Pics: 1) Unimog in the shop; 2) Gettysburg canon; 3) Gettysburg canon overlooking the Wheat Fields battlefield area; 4) one of the hundreds of Gettysburg statues.
5-31-07 - Thursday - 67562 – 000 – Gettysburg KOA, PA – Mostly sunny - low +65 - high +94
Saw a squirrel and two deer
We took the Unimog into Lancaster, PA for its recall/transmission programming update and to have some lights and other items installed. We thought it would take about one to two hours; instead it took from 1000 to 1600, or six hours. The update was well worth it - the Unimog drives and shifts so much easier. The dealership had a number of Unimogs on site as well - about seven for sale (or already bought but not picked up) and about five in for some kind of servicing. This was the first time since Germany that we saw so many in one place at a time.
Since we were late getting back to Gettysburg and the visitor center was closed, we only drove through part of the park. The official name of this site is the Gettysburg National Memorial Park and Gettysburg National Cemetery. The fields and hills where this three-day battle occurred are huge and there are so many monuments for all the states, regiments, participants and fallen soldiers. Some of the houses that were in the area at the time are still standing, some still showing where the battle's bullets hit them. This historic place, like so many in this region, deserve more time for exploring than we have right now. This will definitely be an area we want to return to soon.
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