this week on The Roads We Roam
We're gonna go to the visitor center we'll be right back! we'll be right back!
All right, we are at Gettysburg we have to figure out how we're gonna get to the
visitors center so we think this is gonna take us to the visitors center. I
think either way it's a pretty walk... not a cloud in the sky... we found the visitors
center what a cool Visitor Center
Gettysburg ...something ...Museum. Oh look how big it is...yeah, cuz it's a museum as well
Main entrance, leave backpacks in vehicles
Well this is the time to come. All right look at this place Babe, this is legit!
Wanna go... no, I want to sit the middle so go down there..I'll follow you
Dead center - oh yeah - so they say in the Cyclorama that you can use video just no
flash.... Welcome to the Gettysburg Cyclorama
you're standing behind Union lines on Cemetery Ridge the route tops can be
seen highlighted to the south to the west is Cemetery Ridge and the
Confederate lines please refrain from videotaping or taking flash ....How was that Babe?
I'm glad we watched the movine so we know what we're looking at on the tour. Yeah you have to watch the movies all the time
Look over there, yes yes yes....hold on I gotta go get these uniforms
that breastplate right there
the script I buttons in there infantry
look how ornate Connecticut buttons are
leave it to the Connecticut freaks to go over the top. Oh my goodness I could
go crazy in here with books I would never read... I'd buy him with great intent
it just wouldn't happen. anything interesting baby? Cookbooks...nice they have possum
and stuff like that?
oh well maybe the Civil War recipes have both of them in there yeah look at that
that's kind of cool
Kerry would like this. What?! Check out this hat Kerry found for me -yes yes yes!
they almost hit Abraham Lincoln over as he was crossing
the parking lot
Mr. President Mr. President...Russ don't!
we take up a lot of real estate and you're talking to Abe Lincoln! okay so we
are going to visit Dick Winters grave.. he's one of my heroes... I know he'd
probably be the first to say he wasn't a hero.. the heroes were the ones that never
came back, but he's a personal hero to me anyways
so I wasn't aware of this but Kerry read an article where the family of Dick
Winters said that they would like people to not just honor his grave but more
honor the other veterans in the cemetery... correct yeah you can see the flags the
American flags next to the gravestone so we are gonna do that
Jacob Rail - Veteran 1861 to 1865 Civil War Days
you can see I got a cone in front of Boone that's because a lot of people
will come and pull right in front of Boone and a lot of times somebody will
pull right behind them and then you're stuck so I just put that cone one spot
over from where I am and it gives me enough room to inch out but keep this
cone in a very handy spot it's right inside the front door here you can see
I've got my gloves over here and then the oh yeah I've got my gloves over here
and there's Billie - I'll be me and then my cone is right there I don't know if I
can get it right there behind the driver's seat we're going to our first
Blue Beacon
all right so this is the view here we've been waiting about a half an hour now
right there to get into the Blue Beacon car wash
Boone needs a watch hopefully we'll be able to tape or video while we're tape
boy that shows you what error we're from hopefully we'll be able to shoot video
while we're going through here show you what it's all about so what type of
services do they offer we're gonna wash a brush everything and then rain-x is
what we've got but they've got tire dressing and hand drying and stuff I
just want to get it washed and the rain axe will be good because mostly because
it'll take the bugs or make the buns easier to wash up the windows so we'll
see that was pretty simple so far as it at least we didn't get yelled at
oh yeah I forgot you would place that
okay okay so they'll pull you in, have you shut your engine off so you're not idling inside
here you go in and pay... ours came up to fifty six ten because we got the rain-x
treatment as well but then you come back in you can either wait out there or you
can come back in the rig I think it's more comfortable in the rig all right
well we are at the Cracker Barrel where we're spending the night tonight super
happy with blue diamond Kerry and I talked about it even though it was 56
bucks to get it done I think this is something that we are going to do at
least once a month I don't think it'll cost us $56 so the next time because I
probably won't get the rain-x it depends I'll see how that works if it works well
well then I'll get it if not I'll save myself some money and just get the
regular car wash but I got to tell you a Blue Beacon it's a way to go we're at
Cracker Barrel and we wanted to bring the back end up level and so Kari went
out pull the leveling blocks out I went to start the RV up and I'm like wait a
minute I can't find the key I'm thinking maybe
it's cause it's dark so turn the lights on realize the ignition key isn't here
what did it happen when we went in to eat at Cracker Barrel I left my keys on
the table and while we were walking up to pay the cashier guy runs up to me
goes hey you forgot your keys here well somehow they must that ignition key must
have fallen off long story short the manager here Doris had it and she went
home forgot to put it in the safe it stayed in her shirt pocket so they
called her at home she's got to come all the way in because she doesn't come back
to work until Wednesday but thank God it was given to the girl that rang us out
because she's still working she was the only one that knew anything about this
key other than Doris talked to three managers here nobody knew about it but
she didn't she was yeah the key was given to me he said and she said I gave
it to Doris so they called Doris and Doris is on her way back I feel bad but
we've got our key now so I feel good about that
lesson learned? what..... I don't know... Get a spare key?! yeah..
well that girl and I were talking about that and I told her I'm definitely gonna
go take care of that tomorrow. Lesson learned.. what yeah what I didn't know all
kinds of lessons could have been drawn up from that