Because of a mishap in the motorhome, our computer drown along with all our programs and files. Among the files lost were all our saved digital photos and my daily journal L. I had efficiently saved all the photos from Connecticut to the hard drive and removed them from the camera so we have no Connecticut memories to share with you except this feet photo which was taken as we left the state of my birth on our way to Pennsylvania.

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While in Connecticut my niece helped me assume patriotism by giving me flag fingers. I love them and will be sorry when they have to go.

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We totally enjoyed Gettysburg with it's wonderful Civil War museum and tour of the battlefields. As we stood on Seminary Hill overlooking the fields, it felt as though the troops were below us and approaching. Although Tryna is not much of a history buff, she totally enjoyed the time spent in this most historic place.

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What would a visit to this area be without a stop at the Hershey Chocolate Factory! We took an interesting tour and got to shop in the factory store.

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The street lights in the town of Hershey were in the shape of Kisses. Some of them had their wrappers on and some were just the chocolate kiss. The town was originally founded by Milton Hershey as a company town. He also endowed his millions of dollars to a school for orphan boys which is still in existence today but caters to both boys and girls who are either orphans or come from needy homes.

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Because of their interpretation of one of the commandments (about not making graven images), the Amish do not want to be photographed. Out of respect for that, I only took photos from a great distance. If you look carefully at this photo, you will see a farmer upon his mule driven harvester out in the field. Our time spent in this area was extremely memorable.

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Another must see in this area was the Pennsylvania Dutch country. Rather than go to the typical tourist traps, we decided to drive the back roads and see the locals at work. It was easy to determine which farms were Amish and which were not by looking to see if the electric wires went to the house and barn. Each farm had a shingle hung out which told you what they had for sale (furniture, quilts, jams, fruits and veggies, etc.). We encountered many buggies such as this one along the way.

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Although not in abundance, we were able to locate a few covered bridges in this area. As always, it was fun driving through them.

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