Our escape from the Badlands took us into Minnesota (we were tempted to visit Northfield, where the James Gang met its Waterloo) znd then to Iowa, where we spent Wednesday night, then down through Illinois, Indiana and finally back to Lexington, where were spent Thursday night, and then onto Chamberburg PA, where we spent Friday night. On Saturday we returned to the familiar landscape of Gettysburg, just for a short visit to Cemetery Ridge. We wanted to see the place where the brave Alonzo Cushing, brother of Will Cushing, fired his guns at the advancing confederates until he drew, literally, his last breath. Afterwards, Ginny and I ate the Farnsworth House, then leisurely returned to our home sweet home. Below, Ginny at the monument to the New York 42nd, the Tamany Regiment; me, upholding an ancient family tradition.
