GDG- Off the beaten path

[jack]

OK. Here is my last post with spell check and editmeister.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jack" <jlawrence at kc.rr.com>
To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: GDG- Off the beaten path


>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 people don't come outto see scenic Adams county, so I tried to 
> stay  with the 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. They  frame 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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