We left the Orlando area in mid-April, stopping in Woodbine, Georgia, Myrtle Beach, SC and Gettysburg, PA along the way.
We like the campground in Woodbine, especially the boardwalk to the marsh. I hoped to catch some waterbirds but they kept alluding me. Very quiet and peaceful place to visit.
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| This poor little fella was stuck to our bumper - he was stunned and I hope survived |
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| Enjoying a cup of coffee at one of my favorite morning places |
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| The boardwalk to the marsh from the campground |
Next stop was Myrtle Beach and we had some nice, warm and sunny days to enjoy the beach. Briarcliffe RV Resort is friendly, well-maintained and within walking distance to shops and close to the beach.
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| Just started to plant |
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| Clowning around |
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| Why is it we can't pass up poking our head through these and taking a photo? |
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| Enjoyed lots of long walks along the shore |
We've stayed at Gettysburg Battlefield RV Resort before because it's so convenient to taking in all the historical treasures in that area. This time we made sure I got the National Monument stamps in my National Park book which I didn't do when we were here in 2009. This time we bought tickets at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitors Center. We like the film narrated by Morgan Freeman, the museum and cyclorama were outstanding.
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| We like the statues found in historic downtown Gettysburg |
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| Best cupcakes I've ever had - relation to Perry Como? |
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| This is a working kitchen at Johnny Como's - too cute |
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| This cyclorama is a massive oil-on-canvas painting displayed at the visitors center |
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| Painted by French artist Paul Philippoteaux and opened to the public in Chicago in 1883. Because of its popularity the artist was contracted to paint a second version and this one was displayed in Boston in 1884 for nearly twenty years |
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Eventually, public interest waned and the cyclorama was up for sale and a Gettysburg-area entrepreneur purchased it and had it moved to Gettysburg. In 1940, the National Park Service purchased the painting and it was moved to the visitor center in 1962. It is 377 feet long, 42 feet high and weighs 12.5 tons. In 2003, it underwent a $13 million dollar renovation and it is beautiful, realistic and detailed
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That's all for today folks. Thank you for stopping in to say hi.
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Nice travels along the coast
ReplyDeleteWe too enjoyed Gettysburg. Isn't that oil on canvas painting in the cyclorama amazing?! A sad area to think of Americans killing Americans.
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