Gettysburg

Ahhh!!! I loved it! Well first we went to Haper's Ferry in West Virginia. It was cool, but my favorite part was standing on the Pike between the Potomac and the Shenandoah. I was standing in West Virginia and on one side of the river was Virginia and on the other side was Maryland.

Our next stop was Gettysburg. I cannot even begin to describe that place. The battlefield was enormous! With all my reading I really had no idea how long the battle front was and what really happened there until I spent some time there. I am sure I don't understand, nor would I want to understand all that happened there. I just get more and more proud of the military and of this great nation we live in, given to us by God. As we were leaving a group of soldiers came in their desert camo and it was just so cool to see them there.

Sadly I lost my camera at one of the headstones. We were doing a writing assignment in the cemetary and I set my camera down. Realizing I didn't have it on the bus we turned around to get it but it was gone. That was really sad. Luckily my roommates and I have been sharing pictures so now they will just give me theirs.

Probably one of the sweetest things that has happened to me in a long time happened last night too. There is a guy named Jeff on this tour and he is such a sweetheart. He felt really bad for me and came up last night and brought me a note saying how sorry he was that it had happened and hoped that I was still having a good time. He gave me a disposable camera and offered to share his with me. I was so amazed at the sincerity of it!!! It was sooooooooo cool.