Heading across Delaware through Maryland and on to North Carolina and more rain
These church steeples could be seen for a long distance as we were headed through Maryland.
We went to Fredericksburg battle fields and toured the area.
There was one man from the Confederates that stopped to give aide to the "enemy". He was know as the "Angel of Marye's Heights and a monument was placed here in his honor. Unfortunately he was repaid by a bullet in the next campaign.
This type sign was all across the cemetery grounds.
The Brampton house overlooked the area called the Killing Field and was used as a headquarters. There were numerous holes in the walls house to firing on it. It is currently a private residence and has long since been repaired.
The Innis house was "the wrong side of town" in the war and she, a single woman gave help to the soldiers and all who passed by. After the war she continued and told stories of the war and sold items of the war. So she is probably one of the first person in history to be a guide. you can see the bullet holes in the wall - she left one wall as a reminder of what happened.
This was the confederate line. they were actually in an area called the sunken road as it was about 3 feet below ground level and well behind a stone fence. so when the Northerner's came at them they were gunned down never reaching closer than 40 ft of the line.
Below is the original wall in front of the confederate line.
The Sterling house is one of the plantations houses that were used in the war for an office and quarters then hospital. the house is in the next photo down and is privately owned now.
This is a memorial in the Fredericksburg cemetery for all the soldiers.
The area of the fighting in Fredericksburg was known as the "Killing Fields.
The Cemetery is more full than it appears. the flat stones have 2 numbers, one being the location and the other being the number of unknown soldiers buried there. We saw many that had up to 8 in each grave. 20,000 soldiers died in this area.
Stonewall Jackson was a major player in the Civil War. This was the place he was taken after injured. He passed away here and unfortunately it would be considered from friendly fire as it was one of his own men that accidently shot him.
this building was turned into the hospital during the war from the Farm office that it was being used as.
The sign shows how important he was to the cause.
This was the room and actual bed used for Jackson. He died after only a few days here.He had also contracted pneumonia.
We added North Carolina to our travels.
Just starting to rain again and the convertible in front of us decides he has to put the top up. It did not work while driving so he had to pull over eventually.
This guy sells about anything you want and advertises for miles & miles away. You can't miss his shop once you get closer. He was just inside South Carolina.
Raining again - this happened a lot this year. I think we will call this the year of the rain.
Lake Marion in South Carolina at our campground. Notice the umbrella in the water to help with the sun. We added South Carolina but did not update the map until we added Georgia and Florida.
Same picture as above but about an hour later when the rains came. We found it interesting that they were in the water but dd not want rain on them.
This little alligator was in the water where everyone docks their boats. Locals said there are a couple more there in the lake as well.
The water is so low that the dock is way out of the water. Lack of rain for the last couple of years has caused this.
One of the many cornfields that did not germinate due to the heat -now they are all dead and no corn was to be harvested. This was across the Carolina's and Virginia that we saw. Too much heat and not rain in June.
one of the cargo ships seen under a cable stay bridge
This sign is for the subs that are still on patrol (those lost at sea).
The Destroyer Laffey was known as the ship that would not die-it should have gone down several times but went right back to battle.
This is the Yorktown one of the highly decorated aircraft carriers from of World War II.
We took a trip to Fort Sumter where the first fire was shot starting the civil war.
The Gorge Wall sign and the actual wall below.
part of the remains as well as the cannons used to protect the area. It belonged to the Yankees but the Confederates took control of it and held it for he rest of the war.
A view of a ship through one of the gun ports.
How peaceful the beaches at Fort Sumter are now.
He was well rewarded with this Grouper he caught.
The great weigh in showed it to be about 16 lbs.
Ready to become fillets on the way to the dinner table.
They were really nice looking fillets.
A trip to Kennedy Space center proved educational.
Bil was trying to get out of town fast -- but it was not to be - he was grounded.
This building houses the shuttle between launches. The doors take 45 minutes to open, they are so big and heavy.
The launch pad as seen from a distance.
Several of the missals standing in "Missal Garden'. They are all fully functional and not mock ups.
Sebastian has an interesting welcome sign- double click to read the bottom line.
even if there is no catching the view is great from the dock
Bil trying his hand at fishing of Rudy's dock.
Maria and Rudy have beautiful sunsets from their back yard and dock.
evening viewing from our friends screened Lanai -needed to stay away from the bgs.
