Gettysburg

I really didn't want to get up when my alarm went off at 5.15 this morning.

We'd all been asked to bring down our luggage and be on the coach by 6am. All but two managed this; the other couple claim they'd not been told and thought it was a 6.30 departure.
Bollocks to that! If 48 others all knew the routine, they should have known too. Tut.

Luckily, we still managed to be the first coach at customs and cleared passport control in no time at all.

Back in the USA, we drove through the state of New York and into Pennsylvania.

We stopped for lunch on the edge of the Susquehanna river; the longest (320miles) non navigable river in the USA, in a little place called Williamsport.
We were directed to a grocery store for lunch, but it seemed a shame to eat there when we were in a cute little town, so we wandered off and found a place to eat.
Mr A had something called 'poutine', which is chips, cheese and gravy and which he reported was very nice. I had a salad that didn't seem to get any smaller the more I ate of it!

After lunch we drove to Gettysburg to visit the National Military Park.

The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War, the Union victory that ended General Robert E. Lee's second and most ambitious invasion of the North. Often referred to as the "High Water Mark of the Rebellion", Gettysburg was the Civil War's bloodiest battle and was also the inspiration for President Abraham Lincoln's immortal "Gettysburg Address".

http://www.nps.gov/gett/index.htm

Today's blip is of the statue of General Lee at Cemetery ridge.