Gettysburg

Heading back from Lancaster to Dulles Airport and the end of our American road trip, we decided to pause for an hour or two at Gettysburg, scene of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War and Abe's famous battleground speech. Its quite spread out, so we didn't have time to see all of it. Oh and we looked for the address but there were hundreds of them.

Riding along in my automobile

When in Rome....

Bird in Hand

Up to PA, to the quaintly named town of Bird in Hand, where we spent a couple of delightful hours among the Amish. Those carriages are heavier than they look.

Fenwick Island

This is the very wonderful Fenwick Island Lighthouse built in 1859. They had said they would be open to go up in it but when we got there all seemed shut.
When we were staying in Ocean City MD, we drove up the road to the state line and found this somewhat anomalous lighthouse. Anamolous because Fenwick Island isn't actually an island. Maybe it was once but it sure ain't now. And another thing, you can't see the lighthouse from the sea. Maybe you could once but you sure can't now. It lies in the middle of a quiet street, leading down to the coastal road and from then another walk to the dunes. Goes to show the impressive land reclamation that has taken place here.
I have placed this photo in Delaware because the far side of the street is in Delaware, where thelighthouse is. This side of the street and the tree in which I'm precariously perched, is in Maryland, but you know what I mean.

Mount Vernon, Virginia

Home of George and Martha Washington and all his slaves, we're back into Virginia to Mount Vernon, situated on the banks of the Potomac between DC and Chesapeake Bay. The two of them (and the slaves) are buried here.

Annapolis, Maryland

Into Annapolis, after a big traffic jam from Ocean City on a bank holiday! Lovely and sedate and very expensive, Annapolis is the state capital and boasts a famous naval base. It appears that all State Capitols have domes for some reason. Maybe it's enshrined in the constitution?

Ocean City Beachfront

Let's go fly a kite! Here we are in Ocean City, Maryland, not to be confused with Ocean City, New Jersey, though I'm sure many have been caught out. Big long stretch of beach here, souvenir shops by the hundred, crazy golf, bars, attractions etc etc