Sam & Chris at Gettysburg, PA
A last minute trip with only 2 of our 3 kids (oldest child in band activities all weekend) so we took the camper to Gettysburg, PA. Beautiful mountains in PA I was QUITE surprised to find. So were the brakes on the camper, as we followed Rt. 30 over a mountain ridge with a 10% incline, courtesy of Mapquest’s directions. It was an adventure those last 25 or so miles, especially with the brakes starting to smoke before it was over! An adventure, too as we got home on Monday morning at 7 am, just in time for me to get a shower and go to work!
Gettysburg was a re-inactor’s dream, with the reinactment of the Battle of Gettysburg going on for 3 days and thousands of people dressed in period costumes, as solders and families in the 1860’s. All taking on the persona of the person they dressed like… a little creapy at times as strangers came up to you and began describing their personal history during the war years. This was not my thing (hubbys) but we all learned alot, the town was quaint and the National Historical Register Civil War architecture amazing. We toured the National Park’s Service Monument Park and you really get a sense of how the battle took place and the 23,000+ people that lost their lives in 3 days.
I had hoped to have time to do some beading, which I did a little bit on the way out to PA, but it was so bumpy that my little beadies kept spilling, so it was pretty futile. I did finish a class example of a crochet bracelet, as it was easy to do when the beads are prestrung!
I have been looking forward to driving out to teach at BeadFest in Philadelphia in August, but I am rethinking it for the first time, as I got the heebee-jeebee’s in the mountains on the way home. I kept thinking about freezing up at the wheel when I need my wits to be sharp. I really don’t want to fly with all that silver/gold I have to take for my Keshi Pearl Cuff class. Plus, I love to drive with a good book on tape and time to think.
Tags: bead crochet, bead crochet classes, Bead Fest, keishi pearl cuff, wireweaving