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Originally Posted by JamesG
Yes, I have been to Gettysburg for about a week back in the summer of 1999. It was an 8th grade graduation present from my godparents.
We drove there from NY which was a long drive. We stood at the Gettysburg Inn which was in the center of the town.
I remember the battle fields. The land is HUGE so we drove around the fields in our car with one of those "tour-tapes". It was a cassette tape that you purchased where a voice tells you what you are seeing and where you are driving to next; a self-tour rather than those tour groups.
I also remember the ghost/haunted tour. We walked around the town around 10pm through the fields and cemeteries where a guide gives the "haunted history". I've been on ghost tours so far in NYC, Boston, Washington D.C., Vermont, California (Alcatraz), and Gettysburg.
Also, what I remember was the movie-debate we had our last night in Gettysburg. My cousin wanted to see Will Smith's Wild Wild West whereas I wanted to see Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. This was a HUGE argument that lasted a whole day so my godmother took her son to West and my godfather took me to Austin Powes. He didn't find it amusing.
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We never got to see the battlefield. Because it was kinda raining and we got a late start because my goofy dad had to wait for my stepmom and half siblings to leave for New York.
Did get to see Eisenhower's house that he had near there though. Just saw the house really fast.. Dad didn't want to wait for the next bus would come in 30 minutes so we walked out of the house really fast and got the bus.
Sounded like me when I don't want to wait another half hour for the next bus when I am at home.
