June 20 – Bill put his bike in the truck and on the way to Ferry Hill I
dropped him off at Lock
38 which is just below Ferry Hill. He said it took him 20 minutes to rife the 3
miles back to the RV. Now I’m going to
have to try it!
As soon as I arrived at the VC, Susanna said we had two problems. One was a mouse in a trash can and the other
was a wasp. I put a lid over the trash
can and when the guy doing the lawn got close to the front I asked him to
dispose of the mouse. It turned out
there were 2 mice! Then Susanna and I
took turns with a straw broom trying to knock the wasp down between guests
coming and going. I was getting dizzy
looking up and spinning around. Then
when she took a turn I realized how funny I must have looked. I finally got it down and opened the door and
it flew out when she was giving a tour in one of the other rooms. The rest of
the day was routine!
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| Observation Tower |
Once I got home I changed shirts and we went to Antietam Battlefield National Park. http://www.nps.gov/ancm/index.htm We were just in time to hear a ranger speak
from the observation room that oversees a vast majority of the
battlefield. Then we watched the video
and toured their small museum before heading out to drive most of the stops on
the driving tour. The entire park is
over 3,000 acres. Most of it is still
farmland that the park owns but leases out to local farmers who keep it looking
like it did the day of the battle. For
the most part, this park is closest to retaining the same look as the time in
history than any other park. It was also
the single bloodiest day in the Civil War.
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| Spot known as "Bloody Lane" |
On the way home we stopped at Nutter’s and Bill got 2 scoops to go for
his dessert later. I was really tired
after dinner so we didn’t go riding tonight.
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