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Civil War Muster

Ideal day... almost.
The muster didn't start until 2p so I was able to sleep in and catch the whole thing. After a short dusting off, I loaded my Canon EOS A1 (no, not a digital) and my Sony Digital camera and headed to Jackson. Fresh out of the car, I was surrounded with the sights and sounds of a festival; kettle corn popping, roasting ears of corn, funnel cakes (one of Denis' favorites), fiddle music, etc., and..., to my great surprise, Abraham's Lady had set up a tent.
Denis and I walked the edges of the battlefield taking photos and talking to the reinactors. Information was gathered about cooking on a campfire, Zoave soldiers and their uniforms, battlefield doctors, canons, war horses and more. After the battle and dragging Denis away from a pot of boiling stew and an angelfood cake, I settled into the Abraham's Lady's tent and did some shopping.
Bubble tea from Bubble Island in Ann Arbor completed the day. Ahhhh.

Me

For lack of other models, sometimes I turn the camera on myself. Usually I don't like photos of myself but this one isn't bad and, therefore, I thought I would share it.

Farnsworth House

We stopped at the Farnsworth House Inn for lunch and enjoyed traditional fare. I had the delicious "Slippery Chicken Pot Pie". Without the typical pastry encasing it, the "Slippery...." was made with broad homestyle egg noodles, tender, juicy chicken pieces and a wonderful gravy.
In the lower left photo, Wendy is showing us the famous Farnsworth House wall with over 100 bullet holes made during the "short" three day battle of Gettysbury. Directly across the street from the Farnsworth House, Jennie Wade was in her house baking during the second day of the battle when a bullet went through 2 walls to strike her. She was the only civilian fatality of the battle.

Little Round Top

High on Little Round Top, Union soldiers picked off brave Confederate soldiers as a last desperate charge was made to capture the hill. "Pickette's Charge" gave the North a decisive win at Gettysburg and was the beginning of the end for the "South" and the Civil War.

Today, the government leases most of the battlefield to farmers who grow their crops amongst the 2000 memorial monuments. Trees are being removed and a peach orchard cultivated on the battlefield to make it more like it had been in 1863 when it became a grave yard for over 50,000 men plus their horses.

Candy Boy at Gettysburg

Much to his mother's dismay this boy picked his sucker off the asphalt and plopped it - dirt, bugs, etc. - it right back into his chubby little mouth.

After the Rapids

Wendy and I took a 5.5 hour kayake trip down the Delaware River. We kayaked beneath gliding Bald Eagles, jumping fish, rapids and deer. At noon we paddled over to a large rock and ate our lunches.

Morning and Evening over the Lake

View from our condo in the Poconos.