The visitor center was very nice. A fairly large museum, movie theater and the largest oil painting in North America. The weather was looking questionable, so we chose to hang out at the center and see what there was to do.
I had heard to watch the movie to get a better idea of what happened at Gettysburg. It was narrated by Morgan Freeman, so easy to listen to! It definitely gave you a great vision of how it all went down. After the movie, we went upstairs to see the Cyclorama, an oil painting of the battle. It was a beautiful painting of a terrible time in our history. The detail was amazing. Then we checked out the museum which held innumerable artifacts and treasures of the battle and gave great information regarding the Civil War.
The weather was not on our side today, it started to downpour as we started to get ready to leave. We waited it out so we could get to our cars and then decided to pass on the auto tour. I think we had enough of a history lesson for the day and just needed to relax. So we packed up and headed for the campsite. The rest of Gettysburg would have to wait for another trip.
We got to our site and the weather cleared a bit. It was incredibly muggy, but it was still good to be out and not stuck in a car or building. Jenni and I had some fun trying to do some errands in Pennsylvania. Beer and wine aren't sold in the same stores as groceries or even together, so to pick up food, local beer for the guys and some wine took three stops. But we managed to get it all done and then back to get dinner ready for the family.
I think this was one of the more relaxing days we had in a while so it was good to just sit with nothing to do. The next day was going to be another long driving day to meet up with some friends in Ohio. We were all looking forward to visiting with them for a couple days.
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