Gettysburg – morning of day 2

Posted on October 28, 2026 by

Today was a typical Wednesday. I did all the cleaning – but took a half an hour in the middle of the day to pop over to Spirit Halloween for Autmn. She had Cameron’s costume on hold there and I needed to pick it up. So I accomplished that, then got gas in the Jeep. Since Autmn is temporarily without her car I am taking her and Cameron to his 3-year checkup in the morning. Came home and finished cleaning and laundry and took the trash up. Now – Day 2.

First, we had a little time before heading over to Eisenhower Farm, so we did a quick run around the battlefields. Here are some monument and scenery photos:

Monuments

farm land battlefields

High water mark – turning point.

High water mark

Battlefields

Pennsylvania monument

Pennsylvania Monument

Never fear – Kelly’s safe!

Cannons in the fall.

Fall!

Virginia monument

View from the monument pictured above.

We were still early at the farm, but there’s lots to see. We walked up to the house, into the barn, to the garage. We took pictures of the house, front and back. I only took one photo inside. (not in order) When Eisenhower retired he donated the house and farm to the National Park Service.

Maple in front of the house.

The older section of the house

Tea service and collectibles ( the tea set is lilac!!!)

View from the front of the house

Roses still blooming

Back of the house – the old section

Back of the house – new section. Sunporch was their favorite spot in the house.

Beauty….

National historic site.

Front of the house

Ike and Mamie’s run-about

Side view of house

Guest cottage

Barn – they hold lectures here sometimes.

Once we toured the house – which was wonderful and informative and historic and we learned a lot! – we walked over to the farm. Cows!

Happy cows

Eisenhower raised show cows.

By Friday at noon we were back at the battlefields. And at our favorite places – Little Round Top and Devil’s Den. They are directly across from each other, and both very treacherous and dangerous equally. A lot happened at both places.

View of the Little Round top from Devil’s Den.

Huge rocks at Devil’s Den

Rocks and stones and paths – oh my!

At the top of Devil’s Den

Memorials at the top of Devil’s Den.

View of Devil’s Den from Little Round Top

Another view of Devil’s Den

Kelly at the stone wall at Little Round Top.

It would have been quite the climb up for the troops….

Balanced rocks – Little Round Top.

We went back into town and ate lunch at Tommy’s Pizza. It IS the best pizza! As we were driving around after lunch we found a used history book store that took my box of Civil War books. I was glad that someone wanted them in a place where they would get attention. We walked next door to an ’emporium’ – very unique gifts that were more entertaining than practical . Very fun to look!

Since we ate a late lunch, we left the book store and drove down to the Mason-Dixon line – it was only about 10 minutes away. I took Kelly’s picture standing with one foot in Pennsylvania and one in Maryland!

Mason and Dixon monument – see the iddy biddy flag?

Adams County – named for John Adams, the second president!

Pennsylvania

Maryland

We also drove over to the Outlets – there was a fleatique/antique store there but it was closed. I used the opportunity to pop into Bath and Body Works and take advantage of the sale on hand soaps. I got a Christmas one!

We did a little more driving around town – and then went to Mr. G’s ice cream for supper. We knew we wanted to get ice cream there – it’s SO yummy! – but it seemed too much to eat 3 meals and THEN get ice cream. So we skipped supper and got ice cream – Kelly got a chocolate peanut butter cone (homemade, not soft serve) and I got a bowl of death by chocolate. So good!

We left there very content. Since our motel was on a business strip, we finished the evening by going up to a few stores there. We stopped into Michael’s, Dollar Tree, Five Below, and Marshalls. Then across the street to Walmart as I needed to pick up a calendar. We were ready to call it a night!