Date:         Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:21:01 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Travel -Civil war battlefields
Comments: To: Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
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Lexington, MA; pretty close to Boston Bob's shop in Wayland.
  Lots of awesome historic stuff around here....
You just missed a civil war re-enactment here, they do it every year around
the first week in October..... it's practically in my backyard.  The cannon
fire scares me every year, until I remember what it is.

Mike B.

Uxbridge, MA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob" <becida@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 5:25 PM
Subject: Travel -Civil war battlefields


> If I was in my Westy heading out east to look at some civil war
> battle fields what would you recommend?
> Right now I have Gettysburg and Antietam on my list.
>
> I'm not sure what I'm looking for... Someplace to go that I haven't
> been, something to see that I read about way back in school. I like
> the historic places where I don't have to do extensive study before
> hand, where the signs awaken memories of lessons long ago.  Cemetery
> Ridge would be one, Sutter's Mill was another (been there in the '71
> camper many years ago). The Pali on Oahu (Hawaii) where Kamehameha
> forced the Oahu warriors off the cliff is a good example.
> Just tourist - historic- camping stuff noted for a later trip.
>
>
>
> Rob
> becida@comcast.net
> An '84 Westy with a '93 Subaru 2.2 in Western Washington state