Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Tuesday, March 23
Yesterday I was able to get this process going again but was too tired last night from all our sitting in the car, I guess, to do everything here that I had hoped to.
Before leaving Vicksburg we drove the self-guided tour of the terrain where the terrible seige of Vicksburg occurred during the Civil War at the National Battlefield Park there. The introductory movie was a chilling insight into what this war was like in the midst of battle. It's difficult from our perspective today to understand how the men on either side kept up the fight for months as they marched all over Mississippi chasing the enemy or defending their position while ill and on short rations. Many monuments to the men who fought and those that died dot the roadside as you drive through the park.
More about Vicksburg in the next post. We're off to Carlsbad today, traveling along I-20 as we have been since Atlanta.
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