Day 11- May 3, 2007
Kally and Nick
Today we got on the bus at 7:45 and drove to the Gettysburg Visitor Center, but instead of going in, we waited outside for our tour guide named Scott Hartwig. He knew what he was talking about, and he talked a lot. Before he took us anywhere, he asked us some questions about what our background knowledge was. He also gave us the background of what was happening before the battle of Gettysburg. Scott took us to the angle of the battle of Gettysburg and explained what happened and he told us stories about soldiers and commanders who stood where we were. He explained the types of cannons and what happened to some of the artillery crew. He took us to the stone wall and showed us where both sides came from. It was very interesting, but it was very cold. After Scott left, we went back to the bus and got ready for our second hikes. On the hikes, we had to find monuments and write answers to questions we got. It was like a scavenger hunt. There were about 6 groups with 3 or 4 people in each group. Every group ended in different places and most of them took about an hour. When the bus picked up everyone after their hikes, we went to downtown Gettysburg to go shopping again. We went to lunch, most of us went to Tommy’s Pizza, which is the best pizza place ever made, but there were many restaurants to choose from. We got to shop for two hours and we bought Mr. Habel a Civil War sword. All of us chipped in and bought it for him. After shopping, the bus dropped us off, one by one at different monuments to read our letters from our parents. We stayed there for about thirty minutes. When we were all done, we went back to the hotel and did homework. We got more time at the hotel today and some of us got to go swimming. Today is our last night in Gettysburg and tomorrow at 7, we leave.