Hi Rob,

I have toured Gettysburg and Antietam battlefields and museums while en route to EveryBus. They are definitely worth checking out.

If you are going to be near Antietam then I would also recommend a visit to Harper's Ferry. There is a KOA campground there that used to be the site of a VW bus event known as "John Brown's Buses". Harper's Ferry is a VERY scenic little town with a great deal of civil war history. The founder of John Brown's Buses, Jamie Auch, found civil war bullets in the side of his house (A historic property on the edge of the National park) while doing renovations.

The KOA campground is situated right on the site of the original army encampments. When we stayed there in 2004, the campsite my westy was parked on was right next to a trench which was originally dug to support a gun emplacement. There are many plaques set up within the camp to point out these features.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts 1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato" 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop www.busesofthecorn.com www.pottsfamily.ca

Rob wrote: > 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 >

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