO which landed there on December 9, 1965. If you're not familiar with the story, Google 'Kecksburg UFO' and check it out.
The factory tour was interesting. We went down the Aliner and Somerset production lines. I only took pictures of the Aliner line. The Somerset is the Columbia Northwest version of the defunct Coleman pop-up trailer for which they now have the manufacturing rights.
We got back from the tour at 3:30 and after a few cocktails, we cooked dinner with Jim & Jan. We sat around the campfire for a while before turning in.
It was a good day.
