Wednesday morning we had Round Barn bacon with breakfast. It was fine, nothing special sadly. We had a little fire, mostly just playing in it before we headed out to Gettysburg for a driving tour of the battlefield.
We stopped at a small visitor building to pick up the map and then drove around following the map and monuments. I read the map descriptions at the monuments of the stops but we did not get out at any other than the look out towers. Baylor was not that interested in the monuments and listened to what happened but at least the towers were something to do. Dad went up on the first one which was the shortest one.
We could not stop at the second tower which was near Eisenhower's farm because there was no parking left. The third tower is on Little Round Top and only Baylor and I went up that one. Dad made it about a third of the way and had to stop because of his knees. Baylor ran up there and apparently said out loud at the top that his legs were shaking. A Mom up there told me that when I finally arrived. But I think he loved running up the stairs.
The view of the town, it looks so far away.
The tower was very tall, but it was fun to do with Baylor.
We ended up eating lunch at a diner behind Heather's house and the waitress knew them but not by name. Rather she knew Brigid's name only because they are always saying, "Brigid, stop...," "Brigid don't..."
On the way back to the cabin we finally stopped at Mr. Ed's Elephant Museum to check it out. It is full of elephants for sale and his own collection. And candy, and gifts and fun things like the fun house mirror.
Baylor picked out a lizard stuffy and some cow tails candies. Dad ran into Mr. Ed and introduced himself as Mr. Ted.
Baylor and I walked around the grounds which were decorated with all kinds of stuff besides the elephants.
After Mr Ed's Baylor, Mom, and I went to the pool for the afternoon. It was still a bit chilly but the sun was out and it was warmer. We ate leftovers for dinner and then took a drive to deer spot. I was not driving and still say three deer and Mom saw two. Not as good as last night but still fun. The setting sun was very pretty but hard to capture.
Baylor was a bit bored and tired but hung in there.
We pretended to be asleep together.
Thursday we had cinnamon roll and the other pack of bacon for breakfast. We did not have much planned and decided to go to Chambersburg to visit an antique mall with five or six buildings. We only went in three which was plenty for all of us. I bought a small rusty cast iron skillet for $2.50 that can be cleaned up. Baylor picked out three beanie babies for $1.00 each and a $5.00 Stars Wars book. Then we headed to Pine Grove Furnace to visit the Appalachian Trail Museum. They opened the kids room in the basement which went through the trail state by state showing how long the trail is in the state and key highlights of the state and the trail. I read each state to Baylor who lost interest about five states in but I read them all. It takes five million steps to hike the whole trail.
When we left the skies were gathering and it did not take long for the rail to start.
And we quickly drove through it to puffy clouds and beautiful skies.
When we got back to the cabin we found the rain completely missed the park so we built a fire of course.
Dad and I took Baylor to the creek to let him play for the last day camping. It was a nice day and he found several kids to play with. Dad and I sat around eating peanuts and talking.
Dad and I even worked on fortifying a small dam that was already there. We used to do that when we would go on picnics to this park when I was a kid.
For dinner we made mountain pies and used crescent roll dough instead of bread for the outside. Yummy!
We went deer spotting again and found several and Baylor spotted one first so he was quite proud of himself.
The setting sun was very nice again tonight.
And this time he really did fall asleep.
Friday morning we cleaned and packed up all of our stuff and were out before nine. We all drove to my house to get cleaned up because we were taking Aunt Betty out for lunch to celebrate her 95th birthday. We were joined by Lynda and Joan at the Eagle's Nest in York.
She is such a wonderful woman, living on her own and getting around like a champ. She has one son, one grandson and two great grandchildren that she adores.
And she is a beautiful woman.
We had a black walnut cake and all sang Happy Birthday of course.
She took a sip of Dad's after dinner drink of Ameretto, she is so spunky and fun. And the last of her siblings. She is the youngest of the seven siblings
and certainly does not look a day over 80!
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