my best trip pictures

I was in Gettysburg this weekend. Let me tell you, it was hot. The temp gauge on the car was registering 97 degrees. It was not officially that hot, but still! It was also one of the most crowded weekends I have ever seen. Think high summer. Lots of older folks and boy scouts. That’s me at the McPherson barn. As usual, I got sunburned. (I’m way more red than I am in that picture now.) ((How does someone with dark hair get sunburned so much? You’d think I was a red-head like A.P. Hill.))

Here are a few highlights. I took a lot of monument pictures (of course), and even got many better shots for some of those already featured. You’ll have to wait for those; these are just landscapes.

Barns and Farms

The Codori Farm (ground zero of Pickett’s Charge)

The Daniel Lady farm (home of the Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association) … near Benner’s Hill. Where Latimer was taken when he was wounded.

The Spangler Barn (located near Seminary Ridge)

The Bushman Farm (at the base of Big Round Top, near Seminary Ridge)

The McPherson Barn

The Sherfy house and barn.

The McLean farm on Oak Hill.

Sunsets

Landscapes

The Sach’s covered bridge

The Union line on Oak Ridge

The slope of Little Round Top, approaching the 155th Pennsylvania’s position

The town of Gettysburg from the Culp’s Hill tower

This is actually Little Round Top and the Rose Farm from the Longstreet tower. Note the heavy shroud of fog.

This is a fence-line looking towards the Trostle Farm. You can see the beginnings of fall color.

More fog — though it is starting to clear. This is the Pennsylvania monument.

A Napolean cannon. On Seminary Ridge, near the Mississippi monument. And a Parrot rifle at the base of the Longstreet tower.

hope you enjoyed!

Tags: Gettysburg, photography, summer, travel