GDG- Off the beaten path

[jack]

I also remember Trader Vics, but its not a place I'd send people to.

I've been back twice since we went up there.

Carroll Valley and the Upper Plum run in Freedom Township are nice too, but 
most eiole don't come outbto see scenic adams county, so I tried to stay 
wthe the Battle sites.

That day we spent on Houck's ridge and the time out at the Ampitheater 
really put the battle and the campaign in ocus for me, along with the view 
from the gap at Jack's mountain really bring the battle into focus. They 
fram the field. Everything that happened is hung from that frame. It had to 
happen the way it did.

It foredains everything.

Regards,

Jack

PS Everybody needs to understand that every once in a while, ean's eyes 
start to shift from side to side, like maybe you really shouldn't be where 
you are. If you can run faster than Dean, It's ok.

:>)

again though, a couole
You should do that tour Dean. Your a local and, above all, understand the 
battle, noy just what happened
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gettysburg Engineering" <gettyeng at earthlink.net>
To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: GDG- Off the beaten path


> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> Jack has pointed out a few places outside of Gettysburg which are worth
> seeing and many do have Civil War related history.  I am truly amazed that
> he still remembered so many of them from a quick drive we took some time
> ago.  Upper Temple and Yellow Hill, on a clear day, have one of the best
> views of the valley you will ever see.   There are many more but they are
> all hard to fine.  When you show people around you often do not know if it
> is of interest to them or not.  Since Jack must have been impressed enough
> to remember, some day I must but together for this group, a driving tour 
> of
> what to see and what happen beyond the Gettysburg battlefield.
>
> Regards
>
> Dean Shultz
>
>> Go to the heights above The Narrows. You can, on a clear day, eyeball
> Lee's
>> track   from the Shenendoah up the Cumberland Valley. It gives you a 
>> great
>> grasp of the protection Lee gained in the valley and why he dared not
>> venture from it's protective shoulders unto the littoral.
>>
>> Decent place to eat at The Narrows
>>
>> Yellow Hill-Great view of the 'Burg-a lot better than the National Tower
>> ever offered, if you have the binoculars-a spotting scope is even better.
>>
>> Quaker Valley.
>>
>> The North end of Houcks ridge- a really different perspective "up the
>> Emiiittsburg Road".
>>
>> Sach's Covered Bridge-especially cool experience on a hot day.
>>
>> While your at that way, keep driving up into the pass at Jack's Mountain.
>> Turn around and come back. If there was any doubt that Sickels movement 
>> on
>> day 2 was just stupid, this stunning view of LRT looming like a great
>> brooding shadow over all the ground Sickels occupied will dispel that
> doudt.
>>
>> Devils Kitchen.
>>
>> The Indian Field.
>>
>> Veteran's Memorial Trail on BRT.
>>
>> Stuart's position on Oak Hill-it a really wistful view of what might have
>> been from the Southern point of view.
>>
>> The man-made (maybe) cave on Culp's Hill.   Make sure you stay off of
>> private property.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jack
>> /
>
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